diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_repair_packs.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_repair_packs.go
index c572e02c5..04b06c33b 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_repair_packs.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_repair_packs.go
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/errors"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/repository"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/restic"
+	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/ui/termstatus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 )
 
 var cmdRepairPacks = &cobra.Command{
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ Exit status is 0 if the command was successful, and non-zero if there was any er
 `,
 	DisableAutoGenTag: true,
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		return runRepairPacks(cmd.Context(), globalOptions, args)
+		term, cancel := setupTermstatus()
+		defer cancel()
+		return runRepairPacks(cmd.Context(), globalOptions, term, args)
 	},
 }
 
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ func init() {
 	cmdRepair.AddCommand(cmdRepairPacks)
 }
 
-func runRepairPacks(ctx context.Context, gopts GlobalOptions, args []string) error {
+func runRepairPacks(ctx context.Context, gopts GlobalOptions, term *termstatus.Terminal, args []string) error {
 	// FIXME discuss and add proper feature flag mechanism
 	flag, _ := os.LookupEnv("RESTIC_FEATURES")
 	if flag != "repair-packs-v1" {
@@ -68,21 +70,19 @@ func runRepairPacks(ctx context.Context, gopts GlobalOptions, args []string) err
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return repairPacks(ctx, gopts, repo, ids)
-}
-
-func repairPacks(ctx context.Context, gopts GlobalOptions, repo *repository.Repository, ids restic.IDSet) error {
 	bar := newIndexProgress(gopts.Quiet, gopts.JSON)
-	err := repo.LoadIndex(ctx, bar)
+	err = repo.LoadIndex(ctx, bar)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Fatalf("%s", err)
 	}
 
-	Warnf("saving backup copies of pack files in current folder\n")
+	printer := newTerminalProgressPrinter(gopts.verbosity, term)
+
+	printer.P("saving backup copies of pack files to current folder")
 	for id := range ids {
 		f, err := os.OpenFile("pack-"+id.String(), os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_EXCL, 0o666)
 		if err != nil {
-			return errors.Fatalf("%s", err)
+			return err
 		}
 
 		err = repo.Backend().Load(ctx, backend.Handle{Type: restic.PackFile, Name: id.String()}, 0, 0, func(rd io.Reader) error {
@@ -94,66 +94,15 @@ func repairPacks(ctx context.Context, gopts GlobalOptions, repo *repository.Repo
 			return err
 		})
 		if err != nil {
-			return errors.Fatalf("%s", err)
+			return err
 		}
 	}
 
-	wg, wgCtx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
-	repo.StartPackUploader(wgCtx, wg)
-	repo.DisableAutoIndexUpdate()
-
-	Warnf("salvaging intact data from specified pack files\n")
-	bar = newProgressMax(!gopts.Quiet, uint64(len(ids)), "pack files")
-	defer bar.Done()
-
-	wg.Go(func() error {
-		// examine all data the indexes have for the pack file
-		for b := range repo.Index().ListPacks(wgCtx, ids) {
-			blobs := b.Blobs
-			if len(blobs) == 0 {
-				Warnf("no blobs found for pack %v\n", b.PackID)
-				bar.Add(1)
-				continue
-			}
-
-			err = repo.LoadBlobsFromPack(wgCtx, b.PackID, blobs, func(blob restic.BlobHandle, buf []byte, err error) error {
-				if err != nil {
-					// Fallback path
-					buf, err = repo.LoadBlob(wgCtx, blob.Type, blob.ID, nil)
-					if err != nil {
-						Warnf("failed to load blob %v: %v\n", blob.ID, err)
-						return nil
-					}
-				}
-				id, _, _, err := repo.SaveBlob(wgCtx, blob.Type, buf, restic.ID{}, true)
-				if !id.Equal(blob.ID) {
-					panic("pack id mismatch during upload")
-				}
-				return err
-			})
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			bar.Add(1)
-		}
-		return repo.Flush(wgCtx)
-	})
-
-	if err := wg.Wait(); err != nil {
-		return errors.Fatalf("%s", err)
-	}
-	bar.Done()
-
-	// remove salvaged packs from index
-	err = rebuildIndexFiles(ctx, gopts, repo, ids, nil, false)
+	err = repository.RepairPacks(ctx, repo, ids, printer)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Fatalf("%s", err)
 	}
 
