diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index 4515d2a..e27e757 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use std::io::prelude::*;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process;
 
-use crate::{replace, DirectoryPatcher, Query, Settings, Stats};
+use crate::{console::Verbosity, replace, Console, DirectoryPatcher, Query, Settings};
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 enum ColorWhen {
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ struct Options {
     #[clap(long = "go", help = "Write the changes to the filesystem")]
     go: bool,
 
+    #[clap(
+        long = "quiet",
+        help = "Don't show any output (except in case of errors)"
+    )]
+    quiet: bool,
+
     #[clap(help = "The pattern to search for")]
     pattern: String,
 
@@ -148,15 +154,6 @@ fn configure_color(when: &ColorWhen) {
     }
 }
 
-fn print_stats(stats: &Stats, dry_run: bool) {
-    if dry_run {
-        print!("Would perform ")
-    } else {
-        print!("Performed ")
-    }
-    println!("{}", stats)
-}
-
 fn on_type_list() {
     println!("Known file types:");
     let mut types_builder = ignore::types::TypesBuilder::new();
@@ -174,6 +171,7 @@ pub fn run() -> Result<()> {
         color_when,
         file_type_list,
         go,
+        quiet,
         hidden,
         ignored,
         ignored_file_types,
@@ -192,6 +190,12 @@ pub fn run() -> Result<()> {
     }
 
     let dry_run = !go;
+    let verbosity = if quiet {
+        Verbosity::Quiet
+    } else {
+        Verbosity::Normal
+    };
+    let console = Console::with_verbosity(verbosity);
 
     let color_when = &color_when.unwrap_or(ColorWhen::Auto);
     configure_color(color_when);
@@ -205,6 +209,7 @@ pub fn run() -> Result<()> {
     };
 
     let settings = Settings {
+        verbosity,
         dry_run,
         hidden,
         ignored,
@@ -216,7 +221,7 @@ pub fn run() -> Result<()> {
     if path == PathBuf::from("-") {
         run_on_stdin(query)
     } else {
-        run_on_directory(path, settings, query)
+        run_on_directory(console, path, settings, query)
     }
 }
 
@@ -234,21 +239,36 @@ fn run_on_stdin(query: Query) -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn run_on_directory(path: PathBuf, settings: Settings, query: Query) -> Result<()> {
+fn run_on_directory(
+    console: Console,
+    path: PathBuf,
+    settings: Settings,
+    query: Query,
+) -> Result<()> {
     let dry_run = settings.dry_run;
-    let mut directory_patcher = DirectoryPatcher::new(&path, &settings);
+    let mut directory_patcher = DirectoryPatcher::new(&console, &path, &settings);
     directory_patcher.run(&query)?;
     let stats = directory_patcher.stats();
     if stats.total_replacements() == 0 {
-        #[allow(clippy::print_literal)]
-        {
-            eprintln!("{}: {}", "Error".bold().red(), "nothing found to replace");
-        }
+        console.print_error(&format!(
+            "{}: {}",
+            "Error".bold().red(),
+            "nothing found to replace"
+        ));
         process::exit(2);
     }
-    print_stats(&stats, dry_run);
+
+    let stats = &stats;
+    let message = if dry_run {
+        "Would perform "
+    } else {
+        "Performed "
+    };
+    console.print_message(message);
+    console.print_message(&format!("{stats}\n"));
+
     if dry_run {
-        println!("Re-run ruplacer with --go to write these changes to the filesystem");
+        console.print_message("Re-run ruplacer with --go to write these changes to the filesystem");
     }
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/console.rs b/src/console.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2aaf86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/console.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum Verbosity {
+    Quiet,
+    Normal,
+}
+
+impl Default for Verbosity {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Verbosity::Normal
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+pub struct Console {
+    verbosity: Verbosity,
+}
+
+impl Console {
+    pub fn with_verbosity(verbosity: Verbosity) -> Self {
+        Self { verbosity }
+    }
+
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Default::default()
+    }
+
+    pub fn print_message(&self, message: &str) {
+        if matches!(self.verbosity, Verbosity::Quiet) {
+            return;
+        }
+        print!("{message}");
+    }
+
+    pub fn print_error(&self, error: &str) {
+        eprintln!("{error}");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/directory_patcher.rs b/src/directory_patcher.rs
index 8334586..f88b1d5 100644
--- a/src/directory_patcher.rs
+++ b/src/directory_patcher.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use std::path::Path;
 
