diff --git a/src/Composer/Util/Http/CurlDownloader.php b/src/Composer/Util/Http/CurlDownloader.php
index 9ab716e58..44f55764a 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Util/Http/CurlDownloader.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Util/Http/CurlDownloader.php
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ class CurlDownloader
             'reject' => $reject,
         );
 
-        $usingProxy = $proxy->getLastProxy(' using proxy (%s)');
+        $usingProxy = $proxy->getFormattedUrl(' using proxy (%s)');
         $ifModified = false !== stripos(implode(',', $options['http']['header']), 'if-modified-since:') ? ' if modified' : '';
         if ($attributes['redirects'] === 0) {
             $this->io->writeError('Downloading ' . Url::sanitize($url) . $usingProxy . $ifModified, true, IOInterface::DEBUG);
diff --git a/src/Composer/Util/Http/ProxyManager.php b/src/Composer/Util/Http/ProxyManager.php
index be8983771..1963f8fc2 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Util/Http/ProxyManager.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Util/Http/ProxyManager.php
@@ -85,34 +85,42 @@ class ProxyManager
         $scheme = parse_url($requestUrl, PHP_URL_SCHEME) ?: 'http';
         $proxyUrl = '';
         $options = array();
-        $lastProxy = '';
+        $formattedProxyUrl = '';
 
         if ($this->hasProxy && $this->fullProxy[$scheme]) {
             if ($this->noProxy($requestUrl)) {
-                $lastProxy = 'excluded by no_proxy';
+                $formattedProxyUrl = 'excluded by no_proxy';
             } else {
                 $proxyUrl = $this->fullProxy[$scheme];
                 $options = $this->streams[$scheme]['options'];
                 ProxyHelper::setRequestFullUri($requestUrl, $options);
-                $lastProxy = $this->safeProxy[$scheme];
+                $formattedProxyUrl = $this->safeProxy[$scheme];
             }
         }
 
-        return new RequestProxy($proxyUrl, $options, $lastProxy);
+        return new RequestProxy($proxyUrl, $options, $formattedProxyUrl);
     }
 
     /**
      * Returns true if a proxy is being used
      *
-     * @param string|null $message Set to safe proxy values
      * @return bool If false any error will be in $message
      */
-    public function getStatus(&$message)
+    public function isProxying()
     {
-        $message = $this->hasProxy ? $this->info : $this->error;
         return $this->hasProxy;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns proxy configuration info which can be shown to the user
+     *
+     * @return string|null Safe proxy URL or an error message if setting up proxy failed or null if no proxy was configured
+     */
+    public function getFormattedProxy()
+    {
+        return $this->hasProxy ? $this->info : $this->error;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Initializes proxy values from the environment
      */
diff --git a/src/Composer/Util/Http/RequestProxy.php b/src/Composer/Util/Http/RequestProxy.php
index 44f0c27cc..abaa3e2ce 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Util/Http/RequestProxy.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Util/Http/RequestProxy.php
@@ -22,21 +22,19 @@ class RequestProxy
 {
     private $contextOptions;
     private $isSecure;
-    private $lastProxy;
-    private $safeUrl;
+    private $formattedUrl;
     private $url;
 
     /**
      * @param string $url
      * @param array $contextOptions
-     * @param string $lastProxy
+     * @param string $formattedUrl
      */
-    public function __construct($url, array $contextOptions, $lastProxy)
+    public function __construct($url, array $contextOptions, $formattedUrl)
     {
         $this->url = $url;
         $this->contextOptions = $contextOptions;
-        $this->lastProxy = $lastProxy;
-        $this->safeUrl = Url::sanitize($url);
+        $this->formattedUrl = $formattedUrl;
         $this->isSecure = 0 === strpos($url, 'https://');
     }
 
@@ -56,12 +54,12 @@ class RequestProxy
      * @param string|null $format Output format specifier
      * @return string Safe proxy, no proxy or empty
      */
-    public function getLastProxy($format = '')
+    public function getFormattedUrl($format = '')
     {
         $result = '';
-        if ($this->lastProxy) {
+        if ($this->formattedUrl) {
             $format = $format ?: '%s';
-            $result = sprintf($format, $this->lastProxy);
+            $result = sprintf($format, $this->formattedUrl);
         }
 
         return $result;
diff --git a/src/Composer/Util/RemoteFilesystem.php b/src/Composer/Util/RemoteFilesystem.php
index c5e5eba53..db5d5a0da 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Util/RemoteFilesystem.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Util/RemoteFilesystem.php
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ class RemoteFilesystem
         $ctx = StreamContextFactory::getContext($fileUrl, $options, array('notification' => array($this, 'callbackGet')));
 
         $proxy = ProxyManager::getInstance()->getProxyForRequest($fileUrl);
-        $usingProxy = $proxy->getLastProxy(' using proxy (%s)');
+        $usingProxy = $proxy->getFormattedUrl(' using proxy (%s)');
         $this->io->writeError((strpos($origFileUrl, 'http') === 0 ? 'Downloading ' : 'Reading ') . Url::sanitize($origFileUrl) . $usingProxy, true, IOInterface::DEBUG);
         unset($origFileUrl, $proxy, $usingProxy);
 
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Util/Http/ProxyManagerTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Util/Http/ProxyManagerTest.php
index e4eb54a46..492eed126 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Util/Http/ProxyManagerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Util/Http/ProxyManagerTest.php
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class ProxyManagerTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertSame($expectedOptions, $proxy->getContextOptions());
         $this->assertSame($expectedSecure, $proxy->isSecure());
 
-        $message = $proxy->getLastProxy();
+        $message = $proxy->getFormattedUrl();
 
         if ($expectedMessage) {
             $condition = stripos($message, $expectedMessage) !== false;
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ class ProxyManagerTest extends TestCase
     {
         $_SERVER = array_merge($_SERVER, $server);
         $proxyManager = ProxyManager::getInstance();
-        $status = $proxyManager->getStatus($message);
+        $status = $proxyManager->isProxying();
+        $message = $proxyManager->getFormattedProxy();
 
         $this->assertSame($expectedStatus, $status);
 
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Util/Http/RequestProxyTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Util/Http/RequestProxyTest.php
index f87002515..6f571eb20 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Util/Http/RequestProxyTest.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Util/Http/RequestProxyTest.php
@@ -38,17 +38,17 @@ class RequestProxyTest extends TestCase
     }
 
     /**
-     * @dataProvider dataLastProxy
+     * @dataProvider dataProxyUrl
      */
-    public function testGetLastProxyFormat($url, $format, $expected)
+    public function testGetFormattedUrlFormat($url, $format, $expected)
     {
         $proxy = new RequestProxy($url, array(), $url);
 
-        $message = $proxy->getLastProxy($format);
+        $message = $proxy->getFormattedUrl($format);
         $this->assertSame($expected, $message);
     }
 
-    public function dataLastProxy()
+    public function dataProxyUrl()
     {
         $format = 'proxy (%s)';