diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 058bea9..34d9a52 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ function apply (options, compiler) {
   options = options || {};
   var context = options.context || compiler.context;
   options = assign({
-    formatter: formatter,
-    quiet: false
+    formatter: formatter
   }, options, {
     // Default Glob is any directory level of scss and/or sass file,
     // under webpack's context and specificity changed via globbing patterns
diff --git a/lib/run-compilation.js b/lib/run-compilation.js
index 9bd60dd..0a29c8f 100644
--- a/lib/run-compilation.js
+++ b/lib/run-compilation.js
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ module.exports = function runCompilation (options, compiler, done) {
         return file.errored;
       });
 
-      if (!options.quiet) {
-        console.log(chalk.yellow(options.formatter(results)));
+      if (options.quiet === false) {
+        console.warn(options.formatter(results));
       }
 
       if (options.failOnError && errors.length) {
diff --git a/test/index.test.js b/test/index.test.js
index f5fd2da..0a23af3 100644
--- a/test/index.test.js
+++ b/test/index.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 var assign = require('object-assign');
+var td = require('testdouble');
 var StyleLintPlugin = require('../');
 var pack = require('./helpers/pack');
 var webpack = require('./helpers/webpack');
@@ -82,26 +83,6 @@ describe('stylelint-webpack-plugin', function () {
       });
   });
 
-  // TODO use snapshots to ensure something is printed to the console
-  it.skip('sends messages to console when quiet prop set to false', function () {
-    var config = {
-      context: './test/fixtures/syntax-error',
-      entry: './index',
-      plugins: [
-        new StyleLintPlugin({
-          configFile: configFilePath,
-          quiet: true
-        })
-      ]
-    };
-
-    return pack(assign({}, baseConfig, config))
-      .then(function (stats) {
-        expect(stats.compilation.errors).to.have.length(1);
-        expect(stats.compilation.warnings).to.have.length(0);
-      });
-  });
-
   it('fails when .stylelintrc is not a proper format', function () {
     var config = {
       entry: './index',
@@ -121,6 +102,35 @@ describe('stylelint-webpack-plugin', function () {
       });
   });
 
+  context('iff quiet is strictly false', function () {
+    beforeEach(function () {
+      td.replace(console, 'warn', td.function());
+    });
+
+    afterEach(function () {
+      td.reset();
+    });
+
+    it('sends messages to the console', function () {
+      var config = {
+        context: './test/fixtures/syntax-error',
+        entry: './index',
+        plugins: [
+          new StyleLintPlugin({
+            configFile: configFilePath,
+            quiet: false
+          })
+        ]
+      };
+
+      return pack(assign({}, baseConfig, config))
+        .then(function (stats) {
+          expect(stats.compilation.errors).to.have.length(1);
+          td.verify(console.warn(td.matchers.contains('✖')));
+        });
+    });
+  });
+
   context('without StyleLintPlugin configuration', function () {
     var config = {
       context: './test/fixtures/lint-free',