diff --git a/base/loading.jl b/base/loading.jl
index ed7261d6fe7502..7a07f3e506364d 100644
--- a/base/loading.jl
+++ b/base/loading.jl
@@ -2807,10 +2807,11 @@ function maybe_cachefile_lock(f, pkg::PkgId, srcpath::String)
         pidfile = string(srcpath, ".pidlock")
         if invokelatest(trymkpidlock_hook, f, pidfile) == false
             pid, hostname, age = invokelatest(parse_pidfile_hook, pidfile)
+            verbosity = isinteractive() ? CoreLogging.Info : CoreLogging.Debug
             if isempty(hostname) || hostname == gethostname()
-                @info "Waiting for another process (pid: $pid) to finish precompiling $pkg"
+                @logmsg verbosity "Waiting for another process (pid: $pid) to finish precompiling $pkg"
             else
-                @info "Waiting for another machine (hostname: $hostname) to finish precompiling $pkg"
+                @logmsg verbosity "Waiting for another machine (hostname: $hostname, pid: $pid) to finish precompiling $pkg"
             end
             # wait until the lock is available, but don't actually acquire it
             # returning nothing indicates a process waited for another
diff --git a/stdlib/FileWatching/test/pidfile.jl b/stdlib/FileWatching/test/pidfile.jl
index 94621f6af78e38..c2cb0c88a1b1e1 100644
--- a/stdlib/FileWatching/test/pidfile.jl
+++ b/stdlib/FileWatching/test/pidfile.jl
@@ -180,14 +180,14 @@ end
         Base.errormonitor(rmtask)
 
         t1 = time()
-        @test_throws ErrorException open_exclusive("pidfile", wait=false)
+        @test_throws Pidfile.PidlockedError open_exclusive("pidfile", wait=false)
         @test time()-t1 ≈ 0 atol=1
 
         sleep(1)
         @test !deleted
 
         t1 = time()
-        @test_throws ErrorException open_exclusive("pidfile", wait=false)
+        @test_throws Pidfile.PidlockedError open_exclusive("pidfile", wait=false)
         @test time()-t1 ≈ 0 atol=1
 
         wait(rmtask)
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ end
     Base.errormonitor(waittask)
 
     # mkpidlock with no waiting
-    t = @elapsed @test_throws ErrorException mkpidlock("pidfile", wait=false)
+    t = @elapsed @test_throws Pidfile.PidlockedError mkpidlock("pidfile", wait=false)
     @test t ≈ 0 atol=1
 
     t = @elapsed lockf1 = mkpidlock(joinpath(dir, "pidfile"))
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ end
     @test lockf.update === nothing
 
     sleep(1)
-    t = @elapsed @test_throws ErrorException mkpidlock("pidfile-2", wait=false, stale_age=1, poll_interval=1, refresh=0)
+    t = @elapsed @test_throws Pidfile.PidlockedError mkpidlock("pidfile-2", wait=false, stale_age=1, poll_interval=1, refresh=0)
     @test t ≈ 0 atol=1
 
     sleep(5)