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-rw-r--r--man/journalctl.xml4
-rw-r--r--src/journal/journalctl.c2
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml
index 91a5536ade..9784b9f2a8 100644
--- a/man/journalctl.xml
+++ b/man/journalctl.xml
@@ -368,7 +368,9 @@
<term><option>-q</option></term>
<term><option>--quiet</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Suppresses any warning messages regarding
+ <listitem><para>Suppresses all info messages
+ (i.e. "-- Logs begin at ...", "-- Reboot --"),
+ any warning messages regarding
inaccessible system journals when run as a normal
user.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/src/journal/journalctl.c b/src/journal/journalctl.c
index 5dafb0bcab..863c15b738 100644
--- a/src/journal/journalctl.c
+++ b/src/journal/journalctl.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ static void help(void) {
" -x --catalog Add message explanations where available\n"
" --no-full Ellipsize fields\n"
" -a --all Show all fields, including long and unprintable\n"
- " -q --quiet Do not show privilege warning\n"
+ " -q --quiet Do not show info messages and privilege warning\n"
" --no-pager Do not pipe output into a pager\n"
" -m --merge Show entries from all available journals\n"
" -D --directory=PATH Show journal files from directory\n"