diff --git a/spec/console/ConsoleReporterSpec.js b/spec/console/ConsoleReporterSpec.js
index df6b8b50..8eab0183 100644
--- a/spec/console/ConsoleReporterSpec.js
+++ b/spec/console/ConsoleReporterSpec.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ describe("ConsoleReporter", function() {
           output += str;
         },
         getOutput: function() {
-          return output;
+          return output.replace('ConsoleReporter is deprecated and will be removed in a future version.', '');
         },
         clear: function() {
           output = "";
diff --git a/src/console/ConsoleReporter.js b/src/console/ConsoleReporter.js
index 0a52e2eb..583ad94e 100644
--- a/src/console/ConsoleReporter.js
+++ b/src/console/ConsoleReporter.js
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().ConsoleReporter = function() {
   };
 
   function ConsoleReporter(options) {
-    if (console && console.warn) {
-      console.warn('ConsoleReporter is deprecated and will be removed in a future version.');
-    }
     var print = options.print,
       showColors = options.showColors || false,
       onComplete = options.onComplete || function() {},
@@ -25,6 +22,8 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().ConsoleReporter = function() {
       },
       failedSuites = [];
 
+    print('ConsoleReporter is deprecated and will be removed in a future version.');
+
     this.jasmineStarted = function() {
       specCount = 0;
       failureCount = 0;