diff --git a/__snapshots__/stats-spec.js.snap-shot b/__snapshots__/stats-spec.js.snap-shot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1c1198
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__snapshots__/stats-spec.js.snap-shot
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+exports['formats stats message 1'] = "stats: foo 1.0.0 -> 2.0.0 success probability 50% 5 successes 5 failures"
+
+exports['formats stats message with singular failure 1'] = "stats: foo 1.0.0 -> 2.0.0 success probability 50% 1 success 1 failure"
+
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2671569..be17554 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     "chdir-promise": "0.4.0",
     "check-more-types": "2.24.0",
     "cli-color": "1.2.0",
+    "common-tags": "^1.4.0",
     "console.json": "0.2.1",
     "console.table": "0.8.0",
     "debug": "2.6.8",
diff --git a/src/stats-spec.js b/src/stats-spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af7c54f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stats-spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// @ts-check
+const snapShot = require('snap-shot')
+
+/* global describe, it */
+describe('stats', () => {
+  describe('formatStats', () => {
+    const {formatStats} = require('./stats')
+    it('formats stats message', () => {
+      const message = formatStats({}, {
+        name: 'foo',
+        from: '1.0.0',
+        to: '2.0.0',
+        success: 5,
+        failure: 5
+      })
+      snapShot(message)
+    })
+
+    it('formats stats message with singular failure', () => {
+      const message = formatStats({}, {
+        name: 'foo',
+        from: '1.0.0',
+        to: '2.0.0',
+        success: 1,
+        failure: 1
+      })
+      snapShot(message)
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/stats.js b/src/stats.js
index 79ef516..ea453fe 100644
--- a/src/stats.js
+++ b/src/stats.js
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ var request = require('request')
 var Q = require('q')
 var colors = require('cli-color')
 var colorAvailable = process.stdout.isTTY
+const pluralize = require('pluralize')
+const {oneLine} = require('common-tags')
 
 var nextUpdateStatsUrl = require('../package.json')['next-update-stats'] ||
     'http://next-update.herokuapp.com'
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ function colorProbability (probability, options) {
   return probabilityStr
 }
 
-function printStats (options, stats) {
+function formatStats (options, stats) {
   verify.object(stats, 'missing stats object')
   verify.unemptyString(stats.name, 'missing name')
   verify.unemptyString(stats.from, 'missing from version')
@@ -90,14 +92,23 @@ function printStats (options, stats) {
   var total = stats.success + stats.failure
   var probability = (total > 0 ? stats.success / total : 0)
   var probabilityStr = colorProbability(probability, options)
-  console.log('stats:', stats.name, stats.from, '->', stats.to,
-        'success probability', probabilityStr,
-        stats.success, 'success(es)', stats.failure, 'failure(s)')
+  return oneLine`
+    stats: ${stats.name} ${stats.from} -> ${stats.to}
+    success probability ${probabilityStr}
+    ${stats.success} ${pluralize('success', stats.success)}
+    ${stats.failure} ${pluralize('failure', stats.failure)}
+  `
+}
+
+function printStats (options, stats) {
+  const message = formatStats(options, stats)
+  console.log(message)
 }
 
 module.exports = {
   sendUpdateResult: sendUpdateResult,
   getSuccessStats: getSuccessStats,
+  formatStats: formatStats,
   printStats: printStats,
   colorProbability: colorProbability,
   url: nextUpdateStatsUrl