diff --git a/src/io.jl b/src/io.jl
index 6d6e14e..038641d 100644
--- a/src/io.jl
+++ b/src/io.jl
@@ -291,6 +291,8 @@ end
 Base.AnnotatedDisplay.show_annot(io::IO, ::MIME"text/html", s::Union{<:AnnotatedString, SubString{<:AnnotatedString}}) =
     show_html(io, s)
 
+# Also see `legacy.jl:126` for `styled_write`.
+
 # End AnnotatedDisplay hooks
 # ------------
 
diff --git a/src/legacy.jl b/src/legacy.jl
index cce028c..2dd895b 100644
--- a/src/legacy.jl
+++ b/src/legacy.jl
@@ -123,15 +123,14 @@ function load_env_colors!()
     end
 end
 
-function Base.printstyled(io::AnnotatedIOBuffer, msg...;
-                          bold::Bool=false, italic::Bool=false, underline::Bool=false,
-                          blink::Bool=false, reverse::Bool=false, hidden::Bool=false,
-                          color::Union{Symbol, Int}=:normal)
+# Part of the inference barrier around `Base.printstyled`
+function Base.AnnotatedDisplay.styled_print(io::AnnotatedIOBuffer, @nospecialize(msg::Tuple), @nospecialize(kwargs::Base.Pairs))
     str = annotatedstring(msg...)
-    bold && face!(str, :bold)
-    italic && face!(str, :italic)
-    underline && face!(str, :underline)
-    reverse && face!(str, :inverse)
+    for attr in (:bold, :italic, :underline)
+        get(kwargs, attr, false)::Bool && face!(str, attr)
+    end
+    get(kwargs, :reverse, false)::Bool && face!(str, :inverse)
+    color = get(kwargs, :color, :normal)::Symbol
     color !== :normal && face!(str, Face(foreground=legacy_color(color)))
     write(io, str)
     nothing