diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f239a0a..179f15d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-- Uncompatible change: log level names hace changed. They were fully
+- Uncompatible: log level names hace changed. They were fully
   capitalized, only their first letter is capitalized now: DEBUG -> Debug,
   INFO -> Info, etc.
+- Uncompatible NoopBackend.Level() now returns DefaultLevel instead of Fatal
 - Fix: creates new logger with level DefaultLevel instead of Debug
diff --git a/backend.go b/backend.go
index 80d600d..311f6ff 100644
--- a/backend.go
+++ b/backend.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func (nb *NoopBackend) SetFormatter(f *Formatter) {}
 func (nb *NoopBackend) SetLevel(level Level) {}
 
 func (nb *NoopBackend) Level() Level {
-	return FATAL
+	return DefaultLevel
 }
 
 func (nb *NoopBackend) Reopen() error {