diff --git a/changelog/4667.bugfix.rst b/changelog/4667.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac2d8567c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/4667.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+``pytest_terminal_summary`` uses result from ``pytest_report_teststatus`` hook, rather than hardcoded strings.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/junitxml.py b/src/_pytest/junitxml.py
index 1a06ea6d1..8b9af2a88 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/junitxml.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/junitxml.py
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ class _NodeReporter(object):
         self._add_simple(Junit.skipped, "collection skipped", report.longrepr)
 
     def append_error(self, report):
-        if getattr(report, "when", None) == "teardown":
+        if report.when == "teardown":
             msg = "test teardown failure"
         else:
             msg = "test setup failure"
diff --git a/src/_pytest/pytester.py b/src/_pytest/pytester.py
index 4b1564791..9cadd2f9d 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/pytester.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/pytester.py
@@ -305,13 +305,10 @@ class HookRecorder(object):
         """return a testreport whose dotted import path matches"""
         values = []
         for rep in self.getreports(names=names):
-            try:
-                if not when and rep.when != "call" and rep.passed:
-                    # setup/teardown passing reports - let's ignore those
-                    continue
-            except AttributeError:
-                pass
-            if when and getattr(rep, "when", None) != when:
+            if not when and rep.when != "call" and rep.passed:
+                # setup/teardown passing reports - let's ignore those
+                continue
+            if when and rep.when != when:
                 continue
             if not inamepart or inamepart in rep.nodeid.split("::"):
                 values.append(rep)
@@ -338,7 +335,7 @@ class HookRecorder(object):
         failed = []
         for rep in self.getreports("pytest_collectreport pytest_runtest_logreport"):
             if rep.passed:
-                if getattr(rep, "when", None) == "call":
+                if rep.when == "call":
                     passed.append(rep)
             elif rep.skipped:
                 skipped.append(rep)
diff --git a/src/_pytest/reports.py b/src/_pytest/reports.py
index b2010cc2e..3bdbce791 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/reports.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/reports.py
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ def getslaveinfoline(node):
 
 
 class BaseReport(object):
+    when = None
+
     def __init__(self, **kw):
         self.__dict__.update(kw)
 
@@ -169,6 +171,8 @@ class TeardownErrorReport(BaseReport):
 
 
 class CollectReport(BaseReport):
+    when = "collect"
+
     def __init__(self, nodeid, outcome, longrepr, result, sections=(), **extra):
         self.nodeid = nodeid
         self.outcome = outcome
diff --git a/src/_pytest/skipping.py b/src/_pytest/skipping.py
index f755fc4eb..49676aa80 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/skipping.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/skipping.py
@@ -180,9 +180,9 @@ def pytest_runtest_makereport(item, call):
 def pytest_report_teststatus(report):
     if hasattr(report, "wasxfail"):
         if report.skipped:
-            return "xfailed", "x", "xfail"
+            return "xfailed", "x", "XFAIL"
         elif report.passed:
-            return "xpassed", "X", ("XPASS", {"yellow": True})
+            return "xpassed", "X", "XPASS"
 
 
 # called by the terminalreporter instance/plugin
@@ -191,11 +191,6 @@ def pytest_report_teststatus(report):
 def pytest_terminal_summary(terminalreporter):
     tr = terminalreporter
     if not tr.reportchars:
-        # for name in "xfailed skipped failed xpassed":
-        #    if not tr.stats.get(name, 0):
-        #        tr.write_line("HINT: use '-r' option to see extra "
-        #              "summary info about tests")
-        #        break
         return
 
     lines = []
@@ -209,21 +204,23 @@ def pytest_terminal_summary(terminalreporter):
             tr._tw.line(line)
 
 
-def show_simple(terminalreporter, lines, stat, format):
+def show_simple(terminalreporter, lines, stat):
     failed = terminalreporter.stats.get(stat)
     if failed:
         for rep in failed:
+            verbose_word = _get_report_str(terminalreporter, rep)
             pos = terminalreporter.config.cwd_relative_nodeid(rep.nodeid)
-            lines.append(format % (pos,))
+            lines.append("%s %s" % (verbose_word, pos))
 
 
 def show_xfailed(terminalreporter, lines):
     xfailed = terminalreporter.stats.get("xfailed")
     if xfailed:
         for rep in xfailed:
+            verbose_word = _get_report_str(terminalreporter, rep)
             pos = terminalreporter.config.cwd_relative_nodeid(rep.nodeid)
             reason = rep.wasxfail
-            lines.append("XFAIL %s" % (pos,))
+            lines.append("%s %s" % (verbose_word, pos))
             if reason:
                 lines.append("  " + str(reason))
 
@@ -232,9 +229,10 @@ def show_xpassed(terminalreporter, lines):
     xpassed = terminalreporter.stats.get("xpassed")
     if xpassed:
         for rep in xpassed:
+            verbose_word = _get_report_str(terminalreporter, rep)
             pos = terminalreporter.config.cwd_relative_nodeid(rep.nodeid)
             reason = rep.wasxfail
-            lines.append("XPASS %s %s" % (pos, reason))
+            lines.append("%s %s %s" % (verbose_word, pos, reason))
 
