diff --git a/conservancy_beancount/cliutil.py b/conservancy_beancount/cliutil.py
index 2e046954180612252ccc7806d11718ba57b3d339..346a11b169f33ca3bebb64acc7e1755ffad7a97c 100644
--- a/conservancy_beancount/cliutil.py
+++ b/conservancy_beancount/cliutil.py
@@ -376,10 +376,11 @@ def set_loglevel(logger: logging.Logger, loglevel: int=logging.INFO) -> None:
     """
     if '.' not in logger.name:
         logger = logging.getLogger()
-        if loglevel <= logging.DEBUG:
-            # At the debug level, the rt module logs the full body of every
-            # request and response. That's too much.
-            logging.getLogger('rt.rt').setLevel(logging.INFO)
+        # pdfminer logs debug-like messages at the info level
+        logging.getLogger('pdfminer').setLevel(max(loglevel, logging.WARNING))
+        # At the debug level, the rt module logs the full body of every
+        # request and response. That's too much.
+        logging.getLogger('rt.rt').setLevel(max(loglevel, logging.INFO))
     logger.setLevel(loglevel)
 
 def bytes_output(path: Optional[Path]=None,