diff --git a/src/colors.rs b/src/colors.rs
index 32999849..77ee9818 100644
--- a/src/colors.rs
+++ b/src/colors.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use rgb::{RGB16, RGBA8};
-use std::fmt;
+use std::{fmt, fmt::Display};
 
 use crate::PngError;
 
@@ -27,20 +27,18 @@ pub enum ColorType {
     RGBA,
 }
 
-impl fmt::Display for ColorType {
+impl Display for ColorType {
     #[inline]
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        write!(
-            f,
-            "{}",
-            match *self {
-                ColorType::Grayscale { .. } => "Grayscale",
-                ColorType::RGB { .. } => "RGB",
-                ColorType::Indexed { .. } => "Indexed",
-                ColorType::GrayscaleAlpha => "Grayscale + Alpha",
-                ColorType::RGBA => "RGB + Alpha",
+        match self {
+            ColorType::Grayscale { .. } => Display::fmt("Grayscale", f),
+            ColorType::RGB { .. } => Display::fmt("RGB", f),
+            ColorType::Indexed { palette } => {
+                Display::fmt(&format!("Indexed ({} colors)", palette.len()), f)
             }
-        )
+            ColorType::GrayscaleAlpha => Display::fmt("Grayscale + Alpha", f),
+            ColorType::RGBA => Display::fmt("RGB + Alpha", f),
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -109,9 +107,9 @@ impl TryFrom<u8> for BitDepth {
     }
 }
 
-impl fmt::Display for BitDepth {
+impl Display for BitDepth {
     #[inline]
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "{}", *self as u8)
+        Display::fmt(&(*self as u8).to_string(), f)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/filters.rs b/src/filters.rs
index d43c2833..1fec39e6 100644
--- a/src/filters.rs
+++ b/src/filters.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-use std::{fmt::Display, mem::transmute};
+use std::mem::transmute;
+use std::{fmt, fmt::Display};
 
 use crate::error::PngError;
 
@@ -31,11 +32,9 @@ impl TryFrom<u8> for RowFilter {
 }
 
 impl Display for RowFilter {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        write!(
-            f,
-            "{:8}",
-            match *self {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        Display::fmt(
+            match self {
                 Self::None => "None",
                 Self::Sub => "Sub",
                 Self::Up => "Up",
@@ -46,7 +45,8 @@ impl Display for RowFilter {
                 Self::Bigrams => "Bigrams",
                 Self::BigEnt => "BigEnt",
                 Self::Brute => "Brute",
-            }
+            },
+            f,
         )
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/interlace.rs b/src/interlace.rs
index 88c146ff..0fd63f21 100644
--- a/src/interlace.rs
+++ b/src/interlace.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::fmt::Display;
+use std::{fmt, fmt::Display};
 
 use crate::headers::IhdrData;
 use crate::png::PngImage;
@@ -25,14 +25,13 @@ impl TryFrom<u8> for Interlacing {
 }
 
 impl Display for Interlacing {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        write!(
-            f,
-            "{}",
-            match *self {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        Display::fmt(
+            match self {
                 Self::None => "non-interlaced",
                 Self::Adam7 => "interlaced",
-            }
+            },
+            f,
         )
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 22a457bc..d331c6dc 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ extern crate rayon;
 mod rayon;
 
 use crate::atomicmin::AtomicMin;
-use crate::colors::{BitDepth, ColorType};
+use crate::colors::BitDepth;
 use crate::deflate::{crc32, inflate};
 use crate::evaluate::Evaluator;
 use crate::png::PngData;
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ fn optimize_png(
             png.idat_data = idat_data;
             debug!("Found better combination:");
             debug!(
-                "    zc = {}  f = {}  {} bytes",
+                "    zc = {}  f = {:8}  {} bytes",
                 opts.compression,
                 opts.filter,
                 png.idat_data.len()
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ fn perform_trial(
         Ok(n) => {
             let bytes = n.len();
             trace!(
-                "    zc = {}  f = {}  {} bytes",
+                "    zc = {}  f = {:8}  {} bytes",
                 trial.compression,
                 trial.filter,
                 bytes
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ fn perform_trial(
         }
         Err(PngError::DeflatedDataTooLong(bytes)) => {
             trace!(
-                "    zc = {}  f = {} >{} bytes",
+                "    zc = {}  f = {:8} >{} bytes",
                 trial.compression,
                 trial.filter,
                 bytes,
@@ -818,24 +818,10 @@ impl Deadline {
 
 /// Display the format of the image data
 fn report_format(prefix: &str, png: &PngImage) {
-    if let ColorType::Indexed { palette } = &png.ihdr.color_type {
-        debug!(
-            "{}{} bits/pixel, {} colors in palette ({})",
-            prefix,
-            png.ihdr.bit_depth,
-            palette.len(),
-            png.ihdr.interlaced
-        );
-    } else {
-        debug!(
-            "{}{}x{} bits/pixel, {} ({})",
-            prefix,
-            png.channels_per_pixel(),
-            png.ihdr.bit_depth,
-            png.ihdr.color_type,
-            png.ihdr.interlaced
-        );
-    }
+    debug!(
+        "{}{}-bit {}, {}",
+        prefix, png.ihdr.bit_depth, png.ihdr.color_type, png.ihdr.interlaced
+    );
 }
 
 /// Strip headers from the `PngData` object, as requested by the passed `Options`
diff --git a/tests/flags.rs b/tests/flags.rs
index 281efb00..3690f21a 100644
--- a/tests/flags.rs
+++ b/tests/flags.rs
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ fn verbose_mode() {
     let logs: Vec<_> = receiver.into_iter().collect();
     let expected_prefixes = [
         "    500x400 pixels, PNG format",
-        "    3x8 bits/pixel, RGB (non-interlaced)",
+        "    8-bit RGB, non-interlaced",
         "    IDAT size = 113794 bytes",
         "    File size = 114708 bytes",
         "Trying: 1 filters",