diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index adb94234..2db9cc73 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ S3method(finalize_estimator_internal,pr_auc)
 S3method(finalize_estimator_internal,pr_curve)
 S3method(finalize_estimator_internal,roc_auc)
 S3method(finalize_estimator_internal,roc_curve)
+S3method(format,metric)
+S3method(format,metric_set)
 S3method(gain_capture,data.frame)
 S3method(gain_curve,data.frame)
 S3method(huber_loss,data.frame)
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ S3method(precision,data.frame)
 S3method(precision,matrix)
 S3method(precision,table)
 S3method(print,conf_mat)
+S3method(print,metric)
 S3method(print,metric_set)
 S3method(recall,data.frame)
 S3method(recall,matrix)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 4d5260ef..67464486 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ calculated with `roc_auc_survival()`.
 
 * `demographic_parity()`, `equalized_odds()`, and `equal_opportunity()` are new metrics for measuring model fairness. Each is implemented with the `new_groupwise_metric()` constructor, a general interface for defining group-aware metrics that allows for quickly and flexibly defining fairness metrics with the problem context in mind.
 
+* Added a print method for metrics and metric sets (#435).
+
 * All warnings and errors have been updated to use the cli package for increased clarity and consistency. (#456, #457, #458)
 
 # yardstick 1.2.0
diff --git a/R/aaa-metrics.R b/R/aaa-metrics.R
index 6e4c8b35..1a3d66da 100644
--- a/R/aaa-metrics.R
+++ b/R/aaa-metrics.R
@@ -278,11 +278,40 @@ metric_set <- function(...) {
 
 #' @export
 print.metric_set <- function(x, ...) {
-  info <- dplyr::as_tibble(x)
-  print(info)
+  cat(format(x), sep = "\n")
   invisible(x)
 }
 
+#' @export
+format.metric_set <- function(x, ...) {
+  metrics <- attributes(x)$metrics
+  names <- names(metrics)
+
+  cli::cli_format_method({
+    cli::cli_text("A metric set, consisting of:")
+
+    metric_formats <- vapply(metrics, format, character(1))
+    metric_formats <- strsplit(metric_formats, " | ", fixed = TRUE)
+
+    metric_names <- names(metric_formats)
+    metric_types <- vapply(metric_formats, `[`, character(1), 1, USE.NAMES = FALSE)
+    metric_descs <- vapply(metric_formats, `[`, character(1), 2)
+    metric_nchars <- nchar(metric_names) + nchar(metric_types)
+    metric_desc_paddings <- max(metric_nchars) - metric_nchars
+    # see r-lib/cli#506
+    metric_desc_paddings <- lapply(metric_desc_paddings, rep, x = "\u00a0")
+    metric_desc_paddings <- vapply(metric_desc_paddings, paste, character(1), collapse = "")
+
+    for (i in seq_along(metrics)) {
+      cli::cli_text(
+        "- {.fun {metric_names[i]}}, \\
+           {tolower(metric_types[i])}{metric_desc_paddings[i]} | \\
+           {metric_descs[i]}"
+      )
+    }
+  })
+}
+
 #' @export
 as_tibble.metric_set <- function(x, ...) {
   metrics <- attributes(x)$metrics
diff --git a/R/aaa-new.R b/R/aaa-new.R
index 40a1752f..4537d68f 100644
--- a/R/aaa-new.R
+++ b/R/aaa-new.R
@@ -94,3 +94,41 @@ metric_direction <- function(x) {
   attr(x, "direction") <- value
   x
 }
+
+#' @noRd
+#' @export
+print.metric <- function(x, ...) {
+  cat(format(x), sep = "\n")
+  invisible(x)
+}
+
+#' @export
+format.metric <- function(x, ...) {
+  first_class <- class(x)[[1]]
+  metric_type <-
+    switch(
+      first_class,
+      "prob_metric" = "probability metric",
+      "class_metric" = "class metric",
+      "numeric_metric" = "numeric metric",
+      "dynamic_survival_metric" = "dynamic survival metric",
+      "static_survival_metric" = "static survival metric",
+      "integrated_survival_metric" = "integrated survival metric",
+      "metric"
+    )
+
+  metric_desc <- "direction: {.field {attr(x, 'direction')}}"
+
+  by_attr <- attr(x, "by")
+  if (!is.null(by_attr)) {
+    metric_desc <-
+      c(
+        metric_desc,
+        ", group-wise on: {.field {as.character(by_attr)}}"
+      )
+  }
+
+  cli::cli_format_method(
+    cli::cli_text(c("A {metric_type} | ", metric_desc))
+  )
+}
diff --git a/tests/testthat/_snaps/aaa-metrics.md b/tests/testthat/_snaps/aaa-metrics.md
index 5d03cb83..7855da7e 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/_snaps/aaa-metrics.md
+++ b/tests/testthat/_snaps/aaa-metrics.md
@@ -62,12 +62,10 @@
     Code
       metric_set(rmse, rsq, ccc)
     Output
-      # A tibble: 3 x 3
-        metric class          direction
-        <chr>  <chr>          <chr>    
-      1 rmse   numeric_metric minimize 
-      2 rsq    numeric_metric maximize 
-      3 ccc    numeric_metric maximize 
+      A metric set, consisting of:
+      - `rmse()`, a numeric metric | direction: minimize
+      - `rsq()`, a numeric metric  | direction: maximize
+      - `ccc()`, a numeric metric  | direction: maximize
 
 # `metric_set()` errors contain env name for unknown functions (#128)
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/_snaps/aaa-new.md b/tests/testthat/_snaps/aaa-new.md
index 913cc1aa..77bb6dcd 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/_snaps/aaa-new.md
+++ b/tests/testthat/_snaps/aaa-new.md
@@ -15,3 +15,24 @@
       ! `direction` must be one of "maximize", "minimize", or "zero", not "min".
       i Did you mean "minimize"?
 
+# metric print method works
+
+    Code
+      rmse
+    Output
+      A numeric metric | direction: minimize
+
+---
+
+    Code
+      roc_auc
+    Output
+      A probability metric | direction: maximize
+
+---
+
+    Code
+      demographic_parity(boop)
+    Output
+      A class metric | direction: minimize, group-wise on: boop
+
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-aaa-new.R b/tests/testthat/test-aaa-new.R
index 4ac4e6db..00f31cd2 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-aaa-new.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-aaa-new.R
@@ -37,3 +37,9 @@ test_that("`direction` is validated", {
     new_class_metric(function() 1, "min")
   )
 })
+
+test_that("metric print method works", {
+  expect_snapshot(rmse)
+  expect_snapshot(roc_auc)
+  expect_snapshot(demographic_parity(boop))
+})