diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go
index 86bde9dbb..088b3afab 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ func (cmd CmdBackup) Execute(args []string) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("invalid id %q: %v", cmd.Parent, err)
 		}
 
-		cmd.global.Printf("found parent snapshot %v\n", parentSnapshotID.Str())
+		cmd.global.Verbosef("found parent snapshot %v\n", parentSnapshotID.Str())
 	}
 
 	// Find last snapshot to set it as parent, if not already set
@@ -245,11 +245,11 @@ func (cmd CmdBackup) Execute(args []string) error {
 		}
 
 		if parentSnapshotID != nil {
-			cmd.global.Printf("using parent snapshot %v\n", parentSnapshotID)
+			cmd.global.Verbosef("using parent snapshot %v\n", parentSnapshotID)
 		}
 	}
 
-	cmd.global.Printf("scan %v\n", target)
+	cmd.global.Verbosef("scan %v\n", target)
 
 	stat, err := restic.Scan(target, cmd.newScanProgress())
 
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ func (cmd CmdBackup) Execute(args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	cmd.global.Printf("snapshot %s saved\n", id.Str())
+	cmd.global.Verbosef("snapshot %s saved\n", id.Str())
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_init.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_init.go
index 1e75ee5f9..e4333b06e 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_init.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_init.go
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ func (cmd CmdInit) Execute(args []string) error {
 		cmd.global.Exitf(1, "creating key in backend at %s failed: %v\n", cmd.global.Repo, err)
 	}
 
-	cmd.global.Printf("created restic backend %v at %s\n", s.Config.ID[:10], cmd.global.Repo)
-	cmd.global.Printf("\n")
-	cmd.global.Printf("Please note that knowledge of your password is required to access\n")
-	cmd.global.Printf("the repository. Losing your password means that your data is\n")
-	cmd.global.Printf("irrecoverably lost.\n")
+	cmd.global.Verbosef("created restic backend %v at %s\n", s.Config.ID[:10], cmd.global.Repo)
+	cmd.global.Verbosef("\n")
+	cmd.global.Verbosef("Please note that knowledge of your password is required to access\n")
+	cmd.global.Verbosef("the repository. Losing your password means that your data is\n")
+	cmd.global.Verbosef("irrecoverably lost.\n")
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_list.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_list.go
index 4d5cf0ab1..bd01e6eda 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_list.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_list.go
@@ -3,14 +3,11 @@ package main
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
-	"os"
 
 	"github.com/restic/restic/backend"
 )
 
 type CmdList struct {
-	w      io.Writer
 	global *GlobalOptions
 }
 
@@ -29,10 +26,6 @@ func (cmd CmdList) Usage() string {
 }
 
 func (cmd CmdList) Execute(args []string) error {
-	if cmd.w == nil {
-		cmd.w = os.Stdout
-	}
-
 	if len(args) != 1 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("type not specified, Usage: %s", cmd.Usage())
 	}
@@ -51,7 +44,7 @@ func (cmd CmdList) Execute(args []string) error {
 		}
 
 		for blob := range s.Index().Each(nil) {
-			fmt.Fprintln(cmd.w, blob.ID)
+			cmd.global.Printf("%s\n", blob.ID)
 		}
 
 		return nil
@@ -70,7 +63,7 @@ func (cmd CmdList) Execute(args []string) error {
 	}
 
 	for id := range s.List(t, nil) {
-		fmt.Fprintf(cmd.w, "%s\n", id)
+		cmd.global.Printf("%s\n", id)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go
index 183798932..ef3fb577a 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func (cmd CmdRestore) Execute(args []string) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	cmd.global.Printf("restoring %s to %s\n", res.Snapshot(), target)
+	cmd.global.Verbosef("restoring %s to %s\n", res.Snapshot(), target)
 
 	err = res.RestoreTo(target)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/restic/global.go b/cmd/restic/global.go
index 2f7ffe27e..7c411a85c 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/global.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/global.go
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ var globalOpts = GlobalOptions{stdout: os.Stdout}
 var parser = flags.NewParser(&globalOpts, flags.Default)
 
 func (o GlobalOptions) Printf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
-	if o.Quiet {
-		return
-	}
-
 	_, err := fmt.Fprintf(o.stdout, format, args...)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "unable to write to stdout: %v\n", err)
@@ -41,6 +37,14 @@ func (o GlobalOptions) Printf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (o GlobalOptions) Verbosef(format string, args ...interface{}) {
+	if o.Quiet {
+		return
+	}
+
+	o.Printf(format, args...)
+}
+
 func (o GlobalOptions) ShowProgress() bool {
 	if o.Quiet {
 		return false