diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_clean.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_clean.py
index a94a812b1fa..3026032712e 100755
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_clean.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_clean.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from distutils.command.clean import clean
 from distutils.tests import support
 
 class cleanTestCase(support.TempdirManager,
+                    support.LoggingSilencer,
                     unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_simple_run(self):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 27438ec171f..df308a0cafc 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -327,6 +327,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue 5694: removed spurious test output in Distutils (test_clean).
+
 - Issue 1326077: fix the formatting of SyntaxErrors by the traceback module.
 
 - Issue #1665206 (partially): Move imports in cgitb to the top of the module