diff --git a/devicehandlers/DeviceHandlerBase.cpp b/devicehandlers/DeviceHandlerBase.cpp
index 4e4570167..1623a1ac4 100644
--- a/devicehandlers/DeviceHandlerBase.cpp
+++ b/devicehandlers/DeviceHandlerBase.cpp
@@ -308,11 +308,11 @@ void DeviceHandlerBase::doStateMachine() {
         uint32_t currentUptime;
         Clock::getUptime(&currentUptime);
         if (currentUptime - timeoutStart >= childTransitionDelay) {
-#if FSFW_VERBOSE_LEVEL >= 1
+#if FSFW_VERBOSE_LEVEL >= 1 && FSFW_OBJ_EVENT_TRANSLATION == 0
             char printout[60];
             sprintf(printout, "Transition timeout (%lu) occured !",
                     static_cast<unsigned long>(childTransitionDelay));
-            /* Very common configuration error, so print it */
+            /* Common configuration error for development, so print it */
             printWarningOrError(sif::OutputTypes::OUT_WARNING, "doStateMachine",
                     RETURN_FAILED, printout);
 #endif