diff --git a/cmd/task/task.go b/cmd/task/task.go
index cf07a5be6a..1955739581 100644
--- a/cmd/task/task.go
+++ b/cmd/task/task.go
@@ -77,7 +77,15 @@ func run() error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		if err := task.InitTaskfile(os.Stdout, wd); err != nil {
+
+		verbosity := uint8(1) // Print filename only
+		if flags.Silent {
+			verbosity = 0 // Print nothing
+		} else if flags.Verbose {
+			verbosity = 2 // Print file contents + filename
+		}
+
+		if err := task.InitTaskfile(os.Stdout, wd, verbosity, logger); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		return nil
diff --git a/init.go b/init.go
index 79d04348bc..763f1757a8 100644
--- a/init.go
+++ b/init.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/errors"
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/internal/filepathext"
+	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/internal/logger"
 )
 
 const defaultTaskfile = `# https://taskfile.dev
@@ -25,8 +26,16 @@ tasks:
 
 const defaultTaskfileName = "Taskfile.yml"
 
-// InitTaskfile Taskfile creates a new Taskfile
-func InitTaskfile(w io.Writer, dir string) error {
+// InitTaskfile creates a new Taskfile
+//
+// verbosity specifies how much to print to the terminal:
+//
+// 0 = Don't print anything
+//
+// 1 = Print filename only
+//
+// 2 = Print file contents + filename
+func InitTaskfile(w io.Writer, dir string, verbosity uint8, l *logger.Logger) error {
 	f := filepathext.SmartJoin(dir, defaultTaskfileName)
 
 	if _, err := os.Stat(f); err == nil {
@@ -36,6 +45,12 @@ func InitTaskfile(w io.Writer, dir string) error {
 	if err := os.WriteFile(f, []byte(defaultTaskfile), 0o644); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s created in the current directory\n", defaultTaskfile)
+
+	if verbosity > 0 {
+		if verbosity > 1 {
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\n", defaultTaskfile)
+		}
+		l.Outf(logger.Green, "%s created in the current directory\n", defaultTaskfileName)
+	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/task_test.go b/task_test.go
index e1a1a918f9..1bdef5a640 100644
--- a/task_test.go
+++ b/task_test.go
@@ -1022,7 +1022,9 @@ func TestInit(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Taskfile.yml should not exist")
 	}
 
-	if err := task.InitTaskfile(io.Discard, dir); err != nil {
+	l := &logger.Logger{Verbose: true}
+
+	if err := task.InitTaskfile(io.Discard, dir, 0, l); err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}