diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/info.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/info.rb
index 5beab2f30a..ce72549531 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/info.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/info.rb
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ require "formula"
 require "keg"
 require "tab"
 require "json"
-require_relative "../cask/cmd/abstract_command"
-require_relative "../cask/cmd/info"
-require_relative "../cask/cask_loader"
-require_relative "../cask/installer"
 
 module Homebrew
   module_function
@@ -130,11 +126,6 @@ module Homebrew
           if (reason = MissingFormula.reason(f))
             $stderr.puts reason
           end
-          begin
-            ohai "Searching for a cask with the name \"#{f}\""
-            cask = Cask::CaskLoader.load(f)
-            Cask::Cmd::Info.info(cask)
-          end
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/missing_formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/missing_formula.rb
index 4cf229b125..f1008d0de6 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/missing_formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/missing_formula.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 require "formulary"
+require "cask/cmd/abstract_command"
+require "cask/cmd/info"
+require "cask/cask_loader"
+require "cask/installer"
 
 module Homebrew
   module MissingFormula
     class << self
       def reason(name, silent: false)
-        blacklisted_reason(name) || tap_migration_reason(name) ||
-          deleted_reason(name, silent: silent)
+        search_for_cask(name)
+        rescue
+          blacklisted_reason(name) || tap_migration_reason(name) ||
+            deleted_reason(name, silent: silent)
       end
 
       def blacklisted_reason(name)
@@ -167,6 +173,11 @@ module Homebrew
         end
       end
 
+      def search_for_cask(name)
+        cask = Cask::CaskLoader.load(name)
+        Cask::Cmd::Info.info(cask)
+      end
+
       require "extend/os/missing_formula"
     end
   end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/cmd/info_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/cmd/info_spec.rb
index 2cc5339cf9..f646fc4f23 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/cmd/info_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/cmd/info_spec.rb
@@ -19,22 +19,12 @@ describe "brew info", :integration_test do
       .and be_a_success
   end
 
-  it "looks for a Cask with the same name if a given Formula does not exist" do
-    expect { brew "info", "basic-cask" }
-      .to output(/Searching for a cask with the name "basic-cask"/).to_stdout
-      .and output(/No available formula with the name "basic-cask"/).to_stderr
-  end
+  it "looks for a Cask with the same name if a given Formula does not exist", :needs_network do
+    setup_remote_tap "homebrew/cask"
 
-  it "does not look for a Cask if a given Formula exists" do
-    RSpec::Matchers.define_negated_matcher :not_output, :output
-    expect { brew "info", "testball" }
-      .to not_output(/Searching for a cask with the name "testball"/).to_stdout
-      .and not_to_output.to_stderr
-  end
-
-  it "prints an error message if a given Cask does not exist" do
-    expect { brew "info", "non_existant_cask" }
-      .to output(/No Cask with this name exists./).to_stderr
+    expect { brew "info", "firefox" }
+      .to output(/No available formula with the name "firefox"/).to_stderr
+      .and output(/firefox/).to_stdout
   end
 end