diff --git a/conf/log4j.properties b/conf/log4j.properties
index dfbf25db76ec68ab22b41ae1984b95673c105d08..d72dbadc3904f327effddf99594045067be2f529 100644
--- a/conf/log4j.properties
+++ b/conf/log4j.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
+# Set everything to be logged to the console
 log4j.rootCategory=INFO, console
 log4j.appender.console=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
 log4j.appender.console.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 log4j.appender.console.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss} %p %c{1}: %m%n
+
+# Ignore messages below warning level from Jetty, because it's a bit verbose
+log4j.logger.org.eclipse.jetty=WARN