Disk Utility in Mavericks Verify Disk gives no report

When I use Disk Utility, version 13, in OS X Mavericks (10.9)  to verify a disk, it goes through the various steps ...
Verifying volume “MacSSD”
Starting verification tool:
Checking file system
Performing live verification.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Checking extended attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
...and then gives no report at the end of the process -- the way it used to under Mountain Lion, where you'd see a (green) statement that the disk was OK. Instead, the Verify Disk button once again is highlighted.
Am I correct that this is a change in behavior? and why no report -- not even in the log?? Is this just "no news is good news"?

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