diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake
index c37531a91bebe8e28dff0c07e8a0ae76261799b0..57305054d3eaa0616bc7d589717a86da9b8c6450 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake
@@ -720,15 +720,15 @@ macro(_ocv_create_module)
   set(sub_links "")
   set(cuda_objs "")
   if (OPENCV_MODULE_${the_module}_CHILDREN)
-    status("Complex module ${the_module}")
+    message(STATUS "Complex module ${the_module}")
     foreach (m ${OPENCV_MODULE_${the_module}_CHILDREN})
       if (BUILD_${m} AND TARGET ${m}_object)
         get_target_property(_sub_links ${m} LINK_LIBRARIES)
         list(APPEND sub_objs $<TARGET_OBJECTS:${m}_object>)
         list(APPEND sub_links ${_sub_links})
-        status("    + ${m}")
+        message(STATUS "    + ${m}")
       else()
-        status("    - ${m}")
+        message(STATUS "    - ${m}")
       endif()
       list(APPEND cuda_objs ${OPENCV_MODULE_${m}_CUDA_OBJECTS})
     endforeach()
diff --git a/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
index 03be473aee79febc9880dd6b27b506e8d5328853..9d1745e7b7d9fb623f0d49746e07656d3c40d9b9 100644
--- a/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ elseif(WINRT)
     # Enabling it for WiRT 8.1+ only.
 
     # WinRT 8.1+ detected. Adding WinRT API header.
-    status("  ${name}: WinRT detected. Adding WinRT API header")
+    message(STATUS "  ${name}: WinRT detected. Adding WinRT API header")
     list(APPEND highgui_ext_hdrs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/include/opencv2/${name}/highgui_winrt.hpp")
 
 
@@ -92,16 +92,16 @@ elseif(WINRT)
   if(WINRT_PHONE OR (OpenCV_ARCH STREQUAL "ARM"))
     list(REMOVE_ITEM HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES "comctl32" "gdi32" "ole32" "setupapi")
     if(WINRT_PHONE)
-      status("  ${name}: Windows Phone detected")
+      message(STATUS "  ${name}: Windows Phone detected")
     elseif(OpenCV_ARCH STREQUAL "ARM")
-      status("  ${name}: ARM detected")
+      message(STATUS "  ${name}: ARM detected")
       if(WINRT_STORE)
         list(REMOVE_ITEM HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES "ws2_32")
-        status("  ${name}:   Removing 'ws2_32.lib'")
+        message(STATUS "  ${name}:   Removing 'ws2_32.lib'")
       endif()
     endif()
-    status("  ${name}:   Removing 'comctl32.lib, gdi32.lib, ole32.lib, setupapi.lib'")
-    status("  ${name}:   Leaving '${HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES}'")
+    message(STATUS "  ${name}:   Removing 'comctl32.lib, gdi32.lib, ole32.lib, setupapi.lib'")
+    message(STATUS "  ${name}:   Leaving '${HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES}'")
   endif()
 elseif(HAVE_WIN32UI)
   list(APPEND highgui_srcs ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/src/window_w32.cpp)
diff --git a/modules/videoio/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/videoio/CMakeLists.txt
index 594263388bddf40e96ddc0dee1b36320a6971989..2f5bed9720fb93da98467f831d8e63bed13d02b6 100644
--- a/modules/videoio/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/videoio/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ file(GLOB videoio_ext_hdrs
     "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/include/opencv2/${name}/*.h")
 
 # Removing WinRT API headers by default
-status("  ${name}: Removing WinRT API headers by default")
 list(REMOVE_ITEM videoio_ext_hdrs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/include/opencv2/${name}/cap_winrt.hpp")
 
 # Dependencies used by the implementation referenced
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ list(REMOVE_ITEM videoio_ext_hdrs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/include/opencv2/${n
 if(DEFINED WINRT AND NOT DEFINED WINRT_8_0)
 
     # WinRT detected. Adding WinRT API header
-    status("  ${name}: WinRT detected. Adding WinRT API header")
+    message(STATUS "  ${name}: WinRT detected. Adding WinRT API header")
     list(APPEND videoio_ext_hdrs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/include/opencv2/${name}/cap_winrt.hpp")
 
     # Adding WinRT internal sources and headers