diff --git a/lib/ansible/parsing/vault/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/parsing/vault/__init__.py
index ad010a7164..94bb89e112 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/parsing/vault/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/parsing/vault/__init__.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ except ImportError:
 except Exception as e:
     display.warning("Optional dependency 'cryptography' raised an exception, falling back to 'Crypto'")
     import traceback
-    traceback.print_exc()
+    display.debug("Traceback from import of cryptography was {0}".format(traceback.format_exc()))
 
 from ansible.compat.six import PY3
 from ansible.utils.unicode import to_unicode, to_bytes