+use crate::console::Console;
 use crate::file_patcher::FilePatcher;
 use crate::query::Query;
 use crate::settings::Settings;
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ use crate::stats::Stats;
 #[derive(Debug)]
 /// Used to run replacement query on every text file present in a given path
 /// ```rust
-/// use ruplacer::{DirectoryPatcher, Query, Settings, Stats};
+/// use ruplacer::{Console, DirectoryPatcher, Query, Settings, Stats};
 /// use std::path::PathBuf;
 ///
 /// let settings = Settings{
@@ -17,7 +18,8 @@ use crate::stats::Stats;
 ///     .. Default::default()
 /// };
 /// let path = PathBuf::from("tests/data");
-/// let mut directory_patcher = DirectoryPatcher::new(&path, &settings);
+/// let console = Console::new();
+/// let mut directory_patcher = DirectoryPatcher::new(&console, &path, &settings);
 ///
 /// let query = Query::substring("old", "new");
 /// directory_patcher.run(&query).unwrap();
@@ -29,13 +31,19 @@ use crate::stats::Stats;
 pub struct DirectoryPatcher<'a> {
     path: &'a Path,
     settings: &'a Settings,
+    console: &'a Console,
     stats: Stats,
 }
 
 impl<'a> DirectoryPatcher<'a> {
-    pub fn new(path: &'a Path, settings: &'a Settings) -> DirectoryPatcher<'a> {
+    pub fn new(
+        console: &'a Console,
+        path: &'a Path,
+        settings: &'a Settings,
+    ) -> DirectoryPatcher<'a> {
         let stats = Stats::default();
         DirectoryPatcher {
+            console,
             path,
             settings,
             stats,
@@ -61,14 +69,14 @@ impl<'a> DirectoryPatcher<'a> {
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn patch_file(&mut self, entry: &Path, query: &Query) -> Result<()> {
-        let file_patcher = FilePatcher::new(entry, query)?;
+        let file_patcher = FilePatcher::new(self.console, entry, query)?;
         let file_patcher = match file_patcher {
             None => return Ok(()),
             Some(f) => f,
         };
         let num_replacements = file_patcher.num_replacements();
         if num_replacements != 0 {
-            println!();
+            self.console.print_message("\n");
         }
         let num_lines = file_patcher.num_lines();
         self.stats.update(num_lines, num_replacements);
diff --git a/src/file_patcher.rs b/src/file_patcher.rs
index b5c4ec4..53a209f 100644
--- a/src/file_patcher.rs
+++ b/src/file_patcher.rs
@@ -5,18 +5,20 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 use crate::query::Query;
 use crate::replace;
+use crate::Console;
 
 /// Run replacement query on a given file
 ///
 /// Example, assuming the `data.txt` file contains 'This is my old car'
 /// ```rust
-/// use ruplacer::{FilePatcher, Query};
+/// use ruplacer::{Console, FilePatcher, Query};
 /// use std::path::PathBuf;
 ///
 /// # std::fs::write("data.txt", "This is my old car.").unwrap();
 /// let file = PathBuf::from("data.txt");
 /// let query = Query::substring("old", "new");
-/// let file_patcher = FilePatcher::new(&file, &query).unwrap();
+/// let console = Console::new();
+/// let file_patcher = FilePatcher::new(&console, &file, &query).unwrap();
 /// file_patcher.unwrap().run().unwrap();
 ///
 /// let new_contents = std::fs::read_to_string("data.txt").unwrap();
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ pub struct FilePatcher {
 }
 
 impl FilePatcher {
-    pub fn new(path: &Path, query: &Query) -> Result<Option<FilePatcher>> {
+    pub fn new(console: &Console, path: &Path, query: &Query) -> Result<Option<FilePatcher>> {
         let mut num_replacements = 0;
         let mut num_lines = 0;
         let file =
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ impl FilePatcher {
                     let lineno = num + 1;
                     let prefix = format!("{}:{} ", path.display(), lineno);
                     let new_line = replacement.output();
-                    replacement.print_self(&prefix);
+                    replacement.print_self(console, &prefix);
                     new_contents.push_str(new_line);
                 }
             }
@@ -131,7 +133,8 @@ mod tests {
         let file_path = temp_dir.path().join("without-trailing-newline.txt");
         fs::write(&file_path, "first line\nI say: old is nice\nlast line").unwrap();
         let query = Query::substring("old", "new");
-        let file_patcher = FilePatcher::new(&file_path, &query).unwrap();
+        let console = Console::new();
+        let file_patcher = FilePatcher::new(&console, &file_path, &query).unwrap();
         file_patcher.unwrap().run().unwrap();
         let actual = fs::read_to_string(&file_path).unwrap();
         let expected = "first line\nI say: new is nice\nlast line";
@@ -140,7 +143,7 @@ mod tests {
         let file_path = temp_dir.path().join("with-trailing-newline.txt");
         fs::write(&file_path, "first line\nI say: old is nice\nlast line\n").unwrap();
         let query = Query::substring("old", "new");
-        let file_patcher = FilePatcher::new(&file_path, &query).unwrap();
+        let file_patcher = FilePatcher::new(&console, &file_path, &query).unwrap();
         file_patcher.unwrap().run().unwrap();
         let actual = fs::read_to_string(&file_path).unwrap();
         let expected = "first line\nI say: new is nice\nlast line\n";
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 57c035f..b6b478e 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
+mod app;
+mod console;
 mod directory_patcher;
 mod file_patcher;
 mod query;
 mod replacer;
 mod settings;
-pub use settings::Settings;
 mod stats;
-pub use crate::replacer::{replace, Replacement};
+
+pub use app::run;
+pub use console::{Console, Verbosity};
 pub use directory_patcher::DirectoryPatcher;
 pub use file_patcher::FilePatcher;
 pub use query::Query;
+pub use replacer::{replace, Replacement};
+pub use settings::Settings;
 pub use stats::Stats;
-mod app;
-pub use app::run;
diff --git a/src/replacer.rs b/src/replacer.rs
index a8cf449..9728f72 100644
--- a/src/replacer.rs
+++ b/src/replacer.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use crate::query::Query;
+use crate::Console;
 use colored::*;
 use regex::Regex;
 
