diff --git a/lib/rake/file_utils_ext.rb b/lib/rake/file_utils_ext.rb
index 687d80584..7860b65ee 100644
--- a/lib/rake/file_utils_ext.rb
+++ b/lib/rake/file_utils_ext.rb
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ def #{name}(*args, **options, &block)
     def verbose(value=nil)
       oldvalue = FileUtilsExt.verbose_flag
       FileUtilsExt.verbose_flag = value unless value.nil?
+      ENV["TESTOPTS"] = "-v" if value
       if block_given?
         begin
           yield
diff --git a/lib/rake/testtask.rb b/lib/rake/testtask.rb
index 7cf1ece5d..29f546b51 100644
--- a/lib/rake/testtask.rb
+++ b/lib/rake/testtask.rb
@@ -109,8 +109,6 @@ def define
       desc @description
       task @name => Array(deps) do
         FileUtilsExt.verbose(@verbose) do
-          puts "Use TESTOPTS=\"--verbose\" to pass --verbose" \
-            ", etc. to runners." if ARGV.include? "--verbose"
           args =
             "#{ruby_opts_string} #{run_code} " +
             "#{file_list_string} #{option_list}"
diff --git a/test/test_rake_file_utils.rb b/test/test_rake_file_utils.rb
index 97b6ea83b..1eca1120e 100644
--- a/test/test_rake_file_utils.rb
+++ b/test/test_rake_file_utils.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ def teardown
     FileUtils::LN_SUPPORTED[0] = true
     RakeFileUtils.verbose_flag = Rake::FileUtilsExt::DEFAULT
     ENV["RAKE_TEST_SH"] = @rake_test_sh
+    ENV["TESTOPTS"] = nil
 
     super
   end
@@ -106,8 +107,13 @@ def test_safe_ln_fails_on_script_error
   def test_verbose
     verbose true
     assert_equal true, verbose
+    assert_equal "-v", ENV["TESTOPTS"]
+
+    ENV["TESTOPTS"] = nil
     verbose false
     assert_equal false, verbose
+    assert_equal nil, ENV["TESTOPTS"]
+
     verbose(true) {
       assert_equal true, verbose
     }
diff --git a/test/test_rake_functional.rb b/test/test_rake_functional.rb
index 3854c5751..1298a3235 100644
--- a/test/test_rake_functional.rb
+++ b/test/test_rake_functional.rb
@@ -420,13 +420,6 @@ def test_test_task_when_verbose_unless_verbose_passed_not_prompt_testopts
     refute_match exp, @out
   end
 
-  def test_test_task_when_verbose_passed_prompts_testopts
-    rakefile_test_task
-    rake "--verbose", "unit"
-    exp = /TESTOPTS="--verbose" to pass --verbose/
-    assert_match exp, @out
-  end
-
   def test_comment_before_task_acts_like_desc
     rakefile_comments