diff --git a/src/tree/param.h b/src/tree/param.h
index 8fde1d796..a9130ba2a 100644
--- a/src/tree/param.h
+++ b/src/tree/param.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ struct TrainParam : public dmlc::Parameter<TrainParam> {
   // growing policy
   enum TreeGrowPolicy { kDepthWise = 0, kLossGuide = 1 };
   int grow_policy;
-  int verbose;
+  int debug_verbose;
   //----- the rest parameters are less important ----
   // minimum amount of hessian(weight) allowed in a child
   float min_child_weight;
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ struct TrainParam : public dmlc::Parameter<TrainParam> {
         .set_default(0.0f)
         .describe(
             "Minimum loss reduction required to make a further partition.");
-    DMLC_DECLARE_FIELD(verbose)
+    DMLC_DECLARE_FIELD(debug_verbose)
         .set_lower_bound(0)
         .set_default(0)
         .describe(
diff --git a/src/tree/updater_fast_hist.cc b/src/tree/updater_fast_hist.cc
index dac1e740f..13a651d9b 100644
--- a/src/tree/updater_fast_hist.cc
+++ b/src/tree/updater_fast_hist.cc
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class FastHistMaker: public TreeUpdater {
       gmat_.cut = &hmat_;
       gmat_.Init(dmat);
       is_gmat_initialized_ = true;
-      if (param.verbose > 0) {
+      if (param.debug_verbose > 0) {
         LOG(INFO) << "Generating gmat: " << dmlc::GetTime() - tstart << " sec";
       }
     }
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class FastHistMaker: public TreeUpdater {
         snode[nid].stats.SetLeafVec(param, p_tree->leafvec(nid));
       }
 
-      if (param.verbose > 0) {
+      if (param.debug_verbose > 0) {
         double total_time = dmlc::GetTime() - gstart;
         LOG(INFO) << "\nInitData:          "
                   << std::fixed << std::setw(4) << std::setprecision(2) << time_init_data