diff --git a/include/vcpkg/base/format.h b/include/vcpkg/base/format.h
index b64554785d..d597769293 100644
--- a/include/vcpkg/base/format.h
+++ b/include/vcpkg/base/format.h
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ namespace vcpkg
 
 namespace fmt
 {
-    template<class Char>
-    struct formatter<vcpkg::LineInfo, Char>
+    template<>
+    struct formatter<vcpkg::LineInfo, char>
     {
         constexpr auto parse(format_parse_context& ctx) const -> decltype(ctx.begin())
         {
@@ -43,13 +43,27 @@ namespace fmt
         }
     };
 
-    template<class Char>
-    struct formatter<vcpkg::StringView, Char> : formatter<string_view, Char>
+    template<>
+    struct formatter<vcpkg::StringView, char> : formatter<string_view, char>
     {
         template<class FormatContext>
         auto format(vcpkg::StringView sv, FormatContext& ctx) const -> decltype(ctx.out())
         {
-            return formatter<string_view, Char>::format(string_view(sv.data(), sv.size()), ctx);
+            return formatter<string_view, char>::format(string_view(sv.data(), sv.size()), ctx);
+        }
+    };
+
+    template<>
+    struct formatter<std::error_code, char> : formatter<std::string, char>
+    {
+        constexpr auto parse(format_parse_context& ctx) const -> decltype(ctx.begin())
+        {
+            return vcpkg::basic_format_parse_impl(ctx);
+        }
+        template<class FormatContext>
+        auto format(const std::error_code& ec, FormatContext& ctx) const -> decltype(ctx.out())
+        {
+            return formatter<std::string, char>::format(ec.message(), ctx);
         }
     };
 }
diff --git a/include/vcpkg/base/messages.h b/include/vcpkg/base/messages.h
index 9f9a7713ae..f22ae5886b 100644
--- a/include/vcpkg/base/messages.h
+++ b/include/vcpkg/base/messages.h
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ namespace vcpkg::msg
     DECLARE_MSG_ARG(count, "42");
     DECLARE_MSG_ARG(elapsed, "3.532 min");
     DECLARE_MSG_ARG(email, "vcpkg@microsoft.com");
+    DECLARE_MSG_ARG(error_msg, "File Not Found");
     DECLARE_MSG_ARG(exit_code, "127");
     DECLARE_MSG_ARG(expected_version, "1.3.8");
     DECLARE_MSG_ARG(new_scheme, "version");
@@ -305,12 +306,20 @@ namespace vcpkg::msg
                     "",
                     "error: cannot specify both --no-{option} and --{option}.");
 
+    inline void print_warning(const LocalizedString& s)
+    {
+        print(Color::warning, format(msgErrorMessage).append(s).appendnl());
+    }
     template<class Message, class... Ts>
     void print_warning(Message m, Ts... args)
     {
         print(Color::warning, format(msgWarningMessage).append(format(m, args...).appendnl()));
     }
 
