diff --git a/lib/jekyll/commands/build.rb b/lib/jekyll/commands/build.rb
index b1636c88..1c942a0b 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/commands/build.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/commands/build.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ module Jekyll
           options = configuration_from_options(options)
           site = Jekyll::Site.new(options)
 
-          Jekyll.logger.log_level = Jekyll::Stevenson::ERROR if options['quiet']
+          Jekyll.logger.log_level = :error if options['quiet']
 
           build(site, options)
           watch(site, options) if options['watch']
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ module Jekyll
           Jekyll.logger.info "Auto-regeneration:", "enabled"
 
           listener = Listen.to(
-            source, 
-            :ignore => ignored, 
+            source,
+            :ignore => ignored,
             :force_polling => options['force_polling']
           ) do |modified, added, removed|
             t = Time.now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/commands/doctor.rb b/lib/jekyll/commands/doctor.rb
index 3e4ad75c..0fab8b3a 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/commands/doctor.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/commands/doctor.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ module Jekyll
             if page.uses_relative_permalinks
               Jekyll.logger.warn "Deprecation:", "'#{page.path}' uses relative" +
                                   " permalinks which will be deprecated in" +
-                                  " Jekyll v1.2 and beyond."
+                                  " Jekyll v2.0.0 and beyond."
               contains_deprecated_pages = true
             end
           end
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/commands/new.rb b/lib/jekyll/commands/new.rb
index d348315a..ca5ed164 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/commands/new.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/commands/new.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ module Jekyll
           end
         end
 
-        puts "New jekyll site installed in #{new_blog_path}."
+        Jekyll.logger.info "New jekyll site installed in #{new_blog_path}."
       end
 
       def self.create_blank_site(path)
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/configuration.rb b/lib/jekyll/configuration.rb
index ca055329..7089c779 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/configuration.rb
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ module Jekyll
       'future'        => true,           # remove and make true just default
       'unpublished'   => false,
 
-      'relative_permalinks' => true,     # backwards-compatibility with < 1.0
-                                         # will be set to false once 2.0 hits
+      'relative_permalinks' => false,
 
       'markdown'      => 'kramdown',
       'highlighter'   => 'pygments',
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/convertible.rb b/lib/jekyll/convertible.rb
index cce7460b..9d00d703 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/convertible.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/convertible.rb
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ module Jekyll
           self.data = SafeYAML.load($1)
         end
       rescue SyntaxError => e
-        puts "YAML Exception reading #{File.join(base, name)}: #{e.message}"
+        Jekyll.logger.warn "YAML Exception reading #{File.join(base, name)}: #{e.message}"
       rescue Exception => e
-        puts "Error reading file #{File.join(base, name)}: #{e.message}"
+        Jekyll.logger.warn "Error reading file #{File.join(base, name)}: #{e.message}"
       end
 
       self.data ||= {}
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/site.rb b/lib/jekyll/site.rb
index 5ebf3c20..a86ca5e2 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/site.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/site.rb
@@ -396,13 +396,11 @@ module Jekyll
 
     def relative_permalinks_deprecation_method
       if config['relative_permalinks'] && has_relative_page?
-        $stderr.puts # Places newline after "Generating..."
         Jekyll.logger.warn "Deprecation:", "Starting in 2.0, permalinks for pages" +
                                             " in subfolders must be relative to the" +
                                             " site source directory, not the parent" +
                                             " directory. Check http://jekyllrb.com/docs/upgrading/"+
                                             " for more info."
-        $stderr.print Jekyll.logger.formatted_topic("") + "..." # for "done."
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/stevenson.rb b/lib/jekyll/stevenson.rb
index 57fba827..b50368c1 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/stevenson.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/stevenson.rb
@@ -2,17 +2,19 @@ module Jekyll
   class Stevenson
     attr_accessor :log_level
 
-    DEBUG  = 0
-    INFO   = 1
-    WARN   = 2
-    ERROR  = 3
+    LOG_LEVELS = {
+      debug: 0,
+      info:  1,
+      warn:  2,
+      error: 3
+    }
 
     # Public: Create a new instance of Stevenson, Jekyll's logger
     #
-    # level - (optional, integer) the log level
+    # level - (optional, symbol) the log level
     #
     # Returns nothing
-    def initialize(level = INFO)
+    def initialize(level = :info)
       @log_level = level
     end
 
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ module Jekyll
     #
     # Returns nothing
     def debug(topic, message = nil)
-      $stdout.puts(message(topic, message)) if log_level <= DEBUG
+      $stdout.puts(message(topic, message)) if should_log(:debug)
     end
 
