diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb b/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb
index 786dcee007..8a5bce64a0 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ module Rails
       end
 
       def log_level
-        @log_level ||= :debug
+        @log_level ||= Rails.env.production? ? :info : :debug
       end
 
       def colorize_logging
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/environments/production.rb.tt b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/environments/production.rb.tt
index 92ff0de030..aa7b93f0a1 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/environments/production.rb.tt
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/environments/production.rb.tt
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ Rails.application.configure do
   # Force all access to the app over SSL, use Strict-Transport-Security, and use secure cookies.
   # config.force_ssl = true
 
-  # Decrease the log volume.
-  # config.log_level = :info
+  # Set to :info to decrease the log volume.
+  config.log_level = :debug
 
   # Prepend all log lines with the following tags.
   # config.log_tags = [ :subdomain, :uuid ]