 
 def folded_skips(skipped):
@@ -246,8 +244,11 @@ def folded_skips(skipped):
         # folding reports with global pytestmark variable
         # this is workaround, because for now we cannot identify the scope of a skip marker
         # TODO: revisit after marks scope would be fixed
-        when = getattr(event, "when", None)
-        if when == "setup" and "skip" in keywords and "pytestmark" not in keywords:
+        if (
+            event.when == "setup"
+            and "skip" in keywords
+            and "pytestmark" not in keywords
+        ):
             key = (key[0], None, key[2])
         d.setdefault(key, []).append(event)
     values = []
@@ -260,39 +261,42 @@ def show_skipped(terminalreporter, lines):
     tr = terminalreporter
     skipped = tr.stats.get("skipped", [])
     if skipped:
-        # if not tr.hasopt('skipped'):
-        #    tr.write_line(
-        #        "%d skipped tests, specify -rs for more info" %
-        #        len(skipped))
-        #    return
+        verbose_word = _get_report_str(terminalreporter, report=skipped[0])
         fskips = folded_skips(skipped)
         if fskips:
-            # tr.write_sep("_", "skipped test summary")
             for num, fspath, lineno, reason in fskips:
                 if reason.startswith("Skipped: "):
                     reason = reason[9:]
                 if lineno is not None:
                     lines.append(
-                        "SKIP [%d] %s:%d: %s" % (num, fspath, lineno + 1, reason)
+                        "%s [%d] %s:%d: %s"
+                        % (verbose_word, num, fspath, lineno + 1, reason)
                     )
                 else:
-                    lines.append("SKIP [%d] %s: %s" % (num, fspath, reason))
+                    lines.append("%s [%d] %s: %s" % (verbose_word, num, fspath, reason))
 
 
-def shower(stat, format):
+def shower(stat):
     def show_(terminalreporter, lines):
-        return show_simple(terminalreporter, lines, stat, format)
+        return show_simple(terminalreporter, lines, stat)
 
     return show_
 
 
+def _get_report_str(terminalreporter, report):
+    _category, _short, verbose = terminalreporter.config.hook.pytest_report_teststatus(
+        report=report
+    )
+    return verbose
+
+
 REPORTCHAR_ACTIONS = {
     "x": show_xfailed,
     "X": show_xpassed,
-    "f": shower("failed", "FAIL %s"),
-    "F": shower("failed", "FAIL %s"),
+    "f": shower("failed"),
+    "F": shower("failed"),
     "s": show_skipped,
     "S": show_skipped,
-    "p": shower("passed", "PASSED %s"),
-    "E": shower("error", "ERROR %s"),
+    "p": shower("passed"),
+    "E": shower("error"),
 }
diff --git a/src/_pytest/terminal.py b/src/_pytest/terminal.py
index bea02306b..9e1d1cb62 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/terminal.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/terminal.py
@@ -376,8 +376,11 @@ class TerminalReporter(object):
             return
         running_xdist = hasattr(rep, "node")
         if markup is None:
-            if rep.passed:
+            was_xfail = hasattr(report, "wasxfail")
+            if rep.passed and not was_xfail:
                 markup = {"green": True}
+            elif rep.passed and was_xfail:
+                markup = {"yellow": True}
             elif rep.failed:
                 markup = {"red": True}
             elif rep.skipped:
@@ -806,8 +809,7 @@ class TerminalReporter(object):
             self.write_sep("=", "ERRORS")
             for rep in self.stats["error"]:
                 msg = self._getfailureheadline(rep)
-                if not hasattr(rep, "when"):
-                    # collect
+                if rep.when == "collect":
                     msg = "ERROR collecting " + msg
                 elif rep.when == "setup":
                     msg = "ERROR at setup of " + msg
diff --git a/testing/acceptance_test.py b/testing/acceptance_test.py
index b7f914335..af30f2123 100644
--- a/testing/acceptance_test.py
+++ b/testing/acceptance_test.py
@@ -804,8 +804,8 @@ class TestInvocationVariants(object):
         result = testdir.runpytest("-rf")
         lines = result.stdout.str().splitlines()
         for line in lines:
-            if line.startswith("FAIL "):
-                testid = line[5:].strip()
+            if line.startswith(("FAIL ", "FAILED ")):
+                _fail, _sep, testid = line.partition(" ")
                 break
         result = testdir.runpytest(testid, "-rf")
         result.stdout.fnmatch_lines([line, "*1 failed*"])
diff --git a/testing/test_skipping.py b/testing/test_skipping.py
index 6b18011b6..b2a515f11 100644
--- a/testing/test_skipping.py
+++ b/testing/test_skipping.py
@@ -770,6 +770,7 @@ def test_skip_reasons_folding():
 
     # ev3 might be a collection report
     ev3 = X()
+    ev3.when = "collect"
     ev3.longrepr = longrepr
     ev3.skipped = True
 
@@ -1202,6 +1203,6 @@ def test_summary_list_after_errors(testdir):
         [
             "=* FAILURES *=",
             "*= short test summary info =*",
-            "FAIL test_summary_list_after_errors.py::test_fail",
+            "FAILED test_summary_list_after_errors.py::test_fail",
         ]
     )
diff --git a/testing/test_terminal.py b/testing/test_terminal.py
index 06345f88d..6837da5e0 100644
--- a/testing/test_terminal.py
+++ b/testing/test_terminal.py
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ class TestTerminalFunctional(object):
                 "*test_verbose_reporting.py::test_fail *FAIL*",
                 "*test_verbose_reporting.py::test_pass *PASS*",
                 "*test_verbose_reporting.py::TestClass::test_skip *SKIP*",
-                "*test_verbose_reporting.py::test_gen *xfail*",
+                "*test_verbose_reporting.py::test_gen *XFAIL*",
             ]
         )
         assert result.ret == 1