Fixed comment regarding keeping existing level if less verbose
This behaviour changed in commit .
@@ -727,8 +727,7 @@ def log_errors(pdb=False):
def silence_logging(level, root="distributed"):
"""
- Force all existing loggers below *root* to the given level at least
- (or keep the existing level if less verbose).
+ Change all StreamHandlers for the given logger to the given level
"""
if isinstance(level, str):
level = getattr(logging, level.upper())
