diff --git a/src/Composer/Downloader/FileDownloader.php b/src/Composer/Downloader/FileDownloader.php
index 8f95d6079..e55c4d09d 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Downloader/FileDownloader.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Downloader/FileDownloader.php
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ abstract class FileDownloader implements DownloaderInterface
         $ctx = stream_context_create($params);
         stream_context_set_params($ctx, array("notification" => array($this, 'callbackGet')));
 
-        $this->io->overwrite("    Downloading: <comment>connection...</comment>");
+        $this->io->overwrite("    Downloading: <comment>connection...</comment>", false);
         copy($url, $fileName, $ctx);
         $this->io->overwrite("    Downloading");
 
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ abstract class FileDownloader implements DownloaderInterface
                     }
 
                     if (0 === $progression % 5) {
-                        $this->io->overwrite("    Downloading: <comment>$progression%</comment>");
+                        $this->io->overwrite("    Downloading: <comment>$progression%</comment>", false);
                     }
                 }
                 break;
diff --git a/src/Composer/IO/ConsoleIO.php b/src/Composer/IO/ConsoleIO.php
index 381cb9b84..fc790194e 100644
--- a/src/Composer/IO/ConsoleIO.php
+++ b/src/Composer/IO/ConsoleIO.php
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class ConsoleIO implements IOInterface
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */
-    public function overwrite($messages, $size = 80, $newline = false)
+    public function overwrite($messages, $newline = true, $size = 80)
     {
         for ($place = $size; $place > 0; $place--) {
             $this->write("\x08", false);
@@ -124,16 +124,16 @@ class ConsoleIO implements IOInterface
                             . addslashes($question) . '", ""))');
             $command = "cscript //nologo " . escapeshellarg($vbscript);
 
-            $this->write($question);
+            $this->write($question, false);
 
             $value = rtrim(shell_exec($command));
             unlink($vbscript);
 
             for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($value); ++$i) {
-                $this->write('*');
+                $this->write('*', false);
             }
 
-            $this->writeln('');
+            $this->write('');
 
             return $value;
         }
@@ -142,22 +142,22 @@ class ConsoleIO implements IOInterface
         if (rtrim(shell_exec($command)) === 'OK') {
             $command = "/usr/bin/env bash -c 'echo OK'";
 
-            $this->write($question);
+            $this->write($question, false);
 
             $command = "/usr/bin/env bash -c 'read -s mypassword && echo \$mypassword'";
             $value = rtrim(shell_exec($command));
 
             for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($value); ++$i) {
-                $this->write('*');
+                $this->write('*', false);
             }
 
-            $this->writeln('');
+            $this->write('');
 
             return $value;
         }
 
         // for other OS without shell_exec (does not hide the answer)
-        $this->writeln('');
+        $this->write('');
 
         return $this->ask($question);
     }
diff --git a/src/Composer/IO/IOInterface.php b/src/Composer/IO/IOInterface.php
index 311901529..1b84daab7 100644
--- a/src/Composer/IO/IOInterface.php
+++ b/src/Composer/IO/IOInterface.php
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ interface IOInterface
      * Overwrites a previous message to the output.
      *
      * @param string|array $messages The message as an array of lines or a single string
-     * @param integer      $size     The size of line
      * @param Boolean      $newline  Whether to add a newline or not
+     * @param integer      $size     The size of line
      */
-    function overwrite($messages, $size = 80, $newline = true);
+    function overwrite($messages, $newline = true, $size = 80);
 
     /**
      * Asks a question to the user.