+    inline void print_error(const LocalizedString& s)
+    {
+        print(Color::error, format(msgErrorMessage).append(s).appendnl());
+    }
     template<class Message, class... Ts>
     void print_error(Message m, Ts... args)
     {
diff --git a/locales/messages.en.json b/locales/messages.en.json
index 31f6b20c25..1ca654fba4 100644
--- a/locales/messages.en.json
+++ b/locales/messages.en.json
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
   "ExpectedPortName": "expected a port name here",
   "ExpectedTripletName": "expected a triplet name here",
   "FailedToProvisionCe": "Failed to provision vcpkg-ce.",
+  "FailedToStoreBackToMirror": "failed to store back to mirror:",
   "ForceSystemBinariesOnWeirdPlatforms": "Environment variable VCPKG_FORCE_SYSTEM_BINARIES must be set on arm, s390x, and ppc64le platforms.",
   "FormattedParseMessageExpression": "    on expression: {value}",
   "GenerateMsgErrorParsingFormatArgs": "error: parsing format string for {value}:",
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@
   "IllegalPlatformSpec": "error: Platform qualifier is not allowed in this context",
   "InternalErrorMessage": "internal error: ",
   "InternalErrorMessageContact": "Please open an issue at https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/issues/new?template=other-type-of-bug-report.md&labels=category:vcpkg-bug with detailed steps to reproduce the problem.",
+  "JsonErrorFailedToParse": "failed to parse {path}:",
+  "JsonErrorFailedToRead": "failed to read {path}: {error_msg}",
   "LicenseExpressionContainsExtraPlus": "SPDX license expression contains an extra '+'. These are only allowed directly after a license identifier.",
   "LicenseExpressionContainsInvalidCharacter": "SPDX license expression contains an invalid character (0x{value:02X} '{value}').",
   "LicenseExpressionContainsUnicode": "SPDX license expression contains a unicode character (U+{value:04X} '{pretty_value}'), but these expressions are ASCII-only.",
@@ -91,6 +94,7 @@
   "ResultsHeader": "RESULTS",
   "SeeURL": "See {url} for more information.",
   "SuggestNewVersionScheme": "Use the version scheme \"{new_scheme}\" instead of \"{old_scheme}\" in port \"{package_name}\".\nUse `--{option}` to disable this check.",
+  "UnexpectedErrorDuringBulkDownload": "an unexpected error occurred during bulk download.",
   "UnknownBaselineFileContent": "unrecognizable baseline entry; expected 'port:triplet=(fail|skip)'",
   "UnsupportedSystemName": "Error: Could not map VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME '{system_name}' to a vcvarsall platform. Supported system names are '', 'Windows' and 'WindowsStore'.",
   "UnsupportedToolchain": "Error: in triplet {triplet}: Unable to find a valid toolchain combination.\n    The requested target architecture was {arch}\n    The selected Visual Studio instance is at {path}\n    The available toolchain combinations are {list}\n",
@@ -110,6 +114,8 @@
   "VersionInvalidRelaxed": "`{version}` is not a valid relaxed version (semver with arbitrary numeric element count).",
   "VersionInvalidSemver": "`{version}` is not a valid semantic version, consult <https://semver.org>.",
   "VersionSpecMismatch": "error: Failed to load port because version specs did not match\n    Path: {path}\n    Expected: {expected_version}\n    Actual: {actual_version}",
+  "WaitingForChildrenToExit": "Waiting for child processes to exit...",
+  "WaitingToTakeFilesystemLock": "waiting to take filesystem lock on {path}...",
   "WarningMessage": "warning: ",
   "WarningsTreatedAsErrors": "previous warnings being interpreted as errors"
 }
diff --git a/locales/messages.json b/locales/messages.json
index b4377f6024..ddbcf559c7 100644
--- a/locales/messages.json
+++ b/locales/messages.json
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
   "ExpectedPortName": "expected a port name here",
   "ExpectedTripletName": "expected a triplet name here",
   "FailedToProvisionCe": "Failed to provision vcpkg-ce.",
+  "FailedToStoreBackToMirror": "failed to store back to mirror:",
   "ForceSystemBinariesOnWeirdPlatforms": "Environment variable VCPKG_FORCE_SYSTEM_BINARIES must be set on arm, s390x, and ppc64le platforms.",
   "FormattedParseMessageExpression": "    on expression: {value}",
   "_FormattedParseMessageExpression.comment": "Example of {value} is 'x64 & windows'\n",
@@ -107,6 +108,10 @@
   "IllegalPlatformSpec": "error: Platform qualifier is not allowed in this context",
   "InternalErrorMessage": "internal error: ",
   "InternalErrorMessageContact": "Please open an issue at https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/issues/new?template=other-type-of-bug-report.md&labels=category:vcpkg-bug with detailed steps to reproduce the problem.",
+  "JsonErrorFailedToParse": "failed to parse {path}:",
+  "_JsonErrorFailedToParse.comment": "example of {path} is '/foo/bar'.\n",
+  "JsonErrorFailedToRead": "failed to read {path}: {error_msg}",
+  "_JsonErrorFailedToRead.comment": "example of {path} is '/foo/bar'.\nexample of {error_msg} is 'File Not Found'.\n",
   "LicenseExpressionContainsExtraPlus": "SPDX license expression contains an extra '+'. These are only allowed directly after a license identifier.",
   "LicenseExpressionContainsInvalidCharacter": "SPDX license expression contains an invalid character (0x{value:02X} '{value}').",
   "_LicenseExpressionContainsInvalidCharacter.comment": "example of {value:02X} is '7B'\nexample of {value} is '{'\n",
@@ -152,6 +157,7 @@
   "_SeeURL.comment": "example of {url} is 'https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg'.\n",
   "SuggestNewVersionScheme": "Use the version scheme \"{new_scheme}\" instead of \"{old_scheme}\" in port \"{package_name}\".\nUse `--{option}` to disable this check.",
   "_SuggestNewVersionScheme.comment": "example of {new_scheme} is 'version'.\nexample of {old_scheme} is 'version-string'.\nexample of {package_name} is 'zlib'.\nexample of {option} is 'editable'.\n",
+  "UnexpectedErrorDuringBulkDownload": "an unexpected error occurred during bulk download.",
   "UnknownBaselineFileContent": "unrecognizable baseline entry; expected 'port:triplet=(fail|skip)'",
   "UnsupportedSystemName": "Error: Could not map VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME '{system_name}' to a vcvarsall platform. Supported system names are '', 'Windows' and 'WindowsStore'.",
   "_UnsupportedSystemName.comment": "example of {system_name} is 'Darwin'.\n",
@@ -182,6 +188,9 @@
   "_VersionInvalidSemver.comment": "example of {version} is '1.3.8'.\n",
   "VersionSpecMismatch": "error: Failed to load port because version specs did not match\n    Path: {path}\n    Expected: {expected_version}\n    Actual: {actual_version}",
   "_VersionSpecMismatch.comment": "example of {path} is '/foo/bar'.\nexample of {expected_version} is '1.3.8'.\nexample of {actual_version} is '1.3.8'.\n",
+  "WaitingForChildrenToExit": "Waiting for child processes to exit...",
+  "WaitingToTakeFilesystemLock": "waiting to take filesystem lock on {path}...",
+  "_WaitingToTakeFilesystemLock.comment": "example of {path} is '/foo/bar'.\n",
   "WarningMessage": "warning: ",
   "WarningsTreatedAsErrors": "previous warnings being interpreted as errors"
 }
diff --git a/src/vcpkg-fuzz/main.cpp b/src/vcpkg-fuzz/main.cpp
index 3cd9cac527..1168a8cc26 100644
--- a/src/vcpkg-fuzz/main.cpp
+++ b/src/vcpkg-fuzz/main.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #include <vcpkg/base/checks.h>
 #include <vcpkg/base/json.h>
+#include <vcpkg/base/messages.h>
 #include <vcpkg/base/stringview.h>
-#include <vcpkg/base/system.print.h>
 #include <vcpkg/base/unicode.h>
 
