diff --git a/src/Main.gren b/src/Main.gren
index 4bce0d9c..8e882f4c 100644
--- a/src/Main.gren
+++ b/src/Main.gren
@@ -471,7 +471,20 @@ parseUserArgs model compilerPath =
                         |> Task.perform RunCmd
 
                 CliParser.Make flags ->
-                    resolveProject model
+                    let
+                        determineOutputStreamForResolve =
+                            when flags.output is
+                                Just Compiler.Backend.StdOut ->
+                                    -- We only want to print the actual generated JS
+                                    -- in this case, ignoring everything else
+                                    Terminal.Help.getNullStream
+                                        |> Task.map Stream.writable
+
+                                _ ->
+                                    Task.succeed model.stdout
+                    in
+                    determineOutputStreamForResolve
+                        |> Task.andThen (\output -> resolveProject { model | stdout = output })
                         |> Task.andThen (verifyMakeFlags model.fsPermission flags.entryPoints flags.output)
                         |> Task.map
                             (\resolved ->
@@ -534,7 +547,20 @@ parseUserArgs model compilerPath =
                         |> Task.perform RunCmd
 
                 CliParser.Docs flags ->
-                    resolveProject model
+                    let
+                        determineOutputStreamForResolve =
+                            when flags.output is
+                                Just Compiler.Backend.DocsStdOut ->
+                                    -- We only want to print the actual generated JS
+                                    -- in this case, ignoring everything else
+                                    Terminal.Help.getNullStream
+                                        |> Task.map Stream.writable
+
+                                _ ->
+                                    Task.succeed model.stdout
+                    in
+                    determineOutputStreamForResolve
+                        |> Task.andThen (\output -> resolveProject { model | stdout = output })
                         |> Task.map
                             (\resolved ->
                                 Compiler.Backend.run
diff --git a/src/Terminal/Help.gren b/src/Terminal/Help.gren
index 8fc7a966..72ed10fd 100644
--- a/src/Terminal/Help.gren
+++ b/src/Terminal/Help.gren
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module Terminal.Help exposing
     , prettyPrint
     , report
     , makeLink
+    , getNullStream
     )
 
 import CLI.PrettyPrinter as PP
@@ -124,3 +125,10 @@ makeNakedLink filename =
         , PP.text (SemanticVersion.toString Meta.version)
         , PP.text ("/hints/" ++ filename ++ ".md")
         ]
+
+
+getNullStream : Task x (Stream.Transformation Bytes Bytes)
+getNullStream =
+    Stream.customTransformation
+        (\state _ -> Stream.UpdateState state)
+        Bytes.empty
diff --git a/src/Terminal/Run.gren b/src/Terminal/Run.gren
index ec75eedd..cd35fa1b 100644
--- a/src/Terminal/Run.gren
+++ b/src/Terminal/Run.gren
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ makeProject config projectOutline =
                         , onComplete = config.onCompiled outputPath
                         }
             in
-            getNullStream
+            Help.getNullStream
                 |> Task.andThen installPackages
                 |> Task.map backendCommand
                 |> Task.map compile
@@ -227,13 +227,6 @@ run config =
 -- HELPERS
 
 
-getNullStream : Task x (Stream.Transformation Bytes Bytes)
-getNullStream =
-    Stream.customTransformation
-        (\state _ -> Stream.UpdateState state)
-        Bytes.empty
-
-
 getProjectOutline : FileSystem.Permission -> Path -> Task Error Outline
 getProjectOutline fsPermission path =
     path