except re.error:
         err(f"Invalid regular expression for exclude given: {exclude!r}")
         ctx.exit(2)
-    report = Report(check=check, quiet=quiet, verbose=verbose)
+    report = Report(check=check, diff=diff, quiet=quiet, verbose=verbose)
     root = find_project_root(src)
     sources: Set[Path] = set()
     path_empty(src, quiet, verbose, ctx)
     """Provides a reformatting counter. Can be rendered with `str(report)`."""
 
     check: bool = False
+    diff: bool = False
     quiet: bool = False
     verbose: bool = False
     change_count: int = 0
     def done(self, src: Path, changed: Changed) -> None:
         """Increment the counter for successful reformatting. Write out a message."""
         if changed is Changed.YES:
-            reformatted = "would reformat" if self.check else "reformatted"
+            reformatted = "would reformat" if self.check or self.diff else "reformatted"
             if self.verbose or not self.quiet:
                 out(f"{reformatted} {src}")
             self.change_count += 1
 
         Use `click.unstyle` to remove colors.
         """
-        if self.check:
+        if self.check or self.diff:
             reformatted = "would be reformatted"
             unchanged = "would be left unchanged"
             failed = "would fail to reformat"
 
                 "2 files would be reformatted, 3 files would be left unchanged, "
                 "2 files would fail to reformat.",
             )
+            report.check = False
+            report.diff = True
+            self.assertEqual(
+                unstyle(str(report)),
+                "2 files would be reformatted, 3 files would be left unchanged, "
+                "2 files would fail to reformat.",
+            )
 
     def test_report_quiet(self) -> None:
         report = black.Report(quiet=True)
                 "2 files would be reformatted, 3 files would be left unchanged, "
                 "2 files would fail to reformat.",
             )
+            report.check = False
+            report.diff = True
+            self.assertEqual(
+                unstyle(str(report)),
+                "2 files would be reformatted, 3 files would be left unchanged, "
+                "2 files would fail to reformat.",
+            )
 
     def test_report_normal(self) -> None:
         report = black.Report()
                 "2 files would be reformatted, 3 files would be left unchanged, "
                 "2 files would fail to reformat.",
             )
+            report.check = False
+            report.diff = True
+            self.assertEqual(
+                unstyle(str(report)),
+                "2 files would be reformatted, 3 files would be left unchanged, "
+                "2 files would fail to reformat.",
+            )
 
     def test_lib2to3_parse(self) -> None:
         with self.assertRaises(black.InvalidInput):