diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Upgrade/File/pl.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Upgrade/File/pl.pm
index afb704cd7..f50f6e64d 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Upgrade/File/pl.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Upgrade/File/pl.pm
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ WebGUI::Upgrade::File::pl - Upgrade class for Perl scripts
 package WebGUI::Upgrade::File::pl;
 use Moose;
 use Class::MOP::Class;
+use File::Spec::Functions qw(devnull);
+use Scope::Guard;
 use namespace::autoclean -also => qr/^_/;
 
 with 'WebGUI::Upgrade::File';
@@ -29,7 +31,15 @@ sub run {
 
     local $ENV{WEBGUI_CONFIG}           = $configFile;
     local $ENV{WEBGUI_UPGRADE_VERSION}  = $self->version;
-    local $ENV{WEBGUI_UPGRADE_QUIET}    = $self->quiet;
+    my $io_guard;
+    if ($self->quiet) {
+        open my $stdout_old, '>&=', \*STDOUT;
+        open \*STDOUT, '>', devnull;
+        $io_guard = Scope::Guard->new(sub {
+            close STDOUT;
+            open STDOUT, '>&=', $stdout_old;
+        });
+    }
     return _runScript($self->file);
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Upgrade/Script.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Upgrade/Script.pm
index cae2a485d..f54398f02 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Upgrade/Script.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Upgrade/Script.pm
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ sub _build_exports {
         or die 'WEBGUI_CONFIG environment variable must be specified';
     my $version      = $ENV{WEBGUI_UPGRADE_VERSION}
         or die 'WEBGUI_UPGRADE_VERSION must be set';
-    my $quiet        = $ENV{WEBGUI_UPGRADE_QUIET};
     my $upgrade_file = $caller_upgrade_file;
     (my $vol, my $dir, my $shortname) = File::Spec->splitpath( $upgrade_file );
     $shortname =~ s/\.[^.]*$//;
@@ -122,6 +121,9 @@ sub _build_exports {
     push @cleanups, $cleanup;
     weaken $cleanups[-1];
 
+    my $indent = 0;
+    my $just_started;
+
     my $subs = {
         # this closes over the guard, keeping it alive until the sub is either
         # run or deleted.  WebGUI::Upgrade::File::pl will end up deleting
@@ -134,16 +136,25 @@ sub _build_exports {
         version_tag => $version_tag_sub,
         dbh         => $dbh_sub,
         collateral  => $collateral_sub,
-        quiet => sub () {
-            return $quiet;
+        start_step  => sub (@) {
+            print "\n"
+                if $just_started;
+            print "\t" x $indent, @_, '... ';
+            $just_started = 1;
+            $indent++;
         },
         report => sub (@) {
-            print @_
-                unless $quiet;
+            print "\n"
+                if $just_started;
+            print "\t" x $indent, @_, "\n";
+            $just_started = 0;
         },
         done => sub () {
-            print "Done.\n"
-                unless $quiet;
+            $indent--;
+            print "\t" x $indent
+                unless $just_started;
+            print "Done.\n";
+            $just_started = 0;
         },
         sql => sub (@) {
             my $sql = shift;
@@ -273,7 +284,7 @@ They cannot be called directly.
 
 =head2 report ( $message )
 
-Outputs $message unless quiet mode has been enabled.
+Outputs $message.
 
 =head2 done
 
diff --git a/var/upgrades/7.9.8-8.0.0/addMaintenancePageToConfig.pl b/var/upgrades/7.9.8-8.0.0/addMaintenancePageToConfig.pl
index d611cbf9c..5d681a5eb 100644
--- a/var/upgrades/7.9.8-8.0.0/addMaintenancePageToConfig.pl
+++ b/var/upgrades/7.9.8-8.0.0/addMaintenancePageToConfig.pl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use Cwd qw(realpath);
 use File::Spec::Functions;
 use WebGUI::Paths;
 
-report "\tMoving preload files ... ";
+start_step "Moving preload files";
 
 my $webgui_root = realpath( catdir( dirname( $INC{'WebGUI/Upgrade/Script.pm'} ), (updir) x 3 ) );
 
diff --git a/var/upgrades/7.9.8-8.0.0/migrateToNewCache.pl b/var/upgrades/7.9.8-8.0.0/migrateToNewCache.pl
index a47634e92..5241484e0 100644
--- a/var/upgrades/7.9.8-8.0.0/migrateToNewCache.pl
+++ b/var/upgrades/7.9.8-8.0.0/migrateToNewCache.pl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use WebGUI::Upgrade::Script;
 use Module::Find;
 
-report "\tMigrating to new cache ... ";
+start_step "Migrating to new cache";
 
 rm_lib
     findallmod('WebGUI::Cache'),
diff --git a/var/upgrades/7.9.8-8.0.0/moveFileLocations.pl b/var/upgrades/7.9.8-8.0.0/moveFileLocations.pl
index b39ead701..f468869c7 100644
--- a/var/upgrades/7.9.8-8.0.0/moveFileLocations.pl
+++ b/var/upgrades/7.9.8-8.0.0/moveFileLocations.pl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use Cwd qw(realpath);
 use File::Spec::Functions;
 use WebGUI::Paths;
 
-report "\tMoving preload files ... ";
+start_step "Moving preload files";
 
 my $webgui_root = realpath( catdir( dirname( $INC{'WebGUI/Upgrade/Script.pm'} ), (updir) x 3 ) );
 
diff --git a/var/upgrades/7.9.8-8.0.0/moveMaintenance.pl b/var/upgrades/7.9.8-8.0.0/moveMaintenance.pl
index d16cbc5d9..0c9fdc26a 100644
--- a/var/upgrades/7.9.8-8.0.0/moveMaintenance.pl
+++ b/var/upgrades/7.9.8-8.0.0/moveMaintenance.pl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use Cwd qw(realpath);
 
 my $webgui_root = realpath( catdir( dirname( $INC{'WebGUI/Upgrade/Script.pm'} ), (updir) x 3 ) );
 
-report "\tMoving maintenance file ... ";
+start_step "Moving maintenance file";
 
 unlink catfile($webgui_root, 'docs', 'maintenance.html');