diff --git a/changelog.d/5547.feature b/changelog.d/5547.feature
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..509e36c7ea00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/5547.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Increase default log level for docker image to INFO. It can still be changed by editing the generated log.config file.
diff --git a/docker/conf/log.config b/docker/conf/log.config
index 1851995802e8..895e45d20b7a 100644
--- a/docker/conf/log.config
+++ b/docker/conf/log.config
@@ -16,14 +16,11 @@ handlers:
     filters: [context]
 
 loggers:
-    synapse:
-        level: {{ SYNAPSE_LOG_LEVEL or "WARNING" }}
-
     synapse.storage.SQL:
         # beware: increasing this to DEBUG will make synapse log sensitive
         # information such as access tokens.
-        level: {{ SYNAPSE_LOG_LEVEL or "WARNING" }}
+        level: INFO
 
 root:
-    level: {{ SYNAPSE_LOG_LEVEL or "WARNING" }}
+    level: {{ SYNAPSE_LOG_LEVEL or "INFO" }}
     handlers: [console]