diff --git a/ext/node/polyfills/internal/util/inspect.mjs b/ext/node/polyfills/internal/util/inspect.mjs
index e9b65ee5119e29..b156a9b711fe08 100644
--- a/ext/node/polyfills/internal/util/inspect.mjs
+++ b/ext/node/polyfills/internal/util/inspect.mjs
@@ -676,6 +676,14 @@ function styleText(format, text, options) {
         stream,
       );
     }
+    // Node's util.styleText returns the text unchanged when the target stream
+    // is not a TTY, so callers can pass any writable and only get color when
+    // the destination would render it.
+    if (
+      stream !== undefined && stream !== null && !stream.isTTY
+    ) {
+      return text;
+    }
   }
 
   const formatArray = ArrayIsArray(format) ? format : [format];
diff --git a/libs/npm_installer/resolution.rs b/libs/npm_installer/resolution.rs
index c24cd83f0dc3a4..65e9610ae04b9e 100644
--- a/libs/npm_installer/resolution.rs
+++ b/libs/npm_installer/resolution.rs
@@ -410,7 +410,8 @@ fn peer_dep_diagnostics_to_display_tree(
   // now output it
   let mut root_node = DisplayTreeNode {
     text: format!(
-      "{} The following peer dependency issues were found:",
+      "{} The following peer dependency issues were found.\n\
+        To resolve, pin the affected package(s) under \"overrides\" in your package.json (https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v10/configuring-npm/package-json#overrides):",
       colors::yellow("Warning")
     ),
     children: Vec::new(),
diff --git a/tests/specs/install/peer_dep_specific_constraint/install.out b/tests/specs/install/peer_dep_specific_constraint/install.out
index d0547b9cf13284..50711dc956400b 100644
--- a/tests/specs/install/peer_dep_specific_constraint/install.out
+++ b/tests/specs/install/peer_dep_specific_constraint/install.out
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Download http://localhost:4260/@denotest%2fadd
 Download http://localhost:4260/@denotest%2fpeer-dep-specific-constraint
-Warning The following peer dependency issues were found:
+Warning The following peer dependency issues were found.
+  To resolve, pin the affected package(s) under "overrides" in your package.json (https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v10/configuring-npm/package-json#overrides):
 └─┬ @denotest/peer-dep-specific-constraint@1.0.0
   └── peer @denotest/add@0.5: resolved to 1.0.0
 
diff --git a/tests/unit_node/util_test.ts b/tests/unit_node/util_test.ts
index d0821966c7e742..faee2183218f9e 100644
--- a/tests/unit_node/util_test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit_node/util_test.ts
@@ -271,6 +271,31 @@ Deno.test("[util] styleText() with array of formats", () => {
   assertEquals(colored, "\x1b[31m\x1b[32merror\x1b[39m\x1b[39m");
 });
 
+Deno.test("[util] styleText() respects stream.isTTY", () => {
+  const streamTTY = { write() {}, isTTY: true };
+  const streamNoTTY = { write() {}, isTTY: false };
+
+  assertEquals(
+    util.styleText("bgYellow", "TTY", { stream: streamTTY }),
+    "\x1b[43mTTY\x1b[49m",
+  );
+  assertEquals(
+    util.styleText("bgYellow", "No TTY", { stream: streamNoTTY }),
+    "No TTY",
+  );
+});
+
+Deno.test("[util] styleText() with validateStream: false bypasses isTTY check", () => {
+  const streamNoTTY = { write() {}, isTTY: false };
+  assertEquals(
+    util.styleText("bgYellow", "forced", {
+      stream: streamNoTTY,
+      validateStream: false,
+    }),
+    "\x1b[43mforced\x1b[49m",
+  );
+});
+
 Deno.test("[util] stripVTControlCharacters() removes OSC 8 hyperlinks", () => {
   // OSC 8 hyperlink with ESC \ (ST) terminator
   const input =