1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/bin/bitdoc b/bitbake/bin/bitdoc
index 84d2ee23ce..e865e1b998 100755
--- a/bitbake/bin/bitdoc
+++ b/bitbake/bin/bitdoc
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ Create a set of html pages (documentation) for a bitbake.conf....
     options, args = parser.parse_args( sys.argv )
 
     if options.debug:
-        bb.debug_level = options.debug
+        bb.msg.set_debug_level(options.debug)
 
     return options.config, options.output