 #include <vcpkg/platform-expression.h>
@@ -16,6 +16,18 @@ using namespace vcpkg;
 
 namespace
 {
+    DECLARE_AND_REGISTER_MESSAGE(FuzzInvalidKind, (msg::value), "example of {value} is 'utf-8'", "invalid kind: {}");
+    DECLARE_AND_REGISTER_MESSAGE(FuzzExpectedOneOf,
+                                 (),
+                                 "the list after the colon should stay the same, they're literal values",
+                                 "expected one of: utf-8, json, platform-expr");
+    DECLARE_AND_REGISTER_MESSAGE(FuzzUnknownOption, (msg::option), "", "unknown option: --{option}");
+
+    DECLARE_AND_REGISTER_MESSAGE(FuzzHelpUsage, (), "", "usage: vcpkg-fuzz --kind=<kind>");
+    DECLARE_AND_REGISTER_MESSAGE(FuzzHelpInput, (), "", "accepts input on stdin.");
+    DECLARE_AND_REGISTER_MESSAGE(FuzzHelpOptions, (), "", "options:");
+    DECLARE_AND_REGISTER_MESSAGE(FuzzHelpOptionKind, (), "", "one of {{utf-8, json, platform-expr}}");
+
     enum class FuzzKind
     {
         None,
@@ -68,14 +80,16 @@ namespace
                     }
                     else
                     {
-                        print2(Color::error, "Invalid kind: ", value, "\n");
-                        print2(Color::error, "  Expected one of: utf-8, json, platform-expr\n\n");
+                        msg::print_error(msg::format(msgFuzzInvalidKind, msg::value = value)
+                                             .appendnl()
+                                             .append_indent()
+                                             .append(msgFuzzExpectedOneOf));
                         print_help_and_exit(true);
                     }
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    print2("Unknown option: ", key, "\n\n");
+                    msg::print_error(msgFuzzUnknownOption, msg::option = key);
                     print_help_and_exit(true);
                 }
             }
@@ -99,19 +113,30 @@ namespace
 
         [[noreturn]] void print_help_and_exit(bool invalid = false)
         {
-            constexpr auto help =
-                R"(
-Usage: vcpkg-fuzz <options>
+            auto color = invalid ? Color::error : Color::none;
 
-Accepts input on stdin.
+            auto message = msg::format(msgFuzzHelpUsage).appendnl().appendnl();
+            message.append(msgFuzzHelpInput).appendnl().appendnl();
+            message.append(msgFuzzHelpOptions).appendnl();
 
