diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bba8f10..255bb59 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 jinja2
 pyparsing
 requests
+termcolor
 tqdm
diff --git a/rust2rpm/__main__.py b/rust2rpm/__main__.py
index e08efc5..d0ef70a 100644
--- a/rust2rpm/__main__.py
+++ b/rust2rpm/__main__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import subprocess
 import requests
 import tqdm
 
-from . import cfg, licensing, generator, util
+from . import cfg, licensing, generator, log, util
 from .core.metadata import Metadata
 
 XDG_CACHE_HOME = os.getenv("XDG_CACHE_HOME", os.path.expanduser("~/.cache"))
@@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ def query_newest_version(crate):
     for struct in versions:
         version = struct["num"]
         if struct["yanked"]:
-            print(f'Ignoring yanked version {version}')
+            log.info(f'Ignoring yanked version {version}')
         elif re.search('alpha|beta|rc|pre', version):
-            print(f'Ignoring pre-release version {version}')
+            log.info(f'Ignoring pre-release version {version}')
         else:
-            print(f'Found version {version}')
+            log.success(f'Found version {version}')
             return version
 
     raise ValueError("Couldn't find any release versions. Specify a version explicitly.")
@@ -180,29 +180,24 @@ def drop_foreign_dependencies(lines):
 
     value = True
     for line in lines:
-        # print(f'{line=}')
-        # [target.'cfg(not(any(target_os="windows", target_os="macos")))'.dependencies]
         if m := TARGET_DEPENDENCY_LINE.match(line):
             expr = m.group('cfg')
             expr = ast.literal_eval(expr)
-            # print(f'matched: {expr=}')
             try:
                 value = cfg.parse_and_evaluate(expr)
             except (ValueError, cfg.ParseException):
-                print(f'Could not evaluate {expr!r}, treating as true')
+                log.warn(f'Could not evaluate {expr!r}, treating as true')
                 value = True
 
             if not value:
                 feature = m.group('feature')
-                print(f'Skipping section {line.rstrip()} ({feature=})')
+                log.info(f'Skipping section {line.rstrip()} ({feature=})')
                 dropped_features.add(feature)
 
         elif line.startswith('['):
             # previous section ended, let's keep printing lines again
             value = True
 
-        # print(f'→ {value}')
-
         if value:
             good_lines += [line]
         else:
@@ -349,7 +344,7 @@ def make_diff_metadata(args, crate, version):
             diffs = make_patches(args, toml)
             metadata = Metadata.from_file(toml)
             if len(metadata) > 1:
-                print(f"Warning: multiple metadata for {toml}")
+                log.warn(f"More than one set of metadata found for {toml}, using the first one")
             metadata = metadata[0]
             return metadata.name, diffs, metadata, doc_files, license_files
     else:
@@ -357,12 +352,12 @@ def make_diff_metadata(args, crate, version):
 
     with files_from_crate(cratef, crate, version) as (toml, doc_files, license_files):
         if not license_files:
-            print(f"Warning: no license files detected in {crate}")
+            log.warn(f"No license files detected in {crate}")
 
         diffs = make_patches(args, toml)
         metadata = Metadata.from_file(toml)
         if len(metadata) > 1:
-            print(f"Warning: multiple metadata for {toml}, ignoring everything except the first")
+            log.warn(f"More than one set of metadata found for {toml}, using the first one")
         metadata = metadata[0]
     if args.store_crate:
         shutil.copy2(cratef, os.path.join(os.getcwd(), f"{metadata.name}-{version}.crate"))
@@ -403,30 +398,36 @@ def guess_crate_name():
     dist-git directory, hence there'd be a spec file, so we can ignore this.
     """
     specs = glob.glob('*.spec')
+
     if len(specs) > 1:
-        print('Multiple spec files found, cannot guess crate name')
+        log.error(f"Found multiple spec files; unable to determine crate name automatically.")
         return None
+
     if len(specs) == 1:
         crate = None
-        for line in open(specs[0]):
+        spec = specs[0]
+
+        for line in open(spec):
             if m := re.match(r'^%(?:global|define)\s+crate\s+(\S+)\s+', line):
                 if crate:
-                    print(f'{specs[0]}: Found duplicated %crate define, cannot guess crate name')
+                    log.error(f'Found multiple definitions of the %crate macro in {spec}; ' +
+                              f'unable to determine crate name automatically.')
                     return None
                 crate = m.group(1)
                 if '%' in crate:
-                    print(f'{specs[0]}: Crate name appears to use a macro, and evaluation is not implemented')
+                    log.error(f'The value of the %crate macro appears to contain other macros and cannot be parsed.')
                     return None
         if crate:
-            print(f'{specs[0]}: Found crate name {crate!r}')
+            log.success(f'Found valid spec file {spec!r} for the {crate!r} crate.')
         else:
-            print(f'{specs[0]}: %crate define not found, cannot guess crate name')
+            log.error(f'Invalid spec file {spec!r}; unable to determine crate name automatically.')
         return crate
 
