diff --git a/docs/usage-cli.rst b/docs/usage-cli.rst
index 849a41348..641b53530 100644
--- a/docs/usage-cli.rst
+++ b/docs/usage-cli.rst
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ See below how sample configuration file could look like. The structure is the sa
    details: false
    method: []
    loglevel: warning
-   timestamp: false
    path: []
    blueprint: api-description.apib
    endpoint: "http://127.0.0.1:3000"
diff --git a/docs/usage-js.rst b/docs/usage-js.rst
index 06f6c1607..b294d0d0a 100644
--- a/docs/usage-js.rst
+++ b/docs/usage-js.rst
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ Let’s have a look at an example configuration first. (Please also see the :ref
 
        'require': null, // String, When using nodejs hooks, require the given module before executing hooks
 
-       'color': true,
-       'timestamp': false
+       'no-color': false,
      },
 
      'emitter': EventEmitterInstance, // optional - listen to test progress, your own instance of EventEmitter
diff --git a/lib/configuration.js b/lib/configuration.js
index 610441e4b..8c12de9e5 100644
--- a/lib/configuration.js
+++ b/lib/configuration.js
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@ function coerceToArray(value) {
 
 
 function applyLoggingOptions(options) {
-  // The CLI layer should handle 'color' and 'timestamp' and they should be
-  // implemented as --color/--no-color and --timestamp/--no-timestamp boolean
-  // options with no values
+  // The CLI layer should handle 'color' and it should be implemented
+  // as a --color/--no-color boolean option with no values
   if (options.color === 'false') {
     options.color = false;
   } else if (options.color === 'true') {
@@ -29,9 +28,6 @@ function applyLoggingOptions(options) {
   logger.transports.console.colorize = options.color;
   reporterOutputLogger.transports.console.colorize = options.color;
 
-  logger.transports.console.timestamp = options.timestamp;
-  reporterOutputLogger.transports.console.timestamp = options.timestamp;
-
   // Handling the 'loglevel' value
   if (options.loglevel) {
     const loglevel = options.loglevel.toLowerCase();
@@ -39,7 +35,10 @@ function applyLoggingOptions(options) {
       logger.transports.console.silent = true;
     } else if (loglevel === 'warning') {
       logger.transports.console.level = 'warn';
-    } else if (['debug', 'warn', 'error'].includes(loglevel)) {
+    } else if (loglevel === 'debug') {
+      logger.transports.console.level = 'debug';
+      logger.transports.console.timestamp = true;
+    } else if (['warn', 'error'].includes(loglevel)) {
       logger.transports.console.level = loglevel;
     } else {
       throw new Error(`Unsupported logging level: '${loglevel}'`);
@@ -48,11 +47,6 @@ function applyLoggingOptions(options) {
     logger.transports.console.level = 'warn';
   }
 
-  // Once the reporters' output is handled in a different way than with
-  // a logger, this part will not be necessary anymore
-  reporterOutputLogger.transports.console.silent = false;
-  reporterOutputLogger.transports.console.level = 'info';
-
   return options;
 }
 
@@ -78,7 +72,6 @@ function applyConfiguration(config) {
       only: [],
       color: true,
       loglevel: 'warning',
-      timestamp: false,
       sorted: false,
       names: false,
       hookfiles: null,
diff --git a/lib/options.json b/lib/options.json
index 6ac1667d0..4d3009c82 100644
--- a/lib/options.json
+++ b/lib/options.json
@@ -94,14 +94,9 @@
   },
   "loglevel": {
     "alias": "l",
-    "description": "The level of logging to output. Options: 'debug', 'warning', 'error', 'silent'.",
+    "description": "Application logging level. Supported levels: 'debug', 'warning', 'error', 'silent'. The value 'debug' also displays timestamps.",
     "default": "warning"
   },
-  "timestamp": {
-    "alias": "t",
-    "description": "Determines whether console output should include timestamps.",
-    "default": false
-  },
   "path": {
     "alias": "p",
     "description": "Additional API description paths or URLs. Can be used multiple times with glob pattern for paths.",
diff --git a/lib/reporters/reporterOutputLogger.js b/lib/reporters/reporterOutputLogger.js
index 0cd806d75..93b8cf03c 100644
--- a/lib/reporters/reporterOutputLogger.js
+++ b/lib/reporters/reporterOutputLogger.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ const winston = require('winston');
 
 module.exports = new (winston.Logger)({
   transports: [
-    new (winston.transports.Console)({ colorize: true }),
+    new (winston.transports.Console)({ colorize: true, level: 'info' }),
   ],
   levels: {
     info: 10,
diff --git a/test/integration/cli/hookfiles-cli-test.js b/test/integration/cli/hookfiles-cli-test.js
index 4126357e6..b65f6f95c 100644
--- a/test/integration/cli/hookfiles-cli-test.js
+++ b/test/integration/cli/hookfiles-cli-test.js
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ describe('CLI', () => {
       });
     });
 
