diff --git a/src/uu/cksum/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/cksum/Cargo.toml
index dcd5b56b1..208c01901 100644
--- a/src/uu/cksum/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/cksum/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ path = "src/cksum.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
-uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["encoding", "sum"] }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["checksum", "encoding", "sum"] }
 hex = { workspace = true }
 regex = { workspace = true }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/cksum/src/cksum.rs b/src/uu/cksum/src/cksum.rs
index 746b22b10..7c66de2a1 100644
--- a/src/uu/cksum/src/cksum.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cksum/src/cksum.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 // spell-checker:ignore (ToDO) fname, algo
 use clap::{crate_version, value_parser, Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 use regex::Regex;
-use std::cmp::Ordering;
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::fmt::Display;
@@ -15,8 +14,8 @@ use std::io::BufRead;
 use std::io::{self, stdin, stdout, BufReader, Read, Write};
 use std::iter;
 use std::path::Path;
+use uucore::checksum::cksum_output;
 use uucore::error::set_exit_code;
-use uucore::show_warning_caps;
 use uucore::{
     encoding,
     error::{FromIo, UError, UResult, USimpleError},
@@ -501,41 +500,13 @@ where
         set_exit_code(1);
     }
 
-    // if any incorrectly formatted line, show it
-    match bad_format.cmp(&1) {
-        Ordering::Equal => {
-            show_warning_caps!("{} line is improperly formatted", bad_format);
-        }
-        Ordering::Greater => {
-            show_warning_caps!("{} lines are improperly formatted", bad_format);
-        }
-        Ordering::Less => {}
-    };
-
     // if we have any failed checksum verification, we set an exit code
     if failed_cksum > 0 || failed_open_file > 0 {
         set_exit_code(1);
     }
 
-    match failed_open_file.cmp(&1) {
-        Ordering::Equal => {
-            show_warning_caps!("{} listed file could not be read", failed_open_file);
-        }
-        Ordering::Greater => {
-            show_warning_caps!("{} listed files could not be read", failed_open_file);
-        }
-        Ordering::Less => {}
-    }
-
-    match failed_cksum.cmp(&1) {
-        Ordering::Equal => {
-            show_warning_caps!("{} computed checksum did NOT match", failed_cksum);
-        }
-        Ordering::Greater => {
-            show_warning_caps!("{} computed checksums did NOT match", failed_cksum);
-        }
-        Ordering::Less => {}
-    };
+    // if any incorrectly formatted line, show it
+    cksum_output(bad_format, failed_cksum, failed_open_file);
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/hashsum/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/hashsum/Cargo.toml
index f3799aedb..d450e3cef 100644
--- a/src/uu/hashsum/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/hashsum/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ path = "src/hashsum.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
-uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["sum"] }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["checksum", "sum"] }
 memchr = { workspace = true }
 regex = { workspace = true }
 hex = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/src/uu/hashsum/src/hashsum.rs b/src/uu/hashsum/src/hashsum.rs
index 39b5a0a07..bddb4d5aa 100644
--- a/src/uu/hashsum/src/hashsum.rs
+++ b/src/uu/hashsum/src/hashsum.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ use clap::{Arg, ArgMatches, Command};
 use hex::encode;
 use regex::Captures;
 use regex::Regex;
-use std::cmp::Ordering;
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
 use std::fs::File;
@@ -20,6 +19,8 @@ use std::io::{self, stdin, BufRead, BufReader, Read};
 use std::iter;
 use std::num::ParseIntError;
 use std::path::Path;
+use uucore::checksum::cksum_output;
+use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::USimpleError;
 use uucore::error::{set_exit_code, FromIo, UError, UResult};
 use uucore::sum::{
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ use uucore::sum::{
     Sha3_384, Sha3_512, Sha512, Shake128, Shake256,
 };
 use uucore::util_name;
-use uucore::{display::Quotable, show_warning_caps};
 use uucore::{format_usage, help_about, help_usage};
 
 const NAME: &str = "hashsum";
@@ -830,35 +830,7 @@ where
     }
 
     if !options.status && !skip_summary {
-        match bad_format.cmp(&1) {
-            Ordering::Equal => {
-                show_warning_caps!("{} line is improperly formatted", bad_format);
-            }
-            Ordering::Greater => {
-                show_warning_caps!("{} lines are improperly formatted", bad_format);
-            }
-            Ordering::Less => {}
-        };
-
-        match failed_cksum.cmp(&1) {
-            Ordering::Equal => {
-                show_warning_caps!("{} computed checksum did NOT match", failed_cksum);
-            }
-            Ordering::Greater => {
-                show_warning_caps!("{} computed checksums did NOT match", failed_cksum);
-            }
-            Ordering::Less => {}
-        };
-
-        match failed_open_file.cmp(&1) {
-            Ordering::Equal => {
-                show_warning_caps!("{} listed file could not be read", failed_open_file);
-            }
-            Ordering::Greater => {
-                show_warning_caps!("{} listed files could not be read", failed_open_file);
-            }
-            Ordering::Less => {}
-        }
+        cksum_output(bad_format, failed_cksum, failed_open_file);
     }
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/src/uucore/Cargo.toml b/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
index 2e7140b6b..81d202398 100644
--- a/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ default = []
 # * non-default features
 backup-control = []
 colors = []
+checksum = []
 encoding = ["data-encoding", "data-encoding-macro", "z85", "thiserror"]
 entries = ["libc"]
 fs = ["dunce", "libc", "winapi-util", "windows-sys"]
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features.rs
index 423ff34ba..ef7b17b31 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 #[cfg(feature = "backup-control")]
 pub mod backup_control;
+#[cfg(feature = "checksum")]
+pub mod checksum;
 #[cfg(feature = "colors")]
 pub mod colors;
 #[cfg(feature = "encoding")]
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/checksum.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/checksum.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1652ce47c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/checksum.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// This file is part of the uutils coreutils package.
+//
+// For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+// file that was distributed with this source code.
+
+use crate::show_warning_caps;
+
+#[allow(clippy::comparison_chain)]
+pub fn cksum_output(bad_format: i32, failed_cksum: i32, failed_open_file: i32) {
+    if bad_format == 1 {
+        show_warning_caps!("{} line is improperly formatted", bad_format);
+    } else if bad_format > 1 {
+        show_warning_caps!("{} lines are improperly formatted", bad_format);
+    }
+
+    if failed_cksum == 1 {
+        show_warning_caps!("{} computed checksum did NOT match", failed_cksum);
+    } else if failed_cksum > 1 {
+        show_warning_caps!("{} computed checksums did NOT match", failed_cksum);
+    }
+
+    if failed_open_file == 1 {
+        show_warning_caps!("{} listed file could not be read", failed_open_file);
+    } else if failed_open_file > 1 {
+        show_warning_caps!("{} listed files could not be read", failed_open_file);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs
index e891cc404..366c420d9 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ pub use crate::parser::shortcut_value_parser;
 // * feature-gated modules
 #[cfg(feature = "backup-control")]
 pub use crate::features::backup_control;
+#[cfg(feature = "checksum")]
+pub use crate::features::checksum;
 #[cfg(feature = "colors")]
 pub use crate::features::colors;
 #[cfg(feature = "encoding")]