diff --git a/sbt-coursier/src/main/scala-2.10/coursier/CoursierPlugin.scala b/sbt-coursier/src/main/scala-2.10/coursier/CoursierPlugin.scala
index 33201a826..fe47affd9 100644
--- a/sbt-coursier/src/main/scala-2.10/coursier/CoursierPlugin.scala
+++ b/sbt-coursier/src/main/scala-2.10/coursier/CoursierPlugin.scala
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ object CoursierPlugin extends AutoPlugin {
     coursierArtifactsChecksums := Seq(None),
     coursierCachePolicies := CachePolicy.default,
     coursierTtl := Cache.defaultTtl,
-    coursierVerbosity := Settings.defaultVerbosityLevel,
+    coursierVerbosity := Settings.defaultVerbosityLevel(sLog.value),
     mavenProfiles := Set.empty,
     coursierResolvers <<= Tasks.coursierResolversTask,
     coursierRecursiveResolvers <<= Tasks.coursierRecursiveResolversTask,
diff --git a/sbt-coursier/src/main/scala-2.10/coursier/Settings.scala b/sbt-coursier/src/main/scala-2.10/coursier/Settings.scala
index 0629d1726..f36b4963a 100644
--- a/sbt-coursier/src/main/scala-2.10/coursier/Settings.scala
+++ b/sbt-coursier/src/main/scala-2.10/coursier/Settings.scala
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package coursier
 
+import sbt.Logger
+
 import scala.util.{Failure, Success, Try}
 
 object Settings {
@@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ object Settings {
     else
       1
 
-  def defaultVerbosityLevel: Int = {
+  def defaultVerbosityLevel(logger: Logger): Int = {
 
     def fromOption(value: Option[String], description: String): Option[Int] =
       value.filter(_.nonEmpty).flatMap {
@@ -18,8 +20,8 @@ object Settings {
           Try(str.toInt) match {
             case Success(level) => Some(level)
             case Failure(ex) =>
-              Console.err.println(
-                s"Warning: unrecognized $description value (should be an integer), ignoring it."
+              logger.warn(
+                s"unrecognized $description value (should be an integer), ignoring it."
               )
               None
           }
diff --git a/sbt-coursier/src/sbt-test/sbt-coursier/from/build.sbt b/sbt-coursier/src/sbt-test/sbt-coursier/from/build.sbt
index 9640ce8da..4002a114f 100644
--- a/sbt-coursier/src/sbt-test/sbt-coursier/from/build.sbt
+++ b/sbt-coursier/src/sbt-test/sbt-coursier/from/build.sbt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ libraryDependencies += "com.chuusai" %% "shapeless" % "2.3.41" from {
   if (!f.exists()) {
     val url0 = "https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/chuusai/shapeless_2.11/2.3.0/shapeless_2.11-2.3.0.jar"
 
-    scala.Console.err.println(s"Fetching $url0")
+    sLog.value.warn(s"Fetching $url0")
 
     val url = new java.net.URL(url0)