diff --git a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
index d98068cac8a..205c47c0c1b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
@@ -1040,7 +1040,8 @@ def open_urlresource(url, *args, **kw):
     # Verify the requirement before downloading the file
     requires('urlfetch')
 
-    print('\tfetching %s ...' % url, file=get_original_stdout())
+    if verbose:
+        print('\tfetching %s ...' % url, file=get_original_stdout())
     opener = urllib.request.build_opener()
     if gzip:
         opener.addheaders.append(('Accept-Encoding', 'gzip'))