@@ -59,25 +60,33 @@ impl<'a> Replacement<'a> {
 
     /// Print the replacement as two lines (red then green)
     /// ```
-    /// use ruplacer::{Query, replace};
+    /// use ruplacer::{Console, Query, replace};
     /// let input = "let foo_bar = FooBar::new();";
     /// let query = Query::subvert("foo_bar", "spam_eggs");
+    /// let console = Console::new();
     /// let replacement = replace(input, &query).unwrap();
-    /// replacement.print_self("foo.rs:3");
+    /// replacement.print_self(&console, "foo.rs:3");
     /// // outputs:
     /// // foo.rs:3 let foo_bar = FooBar::new()
     /// // foo.rs:3 let spam_eggs = SpamEggs::new()
     /// ```
-    pub fn print_self(&self, prefix: &str) {
+    pub fn print_self(&self, console: &Console, prefix: &str) {
         let red_underline = { |x: &str| x.red().underline() };
         let input_fragments = self.fragments.into_iter().map(|x| &x.0);
         let red_prefix = format!("{}{}", prefix, "- ".red());
-        Self::print_fragments(&red_prefix, red_underline, self.input, input_fragments);
+        Self::print_fragments(
+            console,
+            &red_prefix,
+            red_underline,
+            self.input,
+            input_fragments,
+        );
 
         let green_underline = { |x: &str| x.green().underline() };
         let green_prefix = format!("{}{}", prefix, "+ ".green());
         let output_fragments = self.fragments.into_iter().map(|x| &x.1);
         Self::print_fragments(
+            console,
             &green_prefix,
             green_underline,
             &self.output,
@@ -86,6 +95,7 @@ impl<'a> Replacement<'a> {
     }
 
     fn print_fragments<'f, C>(
+        console: &Console,
         prefix: &str,
         color: C,
         line: &str,
@@ -93,22 +103,22 @@ impl<'a> Replacement<'a> {
     ) where
         C: Fn(&str) -> ColoredString,
     {
-        print!("{}", prefix);
+        console.print_message(prefix);
         let mut current_index = 0;
         for (i, fragment) in fragments.enumerate() {
             let Fragment { index, text } = fragment;
             // Whitespace between prefix and the first fragment does not matter
             if i == 0 {
-                print!("{}", &line[current_index..*index].trim_start());
+                console.print_message((&line[current_index..*index].trim_start()).as_ref());
             } else {
-                print!("{}", &line[current_index..*index]);
+                console.print_message(&line[current_index..*index]);
             }
-            print!("{}", color(text));
+            console.print_message(&format!("{}", color(text)));
             current_index = index + text.len();
         }
-        print!("{}", &line[current_index..]);
+        console.print_message(&line[current_index..]);
         if !line.ends_with('\n') {
-            println!()
+            console.print_message("\n");
         }
     }
 }
@@ -370,7 +380,8 @@ mod tests {
         let replacement = "new";
         let query = Query::substring(pattern, replacement);
         let replacement = replace(input, &query).unwrap();
-        replacement.print_self("foo.txt:3 ");
+        let console = Console::new();
+        replacement.print_self(&console, "foo.txt:3 ");
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/src/settings.rs b/src/settings.rs
index dcb243a..36ace1d 100644
--- a/src/settings.rs
+++ b/src/settings.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+use crate::console::Verbosity;
+
 #[derive(Debug, Default)]
 /// Settings applied for a DirectoryPatcher run
 pub struct Settings {
+    /// Control verbosity of ruplacer's console output
+    pub verbosity: Verbosity,
     /// If true, do not write changes to the file system (default: false)
     pub dry_run: bool,
     /// If true, also patch hidden files (default: false)
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests.rs b/tests/integration_tests.rs
index 42e0689..8027675 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/integration_tests.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use std::process::Command;
 use anyhow::Result;
 use tempfile::TempDir;
 
+use ruplacer::Console;
 use ruplacer::Query;
 use ruplacer::Settings;
 use ruplacer::{DirectoryPatcher, Stats};
@@ -45,7 +46,8 @@ fn assert_not_replaced(path: &Path) {
 }
 
 fn run_ruplacer(data_path: &Path, settings: Settings) -> Result<Stats> {
-    let mut directory_patcher = DirectoryPatcher::new(data_path, &settings);
+    let console = Console::new();
+    let mut directory_patcher = DirectoryPatcher::new(&console, data_path, &settings);
     directory_patcher.run(&Query::substring("old", "new"))?;
     Ok(directory_patcher.stats())
 }