     dirname = os.path.basename(os.getcwd())
     if m := re.match('^rust-([a-z+0-9_-]+)$', dirname):
-        print(f'Using crate name {m.group(1)!r} based on the directory name')
-        return m.group(1)
+        crate = m.group(1)
+        log.info(f'Using crate name {crate!r} based on the current working directory.')
+        return crate
 
     return None
 
@@ -496,7 +497,8 @@ def main():
     if args.translate_license:
         license, comments = licensing.translate_license(args.target, args.crate)
         if comments:
-            print(comments)
+            for comment in comments.split("\n"):
+                log.info(comment)
         print(license)
         return
 
@@ -518,14 +520,13 @@ def main():
         # No specfile, so this is probably a new package
         if package_info := get_package_info(pkg_name):
             if args.suffix:
-                print(f"Versions {args.suffix}.* of the crate '{metadata.name}' are already")
-                print(f"packaged for Fedora: {package_info['full_url']}")
-
+                log.warn(f"Version {args.suffix}.* of the crate '{metadata.name}' is already " +
+                         f"packaged for Fedora: {package_info['full_url']}")
             else:
-                print(f"Crate '{metadata.name}' is already packaged for Fedora:")
-                print(f"{package_info['full_url']}")
+                log.warn(f"Crate '{metadata.name}' is already packaged for Fedora: " +
+                         f"{package_info['full_url']}")
 
-            print("Re-run with --no-existence-check if you still want to start from scratch.")
+            log.info("Re-run with --no-existence-check to create a new spec file from scratch.")
             sys.exit(1)
 
     if args.rpmautospec is None:
@@ -541,25 +542,25 @@ def main():
 
     # clean up configuration files with deprecated names
     if len(confs) > 1:
-        print("WARNING: More than one *rust2rpm.conf file is present in this directory.")
-        print("         Ensure that there is only one, and that it has the correct contents.")
+        log.error("More than one *rust2rpm.conf file is present in this directory. " +
+                  "Ensure that there is only one, and that it has the correct contents.")
         sys.exit(1)
 
     if ".rust2rpm.conf" in confs and "rust2rpm.conf" not in confs:
         os.rename(".rust2rpm.conf", "rust2rpm.conf")
-        print("Renamed deprecated, hidden .rust2rpm.conf file to rust2rpm.conf.")
+        log.info("• Renamed deprecated, hidden .rust2rpm.conf file to rust2rpm.conf.")
 
     if "_rust2rpm.conf" in confs and "rust2rpm.conf" not in confs:
         os.rename("_rust2rpm.conf", "rust2rpm.conf")
-        print("Renamed deprecated _rust2rpm.conf file to rust2rpm.conf.")
+        log.info("• Renamed deprecated _rust2rpm.conf file to rust2rpm.conf.")
 
     if args.target not in conf:
         conf.add_section(args.target)
 
     conf_all_features = conf[args.target].getboolean("all-features")
     if conf_all_features is False and args.all_features:
-        print("WARNING: Conflicting settings for enabling all features: The setting is \"false\"")
-        print("         in rust2rpm.conf but it was enabled with the \"--all-features\" CLI flag.")
+        log.warn("Conflicting settings for enabling all features: The setting is \"false\"" +
+                 "in rust2rpm.conf but it was enabled with the \"--all-features\" CLI flag.")
 
