diff -ur wget-1.16.1-old/src/connect.c wget-1.16.1/src/connect.c
--- wget-1.16.1-old/src/connect.c	2014-12-02 08:49:37.000000000 +0100
+++ wget-1.16.1/src/connect.c	2015-01-08 14:30:27.052969833 +0100
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
     if (sock >= 0)
       fd_close (sock);
     if (print)
-      logprintf (LOG_VERBOSE, _("failed: %s.\n"), strerror (errno));
+      logprintf (LOG_NOTQUIET, _("failed: %s.\n"), strerror (errno));
     errno = save_errno;
     return -1;
   }