diff --git a/simple_backup/simple_backup.py b/simple_backup/simple_backup.py
index 2859ae3..246a39c 100755
--- a/simple_backup/simple_backup.py
+++ b/simple_backup/simple_backup.py
@@ -789,20 +789,17 @@ class Backup:
             returncode = p.wait()
 
         if returncode == 0:
-            if self._verbose:
-                logger.info('rsync: %s', output)
-            else:
-                # May be fewer than two lines, e.g. with --rsync-options q
-                for r in output:
-                    logger.info('rsync: %s', r)
+            # Without -v, only the summary, which may be fewer than two lines (e.g. with --rsync-options q)
+            for r in output:
+                logger.info('rsync: %s', r)
         else:
             self._returncode_log(returncode)
 
             if self._verbose:
-                if returncode in [23, 24]:
-                    logger.warning(output)
-                else:
-                    logger.error(output)
+                level = logging.WARNING if returncode in [23, 24] else logging.ERROR
+
+                for r in output:
+                    logger.log(level, 'rsync: %s', r)
 
         if self._removed_count > 0 and returncode not in [0, 24]:
             # With --remove-before-backup, old backups are already gone if the new one failed
diff --git a/tests/test_local.py b/tests/test_local.py
index 972f408..c7eda01 100644
--- a/tests/test_local.py
+++ b/tests/test_local.py
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ def out(tmp_path: Path) -> Path:
 
 
 def make_backup(out: Path, inputs: list[str], keep: int = -1, exclude: list[str] | None = None,
-                remove_before: bool = False, progress: bool = False) -> sb.Backup:
+                remove_before: bool = False, progress: bool = False, verbose: bool = False) -> sb.Backup:
     backup = sb.Backup(inputs, str(out), exclude or [], keep, OPTIONS, remove_before=remove_before,
-                       progress=progress)
+                       progress=progress, verbose=verbose)
 
     assert backup.check_params() == 0
 
@@ -356,6 +356,17 @@ class TestReturnCodes:
         assert run_backup(out, [str(src)]) == 0
         assert [m[7:] for m in caplog.messages if m.startswith('rsync: ')] == logged
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('returncode, level', [(0, 'INFO'), (23, 'WARNING'), (1, 'ERROR')])
+    def test_verbose_one_line_per_message(self, src: Path, out: Path, fake_popen: type[FakePopen],
+                                          caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture, returncode: int, level: str) -> None:
+        fake_popen.returncode = returncode
+
+        run_backup(out, [str(src)], verbose=True)
+
+        rsync = [(r.levelname, r.getMessage()) for r in caplog.records if r.getMessage().startswith('rsync: ')]
+        lines = ['sending incremental file list', 'sent 1 bytes  received 2 bytes', 'total size is 3']
+        assert rsync == [(level, f'rsync: {line}') for line in lines]
+
     def test_rsync_missing(self, src: Path, out: Path, tmp_path: Path, fake_popen: type[FakePopen],
                            old_backups: list[str], monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
                            caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture) -> None: