diff --git a/doc/newsfragments/2882_changed.no_report_log_propagation.rst b/doc/newsfragments/2882_changed.no_report_log_propagation.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bc6b62d7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/newsfragments/2882_changed.no_report_log_propagation.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Do not propagate logs, meant to the report, to the root logger, as that is polluting the log. These logs are visible with ``-v`` or ``-d``.
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diff --git a/testplan/common/report/log.py b/testplan/common/report/log.py
index d1ba819a2..e8d683a2b 100644
--- a/testplan/common/report/log.py
+++ b/testplan/common/report/log.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ def emit(self, record):
 
 
 LOGGER.addHandler(ReportLogHandler())
+LOGGER.propagate = False
 
 
 def create_logging_adapter(report):