diff --git a/piptools/scripts/compile.py b/piptools/scripts/compile.py
index b2fb4a9c4..b1dcbf388 100755
--- a/piptools/scripts/compile.py
+++ b/piptools/scripts/compile.py
@@ -415,4 +415,4 @@ def cli(
     )
 
     if dry_run:
-        log.warning("Dry-run, so nothing updated.")
+        log.info("Dry-run, so nothing updated.")
diff --git a/tests/test_cli_compile.py b/tests/test_cli_compile.py
index 6727d8210..cb20ae953 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli_compile.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli_compile.py
@@ -455,8 +455,24 @@ def test_quiet_option(runner):
     with open("requirements", "w"):
         pass
     out = runner.invoke(cli, ["--quiet", "-n", "requirements"])
-    # Pinned requirements result has not been written to output
-    assert "Dry-run, so nothing updated." == out.stderr.strip()
+    # Pinned requirements result has not been written to output.
+    assert not out.stderr_bytes
+
+
+def test_dry_run_noisy_option(runner):
+    with open("requirements", "w"):
+        pass
+    out = runner.invoke(cli, ["--dry-run", "requirements"])
+    # Dry-run message has been written to output
+    assert "Dry-run, so nothing updated." in out.stderr.splitlines()
+
+
+def test_dry_run_quiet_option(runner):
+    with open("requirements", "w"):
+        pass
+    out = runner.invoke(cli, ["--dry-run", "--quiet", "requirements"])
+    # Dry-run message has not been written to output.
+    assert not out.stderr_bytes
 
 
 def test_generate_hashes_with_editable(runner):