diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure/licensing/LicenseValidation.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure/licensing/LicenseValidation.cs
index b866369864..826a13d4ac 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure/licensing/LicenseValidation.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure/licensing/LicenseValidation.cs
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ public static ChocolateyLicense validate()
                 LicenseType = ChocolateyLicenseType.Unknown
             };
 
+            var regularLogOutput = determine_if_regular_output_for_logging();
+
             string licenseFile = ApplicationParameters.LicenseFileLocation;
             var userLicenseFile = ApplicationParameters.UserLicenseFileLocation;
             if (File.Exists(userLicenseFile)) licenseFile = userLicenseFile;
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ public static ChocolateyLicense validate()
                 {
                     if (Directory.GetFiles(licenseDirectory).Length != 0)
                     {
-                        "chocolatey".Log().Error(@"Files found in directory '{0}' but not a 
+                        "chocolatey".Log().Error(regularLogOutput ? ChocolateyLoggers.Normal : ChocolateyLoggers.LogFileOnly, @"Files found in directory '{0}' but not a 
  valid license file. License should be named '{1}'.".format_with(licenseDirectory, licenseFileName));
                         "chocolatey".Log().Warn(ChocolateyLoggers.Important,@" Rename license file to '{0}' to allow commercial features.".format_with(licenseFileName));
                     }
@@ -60,9 +62,9 @@ public static ChocolateyLicense validate()
                 // - user put the license file in the top level location and/or forgot to rename it
                 if (File.Exists(Path.Combine(ApplicationParameters.InstallLocation, licenseFileName)) || File.Exists(Path.Combine(ApplicationParameters.InstallLocation, licenseFileName + ".txt")))
                 {
-                    "chocolatey".Log().Error(@"Chocolatey license found in the wrong location. File must be located at 
+                    "chocolatey".Log().Error(regularLogOutput ? ChocolateyLoggers.Normal : ChocolateyLoggers.LogFileOnly, @"Chocolatey license found in the wrong location. File must be located at 
  '{0}'.".format_with(ApplicationParameters.LicenseFileLocation));
-                    "chocolatey".Log().Warn(ChocolateyLoggers.Important, @" Move license file to '{0}' to allow commercial features.".format_with(ApplicationParameters.LicenseFileLocation));
+                    "chocolatey".Log().Warn(regularLogOutput ? ChocolateyLoggers.Important : ChocolateyLoggers.LogFileOnly, @" Move license file to '{0}' to allow commercial features.".format_with(ApplicationParameters.LicenseFileLocation));
                 }
             }
             
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ public static ChocolateyLicense validate()
                 {
                     chocolateyLicense.IsValid = false;
                     chocolateyLicense.InvalidReason = e.Message;
-                    "chocolatey".Log().Error("A license was not found for a licensed version of Chocolatey:{0} {1}{0} {2}".format_with(Environment.NewLine, e.Message,
+                    "chocolatey".Log().Error(regularLogOutput ? ChocolateyLoggers.Normal : ChocolateyLoggers.LogFileOnly, "A license was not found for a licensed version of Chocolatey:{0} {1}{0} {2}".format_with(Environment.NewLine, e.Message,
                         "A license was also not found in the user profile: '{0}'.".format_with(ApplicationParameters.UserLicenseFileLocation)));
                 }
                 catch (Exception e)
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ public static ChocolateyLicense validate()
                     //license may be invalid
                     chocolateyLicense.IsValid = false;
                     chocolateyLicense.InvalidReason = e.Message;
-                    "chocolatey".Log().Error("A license was found for a licensed version of Chocolatey, but is invalid:{0} {1}".format_with(Environment.NewLine, e.Message));
+                    "chocolatey".Log().Error(regularLogOutput ? ChocolateyLoggers.Normal : ChocolateyLoggers.LogFileOnly, "A license was found for a licensed version of Chocolatey, but is invalid:{0} {1}".format_with(Environment.NewLine, e.Message));
                 }
 
                 var chocolateyLicenseType = ChocolateyLicenseType.Unknown;
@@ -134,5 +136,16 @@ public static ChocolateyLicense validate()
 
             return chocolateyLicense;
         }
+
+        private static bool determine_if_regular_output_for_logging()
+        {
+            var args = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs();
+            if (args == null || args.Length < 2) return true;
+
+            var firstArg = args[1].to_string();
+            if (firstArg.is_equal_to("-v") || firstArg.is_equal_to("--version")) return false;
+
+            return true;
+        }
     }
 }