diff --git a/direct/src/distributed/DistributedNodeAI.py b/direct/src/distributed/DistributedNodeAI.py
index c2247e2912..e2a8082be5 100644
--- a/direct/src/distributed/DistributedNodeAI.py
+++ b/direct/src/distributed/DistributedNodeAI.py
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ class DistributedNodeAI(DistributedObjectAI.DistributedObjectAI, NodePath):
             self.sendUpdate("setParent", [parentToken])
 
     def setParentStr(self, parentToken):
-        print 'setParentStr(%s): %s' % (self.doId, parentToken)
+        self.notify.debug('setParentStr(%s): %s' % (self.doId, parentToken))
         self.do_setParent(parentToken)
 
     def setParent(self, parentToken):
-        print 'setParent(%s): %s' % (self.doId, parentToken)
+        self.notify.debug('setParent(%s): %s' % (self.doId, parentToken))
         self.do_setParent(parentToken)
 
     def do_setParent(self, parentToken):