diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index aca7b5e3d..2601ca488 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -115,10 +115,11 @@ Matt Albrecht
 Matt Benson
 Matt Bishop
 Matt Foemmel
+Matt Humphrey
+Matt Small
 Matthew Inger
 Matthew Kuperus Heun
 Matthew Watson
-Matt Humphrey
 Michael Davey
 Michael J. Sikorsky
 Michael McCallum
diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 26cbb4eb2..d5a882dd1 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ Fixed bugs:
 
 * filterset used by filtertask doesn't respect loglevel. Bugzilla Report 27568.
 
+* wrong compare used in ProjectComponent for logging. Bugzilla Report 28070.
+
 Other changes:
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diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/ProjectComponent.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/ProjectComponent.java
index 09f12c837..ba5a3c9b2 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/ProjectComponent.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/ProjectComponent.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public abstract class ProjectComponent {
             // 'reasonable' default, if the component is used without
             // a Project ( for example as a standalone Bean ).
             // Most ant components can be used this way.
-            if (msgLevel >= Project.MSG_INFO) {
+            if (msgLevel <= Project.MSG_INFO) {
                 System.err.println(msg);
             }
         }