diff --git a/doc-src/content/CHANGELOG.markdown b/doc-src/content/CHANGELOG.markdown
index 92b80b26..458fe07a 100644
--- a/doc-src/content/CHANGELOG.markdown
+++ b/doc-src/content/CHANGELOG.markdown
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ The Documentation for the [latest preview release](http://beta.compass-style.org
 * font-files helper: Stop requiring font type when the type can be guessed from URL
 * inline-font-files: actually works now
 * Upgrade CSS3 Pie to 1.0beta5
+* log sprite generation and removal to the console
 
 
 0.12.alpha.0 (8/30/2011)
diff --git a/lib/compass/sass_extensions/sprites/sprite_methods.rb b/lib/compass/sass_extensions/sprites/sprite_methods.rb
index bd905247..e674aae3 100644
--- a/lib/compass/sass_extensions/sprites/sprite_methods.rb
+++ b/lib/compass/sass_extensions/sprites/sprite_methods.rb
@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ module Compass
             Compass.configuration.run_sprite_generated(engine.canvas)
             save!
           else
-            options[:compass][:logger].record(:unchanged, relativize(filename))
+            options[:compass][:logger].record(:unchanged, relativize(filename)) unless options[:quiet]
           end
         end
         
         def cleanup_old_sprites
           Dir[File.join(Compass.configuration.images_path, "#{path}-*.png")].each do |file|
-            options[:compass][:logger].record(:remove, relativize(file))
+            options[:compass][:logger].record(:remove, relativize(file)) unless options[:quiet]
             FileUtils.rm file
           end
         end
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ module Compass
         def save!
           FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname(filename))
           saved = engine.save(filename)
-          options[:compass][:logger].record(:create, relativize(filename))
+          options[:compass][:logger].record(:create, relativize(filename)) unless options[:quiet]
           Compass.configuration.run_sprite_saved(filename)
           saved
         end