diff --git a/src/animation.jl b/src/animation.jl
index 6c1f880f..e0b2f5ab 100644
--- a/src/animation.jl
+++ b/src/animation.jl
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ function buildanimation(animdir::AbstractString, fn::AbstractString,
         run(`ffmpeg -v 0 -framerate $fps -loop $loop -i $(animdir)/%06d.png -pix_fmt yuv420p -y $fn`)
     end
 
-    show_msg && info("Saved animation to ", fn)
+    show_msg && @info("Saved animation to ", fn)
     AnimatedGif(fn)
 end
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function _animate(forloop::Expr, args...; callgif = false)
   end
 
   push!(block.args, :(if $filterexpr; frame($animsym); end))
-  push!(block.args, :($countersym += 1))
+  push!(block.args, :(global $countersym += 1))
 
   # add a final call to `gif(anim)`?
   retval = callgif ? :(gif($animsym)) : animsym
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ function _animate(forloop::Expr, args...; callgif = false)
   esc(quote
     $freqassert             # if filtering, check frequency is an Integer > 0
     $animsym = Animation()  # init animation object
-    $countersym = 1         # init iteration counter
+    global $countersym = 1         # init iteration counter
     $forloop                # for loop, saving a frame after each iteration
     $retval                 # return the animation object, or the gif
   end)
diff --git a/src/backends.jl b/src/backends.jl
index ad1b92d2..7f5bcd77 100644
--- a/src/backends.jl
+++ b/src/backends.jl
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ end
 # ---------------------------------------------------------
 
 function add_backend(pkg::Symbol)
-    info("To do a standard install of $pkg, copy and run this:\n\n")
+    @info("To do a standard install of $pkg, copy and run this:\n\n")
     println(add_backend_string(_backend_instance(pkg)))
     println()
 end
diff --git a/src/output.jl b/src/output.jl
index 7c762d6b..8f1df0a3 100644
--- a/src/output.jl
+++ b/src/output.jl
@@ -173,10 +173,10 @@ function _show(io::IO, ::MIME"text/html", plt::Plot)
         output_type = get(_best_html_output_type, backend_name(plt.backend), :svg)
     end
     if output_type == :png
-        # info("writing png to html output")
+        # @info("writing png to html output")
         print(io, "<img src=\"data:image/png;base64,", base64encode(show, MIME("image/png"), plt), "\" />")
     elseif output_type == :svg
-        # info("writing svg to html output")
+        # @info("writing svg to html output")
         show(io, MIME("image/svg+xml"), plt)
     elseif output_type == :txt
         show(io, MIME("text/plain"), plt)
diff --git a/src/plot.jl b/src/plot.jl
index 7e62b126..9d0ee6c4 100644
--- a/src/plot.jl
+++ b/src/plot.jl
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ function _plot!(plt::Plot, d::KW, args::Tuple)
 
     kw_list = _process_userrecipes(plt, d, args)
 
-    # info(1)
+    # @info(1)
     # map(DD, kw_list)
 
 
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ function _plot!(plt::Plot, d::KW, args::Tuple)
         _process_plotrecipe(plt, next_kw, kw_list, still_to_process)
     end
 
-    # info(2)
+    # @info(2)
     # map(DD, kw_list)
 
     # --------------------------------
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ function _plot!(plt::Plot, d::KW, args::Tuple)
     # "SERIES RECIPES"
     # --------------------------------
 
-    # info(3)
+    # @info(3)
     # map(DD, kw_list)
 
     for kw in kw_list
diff --git a/test/imgcomp.jl b/test/imgcomp.jl
index c1442686..abc08b13 100644
--- a/test/imgcomp.jl
+++ b/test/imgcomp.jl
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ using VisualRegressionTests
 # ENV["MPLBACKEND"] = "Agg"
 # try
 #   @eval import PyPlot
-#   info("Matplotlib version: $(PyPlot.matplotlib[:__version__])")
+#   @info("Matplotlib version: $(PyPlot.matplotlib[:__version__])")
 # end
 
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const _current_plots_version = v"0.17.4"
 function image_comparison_tests(pkg::Symbol, idx::Int; debug = false, popup = isinteractive(), sigma = [1,1], eps = 1e-2)
     Plots._debugMode.on = debug
     example = Plots._examples[idx]
-    info("Testing plot: $pkg:$idx:$(example.header)")
+    @info("Testing plot: $pkg:$idx:$(example.header)")
     backend(pkg)
     backend()