-    describe('when showing timestamps with -t', () => {
+    describe('when showing timestamps with --loglevel=debug', () => {
       let runtimeInfo;
 
       before((done) => {
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ describe('CLI', () => {
         const args = [
           './test/fixtures/single-get.apib',
           `http://127.0.0.1:${DEFAULT_SERVER_PORT}`,
-          '-t',
+          '--loglevel=debug',
         ];
         runCLIWithServer(args, app, (err, info) => {
           runtimeInfo = info;
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ describe('CLI', () => {
 
       it('should display timestamps', () => {
         // Look for the prefix for cli output with timestamps
-        assert.notEqual(runtimeInfo.dredd.stdout.indexOf('Z -'), -1);
+        assert.include(runtimeInfo.dredd.stderr, 'Z -');
       });
     });
   });
diff --git a/test/unit/CLI-test.js b/test/unit/CLI-test.js
index 75e479831..10ef76b05 100644
--- a/test/unit/CLI-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/CLI-test.js
@@ -327,7 +327,6 @@ describe('CLI class', () => {
         method: [],
         color: true,
         loglevel: 'warning',
-        timestamp: false,
         path: [],
         $0: 'node ./bin/dredd',
       }));
diff --git a/test/unit/configUtils-test.js b/test/unit/configUtils-test.js
index a04b490e5..96182bc70 100644
--- a/test/unit/configUtils-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/configUtils-test.js
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ const argvData = {
   c: true,
   loglevel: 'warning',
   l: 'warning',
-  timestamp: false,
-  t: false,
   path: [],
   p: [],
   $0: 'node ./bin/dredd',
@@ -162,7 +160,6 @@ details: false
 method: []
 color: true
 loglevel: info
-timestamp: false
 path: []
 blueprint: blueprint
 endpoint: endpoint\
diff --git a/test/unit/configuration-test.js b/test/unit/configuration-test.js
index 031f80d2a..78480dbbc 100644
--- a/test/unit/configuration-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/configuration-test.js
@@ -99,34 +99,6 @@ describe('configuration.applyLoggingOptions()', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('with timestamp set to true', () => {
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      configuration.applyLoggingOptions({ timestamp: true });
-    });
-
-    it('the application logger should be set to add timestamps', () => {
-      assert.isTrue(logger.transports.console.timestamp);
-    });
-
-    it('the application output should be set to add timestamps', () => {
-      assert.isTrue(reporterOutputLogger.transports.console.timestamp);
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('with timestamp set to false', () => {
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      configuration.applyLoggingOptions({ timestamp: false });
-    });
-
-    it('the application logger should be set not to add timestamps', () => {
-      assert.isFalse(logger.transports.console.timestamp);
-    });
-
-    it('the application output should be set not to add timestamps', () => {
-      assert.isFalse(reporterOutputLogger.transports.console.timestamp);
-    });
-  });
-
   describe('with loglevel not set', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
       configuration.applyLoggingOptions({});
@@ -162,7 +134,7 @@ describe('configuration.applyLoggingOptions()', () => {
       configuration.applyLoggingOptions({ loglevel: 'ERROR' });
     });
 
-    it('the application logger level is set', () => {
+    it('the value is understood', () => {
       assert.equal(logger.transports.console.level, 'error');
     });
   });
@@ -190,24 +162,28 @@ describe('configuration.applyLoggingOptions()', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('with loglevel set to warn', () => {
+  describe('with loglevel set to warning', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
-      configuration.applyLoggingOptions({ loglevel: 'warn' });
+      configuration.applyLoggingOptions({ loglevel: 'warning' });
     });
 
-    it('the application logger level is set to warn', () => {
+    it('the value is understood as warn', () => {
       assert.equal(logger.transports.console.level, 'warn');
     });
   });
 
-  describe('with loglevel set to warning', () => {
+  describe('with loglevel set to warn', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
-      configuration.applyLoggingOptions({ loglevel: 'warning' });
+      configuration.applyLoggingOptions({ loglevel: 'warn' });
     });
 
     it('the application logger level is set to warn', () => {
       assert.equal(logger.transports.console.level, 'warn');
     });
+
+    it('the application logger is not set to add timestamps', () => {
+      assert.isFalse(logger.transports.console.timestamp);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('with loglevel set to error', () => {
@@ -218,6 +194,10 @@ describe('configuration.applyLoggingOptions()', () => {
     it('the application logger level is set to error', () => {
       assert.equal(logger.transports.console.level, 'error');
     });
+
+    it('the application logger is not set to add timestamps', () => {
+      assert.isFalse(logger.transports.console.timestamp);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('with loglevel set to debug', () => {
@@ -228,6 +208,10 @@ describe('configuration.applyLoggingOptions()', () => {
     it('the application logger level is set to debug', () => {
       assert.equal(logger.transports.console.level, 'debug');
     });
+
+    it('the application logger is set to add timestamps', () => {
+      assert.isTrue(logger.transports.console.timestamp);
+    });
   });
 });