diff --git a/Source/cmFileCommand.cxx b/Source/cmFileCommand.cxx
index 8ebd41f92..37fced2db 100644
--- a/Source/cmFileCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmFileCommand.cxx
@@ -2658,10 +2658,6 @@ cmFileCommand::HandleDownloadCommand(std::vector<std::string>
 
     if (expectedMD5sum == actualMD5sum)
       {
-      this->Makefile->DisplayStatus(
-        "FILE(DOWNLOAD) returning early: file already exists with "
-        "expected MD5 sum", -1);
-
       if(statusVar.size())
         {
         cmOStringStream result;
diff --git a/Tests/CMakeTests/FileDownloadTest.cmake.in b/Tests/CMakeTests/FileDownloadTest.cmake.in
index 578f51016..9dc2ebb27 100644
--- a/Tests/CMakeTests/FileDownloadTest.cmake.in
+++ b/Tests/CMakeTests/FileDownloadTest.cmake.in
@@ -37,5 +37,7 @@ file(DOWNLOAD
   ${url}
   ${dir}/file3.png
   TIMEOUT 2
+  STATUS status
   EXPECTED_MD5 d16778650db435bda3a8c3435c3ff5d1
   )
+message(STATUS "${status}")