Apache error log: "APPLYING (include_path)" over and over and over and........

Running Apache 2 / PHP 5 / SuSE Linux 9.3

I have 4 virtual hosts with the following PHP directive in each:

php_value include_path "/my/include/path"

I'm getting TONS of messages in the logs, non-stop like this:

Getting include_path=
Creating new config (0x6d6a08) for (null)
Merge dir (0x5c16b8) (0x6e7b98)
APPLYING (include_path)(.
APPLYING (include_path)(.
APPLYING (include_path)(.
APPLYING (include_path)(.
APPLYING (include_path)(.
APPLYING (include_path)(.
APPLYING (include_path)(.
APPLYING (include_path)(.


These are just examples, but you get the picture. My log files are
filled with these messages. Any idea why?

Thanks,

Matt M.