-Options:
-  --kind=...                One of {utf-8, json}
-)";
+            struct
+            {
+                StringLiteral option;
+                LocalizedString help;
+            } options[] = {
+                {"kind", msg::format(msgFuzzHelpOptionKind)},
+            };
 
-            auto color = invalid ? Color::error : Color::success;
+            for (const auto& option : options)
+            {
+                auto start_option = fmt::format("  --{}=...", option.option);
+                message.append_raw(start_option)
+                    .append_raw(std::string(30 - start_option.size(), ' '))
+                    .append(option.help)
+                    .appendnl();
+            }
 
-            print2(color, help);
+            msg::print(color, message);
             if (invalid)
             {
                 Checks::exit_fail(VCPKG_LINE_INFO);
@@ -176,6 +201,8 @@ Accepts input on stdin.
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
+    msg::threadunsafe_initialize_context();
+
     auto args = FuzzArgs(argc, argv);
 
     if (args.kind == FuzzKind::None)
diff --git a/src/vcpkg-test/manifests.cpp b/src/vcpkg-test/manifests.cpp
index 01054df382..d0a2859693 100644
--- a/src/vcpkg-test/manifests.cpp
+++ b/src/vcpkg-test/manifests.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #include <catch2/catch.hpp>
 
 #include <vcpkg/base/json.h>
-#include <vcpkg/base/system.print.h>
 #include <vcpkg/base/util.h>
 
 #include <vcpkg/paragraphs.h>
@@ -25,8 +24,10 @@ static Json::Object parse_json_object(StringView sv)
     }
     else
     {
-        vcpkg::print2("Error found while parsing JSON document:\n", sv, '\n');
-        Checks::exit_with_message(VCPKG_LINE_INFO, json.error()->format());
+        INFO("Error found while parsing JSON document:");
+        INFO(sv.to_string());
+        FAIL(json.error()->format());
+        return Json::Object{};
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/vcpkg-test/specifier.cpp b/src/vcpkg-test/specifier.cpp
index d39429a485..7958b08308 100644
--- a/src/vcpkg-test/specifier.cpp
+++ b/src/vcpkg-test/specifier.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #include <catch2/catch.hpp>
 
-#include <vcpkg/base/system.print.h>
 #include <vcpkg/base/util.h>
 
 #include <vcpkg/packagespec.h>
@@ -86,11 +85,7 @@ TEST_CASE ("specifier parsing", "[specifier]")
 
     SECTION ("parsed specifier wildcard feature")
     {
-        auto maybe_spec = vcpkg::parse_qualified_specifier("zlib[*]");
-        print2(maybe_spec.error());
-        REQUIRE(maybe_spec);
-
-        auto& spec = *maybe_spec.get();
+        auto spec = Test::unwrap(vcpkg::parse_qualified_specifier("zlib[*]"));
         REQUIRE(spec.features.value_or(std::vector<std::string>{}) == std::vector<std::string>{"*"});
     }
 
diff --git a/src/vcpkg/base/checks.cpp b/src/vcpkg/base/checks.cpp
index 21d43da877..fc28d91a2d 100644
--- a/src/vcpkg/base/checks.cpp
+++ b/src/vcpkg/base/checks.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #include <vcpkg/base/checks.h>
+#include <vcpkg/base/messages.h>
 #include <vcpkg/base/stringview.h>
 #include <vcpkg/base/system.debug.h>
-#include <vcpkg/base/system.print.h>
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ namespace vcpkg
 
     [[noreturn]] void Checks::exit_with_message(const LineInfo& line_info, StringView error_message)
     {
-        print2(Color::error, error_message, '\n');
+        msg::write_unlocalized_text_to_stdout(Color::error, error_message);
+        msg::write_unlocalized_text_to_stdout(Color::error, "\n");
         exit_fail(line_info);
     }
     [[noreturn]] void Checks::msg_exit_with_message(const LineInfo& line_info, const LocalizedString& error_message)
@@ -89,8 +90,7 @@ namespace vcpkg
 
     [[noreturn]] void Checks::exit_with_message_and_line(const LineInfo& line_info, StringView error_message)
     {
-        msg::print(Color::error, locale_invariant_lineinfo(line_info));
-        print2(Color::error, error_message, '\n');
+        msg::println(Color::error, locale_invariant_lineinfo(line_info).append_raw(error_message));
         exit_fail(line_info);
     }
 
