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-rw-r--r--man/lvm.conf.5.in6
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man/lvm.8.in b/man/lvm.8.in
index a2108ede..2ce00654 100644
--- a/man/lvm.8.in
+++ b/man/lvm.8.in
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ Set debug level. Repeat from 1 to 6 times to increase the detail of
messages sent to the log file and/or syslog (if configured).
Overrides config file setting.
.TP
-.B \-\-quiet
+.BR \-q ", " \-\-quiet
Suppress output and log messages.
Overrides \fB\-d\fP and \fB\-v\fP.
.TP
diff --git a/man/lvm.conf.5.in b/man/lvm.conf.5.in
index 47ee9f13..79044fcc 100644
--- a/man/lvm.conf.5.in
+++ b/man/lvm.conf.5.in
@@ -226,6 +226,12 @@ is invoked. By default tools append messages to the log file.
\fBverbose\fP \(em Default level (0-3) of messages sent to stdout or stderr.
3 is the most verbose; 0 should produce the least output.
.IP
+\fBsilent\fP \(em Set to 1 to suppress all non-essential tool output.
+When set, display and reporting tools will still write the requested
+device properties to standard output, but messages confirming that
+something was or wasn't changed will be reduced to the 'verbose' level
+and not appear unless -v is supplied.
+.IP
\fBsyslog\fP \(em Set to 1 (the default) to send log messages through syslog.
Turn off by setting to 0. If you set to an integer greater than one,
this is used - unvalidated - as the facility. The default is LOG_USER.