     spec_contents = generator.spec_file_render(
         args = args,
@@ -585,12 +586,12 @@ def main():
     else:
         with open(spec_file, "w") as fobj:
             fobj.write(spec_contents)
-        print(f'Wrote {fobj.name}')
+        log.success(f'Generated: {fobj.name}.')
         for fname, diff in zip(patch_files, diffs):
             if fname:
                 with open(fname, "w") as fobj:
                     fobj.writelines(diff)
-                print(f'Wrote {fobj.name}')
+                log.success(f'Generated: {fobj.name}')
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()
diff --git a/rust2rpm/cfg.py b/rust2rpm/cfg.py
index d2ab7fe..fe34945 100644
--- a/rust2rpm/cfg.py
+++ b/rust2rpm/cfg.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import sys
 import pyparsing as pp
 from pyparsing import ParseException
 
+from . import log
+
 pp.ParserElement.enablePackrat()
 
 # ConfigurationPredicate :
@@ -59,7 +61,6 @@ def cfg_grammar():
 
 @functools.cache
 def evaluate_variable(name):
-    # print(f'evaluate_variable: {expr}')
     match name:
         case 'target_arch':
             return platform.machine()
@@ -91,11 +92,10 @@ def evaluate_variable(name):
             return 'unknown'
 
         case _:
-            print(f'Unknown variable {name}, assuming False')
+            log.warn(f'Unknown variable {name}, assuming False')
             return False
 
 def evaluate(expr, nested=False):
-    # print(f'evaluate: {expr}')
     if hasattr(expr, 'asList'):
         expr = expr.asList()  # compat with pyparsing 2.7.x
     match expr:
diff --git a/rust2rpm/licensing.py b/rust2rpm/licensing.py
index d109847..a9f8ecf 100644
--- a/rust2rpm/licensing.py
+++ b/rust2rpm/licensing.py
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
-import os as _os
-import sys as _sys
-import csv as _csv
-import functools as _functools
+import os
+import csv
+import functools
 
-SPDX_TO_FEDORA_CSV = _os.path.dirname(__file__) + '/spdx_to_fedora.csv'
+from . import log
+
+SPDX_TO_FEDORA_CSV = os.path.dirname(__file__) + '/spdx_to_fedora.csv'
 
 def translate_slashes(license):
     "Replace all slashes with OR, emit warning"
     split = [l.strip() for l in license.split("/")]
     if len(split) > 1:
-        print('Upstream uses deprecated "/" syntax. Replacing with "OR"',
-              file=_sys.stderr)
+        log.info('Upstream uses deprecated "/" syntax. Replacing with "OR"')
     return ' OR '.join(split)
 
-@_functools.lru_cache()
+@functools.lru_cache()
 def spdx_to_fedora_map():
     with open(SPDX_TO_FEDORA_CSV, newline='') as f:
-        reader = _csv.DictReader(f)
+        reader = csv.DictReader(f)
         return {line['SPDX License Identifier']: line['Fedora Short Name']
                 for line in reader
                 if line['SPDX License Identifier']}
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ def translate_license_fedora(license):
             else:
                 final.append(mapped)
                 if mapped != tag:
-                    print(f'Upstream license tag {fulltag} translated to {mapped}',
-                          file=_sys.stderr)
+                    log.info(f'Upstream license tag {fulltag} translated to {mapped}')
     return (' '.join(final), '\n'.join(comments) or None)
 
 def translate_license(target, license):
diff --git a/rust2rpm/log.py b/rust2rpm/log.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb870ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust2rpm/log.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import sys
+import textwrap
+
+from termcolor import colored
+
+
+def _eprint(message):
+    print(message, file=sys.stderr)
+
+
+def _wrap(message, prefix):
+    return textwrap.wrap(message, 80, initial_indent=f"{prefix} ", subsequent_indent=" "*(len(prefix) + 1))
+
+
+def success(message):
+    _eprint(colored("\n".join(_wrap(message, "•")), "green"))
+
+
+def info(message):
+    _eprint(colored("\n".join(_wrap(message, "•")), "white"))
+
+
+def warn(message):
+    _eprint(colored("\n".join(_wrap(message, "WARNING")), "yellow"))
+
+
+def error(message):
+    _eprint(colored("\n".join(_wrap(message, "ERROR")), "red", attrs=["dark"]))
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a6a2413..3125877 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ install_requires =
     jinja2
     pyparsing
     requests
+    termcolor
     tqdm
 
 [options.package_data]