     # Public: Print a jekyll message to stdout
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ module Jekyll
     #
     # Returns nothing
     def info(topic, message = nil)
-      $stdout.puts(message(topic, message)) if log_level <= INFO
+      $stdout.puts(message(topic, message)) if should_log(:info)
     end
 
     # Public: Print a jekyll message to stderr
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ module Jekyll
     #
     # Returns nothing
     def warn(topic, message = nil)
-      $stderr.puts(message(topic, message).yellow) if log_level <= WARN
+      $stderr.puts(message(topic, message).yellow) if should_log(:warn)
     end
 
     # Public: Print a jekyll error message to stderr
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ module Jekyll
     #
     # Returns nothing
     def error(topic, message = nil)
-      $stderr.puts(message(topic, message).red) if log_level <= ERROR
+      $stderr.puts(message(topic, message).red) if should_log(:error)
     end
 
     # Public: Print a Jekyll error message to stderr and immediately abort the process
@@ -85,5 +87,16 @@ module Jekyll
     def formatted_topic(topic)
       "#{topic} ".rjust(20)
     end
+
+    # Public: Determine whether the current log level warrants logging at the
+    #         proposed level.
+    #
+    # level_of_message - the log level of the message (symbol)
+    #
+    # Returns true if the log level of the message is greater than or equal to
+    #   this logger's log level.
+    def should_log(level_of_message)
+      LOG_LEVELS.fetch(log_level) <= LOG_LEVELS.fetch(level_of_message)
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/helper.rb b/test/helper.rb
index b9b7e4cd..2e67da0e 100644
--- a/test/helper.rb
+++ b/test/helper.rb
@@ -70,4 +70,14 @@ class Test::Unit::TestCase
   ensure
     $stdout = $old_stdout
   end
+
+  def capture_stderr
+    $old_stderr = $stderr
+    $stderr = StringIO.new
+    yield
+    $stderr.rewind
+    return $stderr.string
+  ensure
+    $stderr = $old_stderr
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/source/+/foo.md b/test/source/+/foo.md
index cb4f8ce0..30f9535f 100644
--- a/test/source/+/foo.md
+++ b/test/source/+/foo.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 layout: default
 title : Page inside +
-permalink: plus+in+url
+permalink: /+/plus+in+url
 ---
 Line 1
 {{ page.title }}
diff --git a/test/test_configuration.rb b/test/test_configuration.rb
index 3a8918f9..bfb37adf 100644
--- a/test/test_configuration.rb
+++ b/test/test_configuration.rb
@@ -166,9 +166,9 @@ class TestConfiguration < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
 
     should "successfully load a TOML file" do
-      Jekyll.logger.log_level = Jekyll::Stevenson::WARN
+      Jekyll.logger.log_level = :warn
       assert_equal Jekyll::Configuration::DEFAULTS.merge({ "baseurl" => "/you-beautiful-blog-you", "title" => "My magnificent site, wut" }), Jekyll.configuration({ "config" => [@paths[:toml]] })
-      Jekyll.logger.log_level = Jekyll::Stevenson::INFO
+      Jekyll.logger.log_level = :info
     end
 
     should "load multiple config files" do
diff --git a/test/test_convertible.rb b/test/test_convertible.rb
index c7ad9b9a..28f99952 100644
--- a/test/test_convertible.rb
+++ b/test/test_convertible.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class TestConvertible < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
     should "not parse if there is syntax error in front-matter" do
       name = 'broken_front_matter2.erb'
-      out = capture_stdout do
+      out = capture_stderr do
         ret = @convertible.read_yaml(@base, name)
         assert_equal({}, ret)
       end
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class TestConvertible < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
 
     should "not allow ruby objects in yaml" do
-      out = capture_stdout do
+      out = capture_stderr do
         @convertible.read_yaml(@base, 'exploit_front_matter.erb')
       end
       assert_no_match /undefined class\/module DoesNotExist/, out
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class TestConvertible < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
     should "not parse if there is encoding error in file" do
       name = 'broken_front_matter3.erb'
-      out = capture_stdout do
+      out = capture_stderr do
         ret = @convertible.read_yaml(@base, name, :encoding => 'utf-8')
         assert_equal({}, ret)
       end
diff --git a/test/test_new_command.rb b/test/test_new_command.rb
index 135cfa6e..bc58bd2e 100644
--- a/test/test_new_command.rb
+++ b/test/test_new_command.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class TestNewCommand < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
     should 'display a success message' do
       output = capture_stdout { Jekyll::Commands::New.process(@args) }
-      success_message = "New jekyll site installed in #{@full_path}.\n"
+      success_message = "New jekyll site installed in #{@full_path}. \n"
       assert_equal success_message, output
     end