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ namespace vcpkg
 
     [[noreturn]] void Checks::exit_maybe_upgrade(const LineInfo& line_info, StringView error_message)
     {
-        print2(Color::error, error_message, '\n');
+        msg::write_unlocalized_text_to_stdout(Color::error, error_message);
+        msg::write_unlocalized_text_to_stdout(Color::error, "\n");
         display_upgrade_message();
         exit_fail(line_info);
     }
diff --git a/src/vcpkg/base/downloads.cpp b/src/vcpkg/base/downloads.cpp
index 46083d2ea1..26dfe0e929 100644
--- a/src/vcpkg/base/downloads.cpp
+++ b/src/vcpkg/base/downloads.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include <vcpkg/base/lockguarded.h>
 #include <vcpkg/base/system.debug.h>
 #include <vcpkg/base/system.h>
-#include <vcpkg/base/system.print.h>
 #include <vcpkg/base/system.process.h>
 #include <vcpkg/base/system.proxy.h>
 #include <vcpkg/base/util.h>
@@ -26,6 +25,11 @@ namespace
                                  "=== curl output ===\n"
                                  "{actual}\n"
                                  "=== end curl output ===\n");
+    DECLARE_AND_REGISTER_MESSAGE(UnexpectedErrorDuringBulkDownload,
+                                 (),
+                                 "",
+                                 "an unexpected error occurred during bulk download.");
+    DECLARE_AND_REGISTER_MESSAGE(FailedToStoreBackToMirror, (), "", "failed to store back to mirror:");
 }
 
 namespace vcpkg
@@ -372,7 +376,7 @@ namespace vcpkg
             if (start_size + url_pairs.size() > out->size())
             {
                 // curl stopped before finishing all downloads; retry after some time
-                print2(Color::warning, "Warning: an unexpected error occurred during bulk download.\n");
+                msg::print_warning(msgUnexpectedErrorDuringBulkDownload);
                 std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(i));
                 url_pairs =
                     View<std::pair<std::string, Path>>{url_pairs.begin() + out->size() - start_size, url_pairs.end()};
@@ -731,7 +735,8 @@ namespace vcpkg
                         auto maybe_push = put_file_to_mirror(fs, download_path, *hash);
                         if (!maybe_push.has_value())
                         {
-                            print2(Color::warning, "Warning: failed to store back to mirror:\n", maybe_push.error());
+                            msg::print_warning(msgFailedToStoreBackToMirror);
+                            msg::write_unlocalized_text_to_stdout(Color::warning, maybe_push.error());
                         }
                     }
                     return *url;
diff --git a/src/vcpkg/base/files.cpp b/src/vcpkg/base/files.cpp
index af27bf050c..944af8739b 100644
--- a/src/vcpkg/base/files.cpp
+++ b/src/vcpkg/base/files.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #include <vcpkg/base/system_headers.h>
 
 #include <vcpkg/base/files.h>
+#include <vcpkg/base/messages.h>
 #include <vcpkg/base/system.debug.h>
 #include <vcpkg/base/system.h>
-#include <vcpkg/base/system.print.h>
 #include <vcpkg/base/system.process.h>
 #include <vcpkg/base/util.h>
 
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ namespace
 {
     using namespace vcpkg;
 
+    DECLARE_AND_REGISTER_MESSAGE(WaitingToTakeFilesystemLock,
+                                 (msg::path),
+                                 "",
+                                 "waiting to take filesystem lock on {path}...");
+
     std::atomic<uint64_t> g_us_filesystem_stats(0);
 
     struct IsSlash
@@ -3224,7 +3229,7 @@ namespace vcpkg
             auto result = std::make_unique<ExclusiveFileLock>(lockfile, ec);
             if (!ec && !result->lock_attempt(ec) && !ec)
             {
-                vcpkg::printf("Waiting to take filesystem lock on %s...\n", lockfile);
+                msg::println(msgWaitingToTakeFilesystemLock, msg::path = lockfile);
                 do
                 {
                     std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(1000));
@@ -3240,7 +3245,7 @@ namespace vcpkg
             auto result = std::make_unique<ExclusiveFileLock>(lockfile, ec);
             if (!ec && !result->lock_attempt(ec) && !ec)
             {
-                Debug::print("Waiting to take filesystem lock on ", lockfile, "...\n");
+                Debug::println(msg::format(msgWaitingToTakeFilesystemLock, msg::path = lockfile));
                 // waits, at most, a second and a half.
                 for (auto wait = std::chrono::milliseconds(100);;)
                 {
@@ -3320,7 +3325,7 @@ namespace vcpkg
             Strings::append(message, "    ", p.generic_u8string(), '\n');
         }
         message.push_back('\n');
-        print2(message);
+        msg::write_unlocalized_text_to_stdout(Color::none, message);
     }
 
