diff --git a/plugin/src/main/scala-2.10/coursier/CoursierPlugin.scala b/plugin/src/main/scala-2.10/coursier/CoursierPlugin.scala
index 548a6077f..436f20171 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/scala-2.10/coursier/CoursierPlugin.scala
+++ b/plugin/src/main/scala-2.10/coursier/CoursierPlugin.scala
@@ -41,8 +41,15 @@ object CoursierPlugin extends AutoPlugin {
     coursierFallbackDependencies <<= Tasks.coursierFallbackDependenciesTask,
     coursierCache := Cache.default,
     update <<= Tasks.updateTask(withClassifiers = false),
-    updateClassifiers <<= Tasks.updateTask(withClassifiers = true, ignoreArtifactErrors = true),
-    updateSbtClassifiers in Defaults.TaskGlobal <<= Tasks.updateTask(withClassifiers = true, sbtClassifiers = true),
+    updateClassifiers <<= Tasks.updateTask(
+      withClassifiers = true,
+      ignoreArtifactErrors = true
+    ),
+    updateSbtClassifiers in Defaults.TaskGlobal <<= Tasks.updateTask(
+      withClassifiers = true,
+      sbtClassifiers = true,
+      ignoreArtifactErrors = true
+    ),
     coursierProject <<= Tasks.coursierProjectTask,
     coursierProjects <<= Tasks.coursierProjectsTask,
     coursierPublications <<= Tasks.coursierPublicationsTask,
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/scala-2.10/coursier/Tasks.scala b/plugin/src/main/scala-2.10/coursier/Tasks.scala
index 7c4c3e175..6e4fcd47f 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/scala-2.10/coursier/Tasks.scala
+++ b/plugin/src/main/scala-2.10/coursier/Tasks.scala
@@ -554,21 +554,36 @@ object Tasks {
             .sortBy(_._1)
 
           for ((type0, errors) <- groupedArtifactErrors) {
-            log.error(s"${errors.size} $type0")
+            def msg = s"${errors.size} $type0"
+            if (ignoreArtifactErrors)
+              log.warn(msg)
+            else
+              log.error(msg)
 
-            if (!ignoreArtifactErrors || verbosityLevel >= 1)
-              for (err <- errors)
-                log.error("  " + err)
+            if (!ignoreArtifactErrors || verbosityLevel >= 1) {
+              if (ignoreArtifactErrors)
+                for (err <- errors)
+                  log.warn("  " + err)
+              else
+                for (err <- errors)
+                  log.error("  " + err)
+            }
           }
 
           if (!ignoreArtifactErrors)
             throw new Exception(s"Encountered ${artifactErrors.length} errors (see above messages)")
         }
 
+        // can be non empty only if ignoreArtifactErrors is true
+        val erroredArtifacts = artifactFilesOrErrors.collect {
+          case (artifact, -\/(_)) =>
+            artifact
+        }.toSet
+
         def artifactFileOpt(artifact: Artifact) = {
           val res = artifactFiles.get(artifact)
 
-          if (res.isEmpty)
+          if (res.isEmpty && !erroredArtifacts(artifact))
             log.error(s"${artifact.url} not downloaded (should not happen)")
 
           res