diff --git a/changelog/3853.bugfix.rst b/changelog/3853.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a89b9c35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/3853.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Cache plugin now obeys the ``-q`` flag when ``--last-failed`` and ``--failed-first`` flags are used.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/cacheprovider.py b/src/_pytest/cacheprovider.py
index dc72512b8..114c6723a 100755
--- a/src/_pytest/cacheprovider.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/cacheprovider.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class LFPlugin(object):
         self._no_failures_behavior = self.config.getoption("last_failed_no_failures")
 
     def pytest_report_collectionfinish(self):
-        if self.active:
+        if self.active and self.config.getoption("verbose") >= 0:
             if not self._previously_failed_count:
                 mode = "run {} (no recorded failures)".format(
                     self._no_failures_behavior
diff --git a/testing/test_cacheprovider.py b/testing/test_cacheprovider.py
index cfeb4a0cf..c86ff2e4a 100644
--- a/testing/test_cacheprovider.py
+++ b/testing/test_cacheprovider.py
@@ -559,6 +559,19 @@ class TestLastFailed(object):
         testdir.runpytest("-q", "--lf")
         assert os.path.exists(".pytest_cache/v/cache/lastfailed")
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("quiet", [True, False])
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("opt", ["--ff", "--lf"])
+    def test_lf_and_ff_obey_verbosity(self, quiet, opt, testdir):
+        testdir.makepyfile("def test(): pass")
+        args = [opt]
+        if quiet:
+            args.append("-q")
+        result = testdir.runpytest(*args)
+        if quiet:
+            assert "run all" not in result.stdout.str()
+        else:
+            assert "run all" in result.stdout.str()
+
     def test_xfail_not_considered_failure(self, testdir):
         testdir.makepyfile(
             """