     uint64_t get_filesystem_stats() { return g_us_filesystem_stats.load(); }
diff --git a/src/vcpkg/base/json.cpp b/src/vcpkg/base/json.cpp
index 450e120159..e3167b8ae6 100644
--- a/src/vcpkg/base/json.cpp
+++ b/src/vcpkg/base/json.cpp
@@ -1,14 +1,24 @@
 #include <vcpkg/base/files.h>
 #include <vcpkg/base/json.h>
 #include <vcpkg/base/jsonreader.h>
+#include <vcpkg/base/messages.h>
 #include <vcpkg/base/system.debug.h>
-#include <vcpkg/base/system.print.h>
 #include <vcpkg/base/unicode.h>
 
 #include <vcpkg/documentation.h>
 
 #include <inttypes.h>
 
+namespace
+{
+    using namespace vcpkg;
+    DECLARE_AND_REGISTER_MESSAGE(JsonErrorFailedToRead,
+                                 (msg::path, msg::error_msg),
+                                 "",
+                                 "failed to read {path}: {error_msg}");
+    DECLARE_AND_REGISTER_MESSAGE(JsonErrorFailedToParse, (msg::path), "", "failed to parse {path}:");
+}
+
 namespace vcpkg::Json
 {
     static std::atomic<uint64_t> g_json_parsing_stats(0);
@@ -1087,13 +1097,14 @@ namespace vcpkg::Json
         auto ret = parse_file(fs, json_file, ec);
         if (ec)
         {
-            print2(Color::error, "Failed to read ", json_file, ": ", ec.message(), "\n");
+            msg::print_error(msgJsonErrorFailedToRead, msg::path = json_file, msg::error_msg = ec);
             Checks::exit_fail(li);
         }
         else if (!ret)
         {
-            print2(Color::error, "Failed to parse ", json_file, ":\n");
-            print2(ret.error()->format());
+            msg::print_error(msgJsonErrorFailedToParse, msg::path = json_file);
+            msg::write_unlocalized_text_to_stdout(Color::error, ret.error()->format());
+            msg::println();
             Checks::exit_fail(li);
         }
         return ret.value_or_exit(li);
diff --git a/src/vcpkg/base/parse.cpp b/src/vcpkg/base/parse.cpp
index 17bb5e5b2e..dc9139b5df 100644
--- a/src/vcpkg/base/parse.cpp
+++ b/src/vcpkg/base/parse.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #include <vcpkg/base/messages.h>
 #include <vcpkg/base/parse.h>
-#include <vcpkg/base/system.print.h>
 #include <vcpkg/base/util.h>
 
 #include <algorithm>
diff --git a/src/vcpkg/base/system.process.cpp b/src/vcpkg/base/system.process.cpp
index 559c61ce3a..182d44ab2c 100644
--- a/src/vcpkg/base/system.process.cpp
+++ b/src/vcpkg/base/system.process.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #include <vcpkg/base/strings.h>
 #include <vcpkg/base/system.debug.h>
 #include <vcpkg/base/system.h>
-#include <vcpkg/base/system.print.h>
 #include <vcpkg/base/system.process.h>
 #include <vcpkg/base/util.h>
 
@@ -25,6 +24,11 @@
 #pragma comment(lib, "Advapi32")
 #endif
 
+namespace
+{
+    DECLARE_AND_REGISTER_MESSAGE(WaitingForChildrenToExit, (), "", "Waiting for child processes to exit...");
+}
+
 namespace vcpkg
 {
     void append_shell_escaped(std::string& target, StringView content)
@@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ namespace vcpkg
                         while (true)
                         {
                             std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(10));
-                            print2("Waiting for child processes to exit...\n");
+                            msg::println(msgWaitingForChildrenToExit);
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -118,7 +122,7 @@ namespace vcpkg
                     while (true)
                     {
                         std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(10));
-                        print2("Waiting for child processes to exit...\n");
+                        msg::println(msgWaitingForChildrenToExit);
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -900,7 +904,7 @@ namespace vcpkg
                 Strings::append(output, sv);
                 if (echo_in_debug == EchoInDebug::Show && Debug::g_debugging)
                 {
-                    print2(sv);
+                    msg::write_unlocalized_text_to_stdout(Color::none, sv);
                 }
             },
             wd,