diff --git a/django/contrib/staticfiles/management/commands/collectstatic.py b/django/contrib/staticfiles/management/commands/collectstatic.py
index 26b1433a92..980a63fe1c 100644
--- a/django/contrib/staticfiles/management/commands/collectstatic.py
+++ b/django/contrib/staticfiles/management/commands/collectstatic.py
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         if self.dry_run:
             self.log("Pretending to link '%s'" % source_path, level=1)
         else:
-            self.log("Linking '%s'" % source_path, level=1)
+            self.log("Linking '%s'" % source_path, level=2)
             full_path = self.storage.path(prefixed_path)
             try:
                 os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(full_path))
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         if self.dry_run:
             self.log("Pretending to copy '%s'" % source_path, level=1)
         else:
-            self.log("Copying '%s'" % source_path, level=1)
+            self.log("Copying '%s'" % source_path, level=2)
             with source_storage.open(path) as source_file:
                 self.storage.save(prefixed_path, source_file)
         self.copied_files.append(prefixed_path)
diff --git a/tests/staticfiles_tests/cases.py b/tests/staticfiles_tests/cases.py
index 918ec4f99e..d4a48ce714 100644
--- a/tests/staticfiles_tests/cases.py
+++ b/tests/staticfiles_tests/cases.py
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ class CollectionTestCase(BaseStaticFilesMixin, SimpleTestCase):
     is separated because some test cases need those asserts without
     all these tests.
     """
+    run_collectstatic_in_setUp = True
+
     def setUp(self):
         super().setUp()
         temp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
@@ -68,7 +70,8 @@ class CollectionTestCase(BaseStaticFilesMixin, SimpleTestCase):
         # rather than as a context manager
         self.patched_settings = self.settings(STATIC_ROOT=temp_dir)
         self.patched_settings.enable()
-        self.run_collectstatic()
+        if self.run_collectstatic_in_setUp:
+            self.run_collectstatic()
         # Same comment as in runtests.teardown.
         self.addCleanup(shutil.rmtree, temp_dir)
 
diff --git a/tests/staticfiles_tests/test_management.py b/tests/staticfiles_tests/test_management.py
index 0d115d8596..1472c7a488 100644
--- a/tests/staticfiles_tests/test_management.py
+++ b/tests/staticfiles_tests/test_management.py
@@ -164,6 +164,31 @@ class TestCollection(TestDefaults, CollectionTestCase):
         self.assertFileNotFound('test/CVS')
 
 
+class TestCollectionVerbosity(CollectionTestCase):
+    copying_msg = 'Copying '
+    run_collectstatic_in_setUp = False
+    staticfiles_copied_msg = 'static files copied to'
+
+    def test_verbosity_0(self):
+        stdout = StringIO()
+        self.run_collectstatic(verbosity=0, stdout=stdout)
+        self.assertEqual(stdout.getvalue(), '')
+
+    def test_verbosity_1(self):
+        stdout = StringIO()
+        self.run_collectstatic(verbosity=1, stdout=stdout)
+        output = stdout.getvalue()
+        self.assertIn(self.staticfiles_copied_msg, output)
+        self.assertNotIn(self.copying_msg, output)
+
+    def test_verbosity_2(self):
+        stdout = StringIO()
+        self.run_collectstatic(verbosity=2, stdout=stdout)
+        output = stdout.getvalue()
+        self.assertIn(self.staticfiles_copied_msg, output)
+        self.assertIn(self.copying_msg, output)
+
+
 class TestCollectionClear(CollectionTestCase):
     """
     Test the ``--clear`` option of the ``collectstatic`` management command.