-	// cleanup
-	Warnf("removing salvaged pack files\n")
-	DeleteFiles(ctx, gopts, repo, ids, restic.PackFile)
-
 	Warnf("\nUse `restic repair snapshots --forget` to remove the corrupted data blobs from all snapshots\n")
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/restic/progress.go b/cmd/restic/progress.go
index 9d93863ad..48aa209a6 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/progress.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/progress.go
@@ -109,3 +109,21 @@ func newIndexProgress(quiet bool, json bool) *progress.Counter {
 func newIndexTerminalProgress(quiet bool, json bool, term *termstatus.Terminal) *progress.Counter {
 	return newTerminalProgressMax(!quiet && !json && stdoutIsTerminal(), 0, "index files loaded", term)
 }
+
+type terminalProgressPrinter struct {
+	term *termstatus.Terminal
+	ui.Message
+	show bool
+}
+
+func (t *terminalProgressPrinter) NewCounter(description string) *progress.Counter {
+	return newTerminalProgressMax(t.show, 0, description, t.term)
+}
+
+func newTerminalProgressPrinter(verbosity uint, term *termstatus.Terminal) progress.Printer {
+	return &terminalProgressPrinter{
+		term:    term,
+		Message: *ui.NewMessage(term, verbosity),
+		show:    verbosity > 0,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/repository/repair_pack.go b/internal/repository/repair_pack.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f3d43dc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/repository/repair_pack.go
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+package repository
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"io"
+
+	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/restic"
+	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/ui/progress"
+	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
+)
+
+func RepairPacks(ctx context.Context, repo *Repository, ids restic.IDSet, printer progress.Printer) error {
+	wg, wgCtx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
+	repo.StartPackUploader(wgCtx, wg)
+	repo.DisableAutoIndexUpdate()
+
+	printer.P("salvaging intact data from specified pack files")
+	bar := printer.NewCounter("pack files")
+	bar.SetMax(uint64(len(ids)))
+	defer bar.Done()
+
+	wg.Go(func() error {
+		// examine all data the indexes have for the pack file
+		for b := range repo.Index().ListPacks(wgCtx, ids) {
+			blobs := b.Blobs
+			if len(blobs) == 0 {
+				printer.E("no blobs found for pack %v", b.PackID)
+				bar.Add(1)
+				continue
+			}
+
+			err := repo.LoadBlobsFromPack(wgCtx, b.PackID, blobs, func(blob restic.BlobHandle, buf []byte, err error) error {
+				if err != nil {
+					// Fallback path
+					buf, err = repo.LoadBlob(wgCtx, blob.Type, blob.ID, nil)
+					if err != nil {
+						printer.E("failed to load blob %v: %v", blob.ID, err)
+						return nil
+					}
+				}
+				id, _, _, err := repo.SaveBlob(wgCtx, blob.Type, buf, restic.ID{}, true)
+				if !id.Equal(blob.ID) {
+					panic("pack id mismatch during upload")
+				}
+				return err
+			})
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			bar.Add(1)
+		}
+		return repo.Flush(wgCtx)
+	})
+
+	err := wg.Wait()
+	bar.Done()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// remove salvaged packs from index
+	printer.P("rebuilding index")
+
+	bar = printer.NewCounter("packs processed")
+	err = repo.Index().Save(ctx, repo, ids, nil, restic.MasterIndexSaveOpts{
+		SaveProgress: bar,
+		DeleteProgress: func() *progress.Counter {
+			return printer.NewCounter("old indexes deleted")
+		},
+		DeleteReport: func(id restic.ID, err error) {
+			printer.VV("removed index %v", id.String())
+		},
+	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// cleanup
+	printer.P("removing salvaged pack files")
+	// if we fail to delete the damaged pack files, then prune will remove them later on
+	bar = printer.NewCounter("files deleted")
+	_ = restic.ParallelRemove(ctx, repo, ids, restic.PackFile, nil, bar)
+	bar.Done()
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/ui/progress/printer.go b/internal/ui/progress/printer.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c95383d3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/ui/progress/printer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package progress
+
+// A Printer can can return a new counter or print messages
+// at different log levels.
+// It must be safe to call its methods from concurrent goroutines.
+type Printer interface {
+	NewCounter(description string) *Counter
+
+	E(msg string, args ...interface{})
+	P(msg string, args ...interface{})
+	V(msg string, args ...interface{})
+	VV(msg string, args ...interface{})
+}
+
+// NoopPrinter discards all messages
+type NoopPrinter struct{}
+
+var _ Printer = (*NoopPrinter)(nil)
+
+func (*NoopPrinter) NewCounter(description string) *Counter {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (*NoopPrinter) E(msg string, args ...interface{}) {}
+
+func (*NoopPrinter) P(msg string, args ...interface{}) {}
+
+func (*NoopPrinter) V(msg string, args ...interface{}) {}
+
+func (*NoopPrinter) VV(msg string, args ...interface{}) {}