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-rw-r--r--docs/cmdline-opts/silent.d3
-rw-r--r--docs/curl.13
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/silent.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/silent.d
index 321279129..7603b7634 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/silent.d
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/silent.d
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ See-also: verbose stderr
Silent or quiet mode. Don't show progress meter or error messages. Makes Curl
mute. It will still output the data you ask for, potentially even to the
terminal/stdout unless you redirect it.
+
+Use --show-error in addition to this option to disable progress meter but
+still show error messages.
diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1
index f3b05ffe5..ce54fb2f1 100644
--- a/docs/curl.1
+++ b/docs/curl.1
@@ -1886,6 +1886,9 @@ Silent or quiet mode. Don't show progress meter or error messages. Makes Curl
mute. It will still output the data you ask for, potentially even to the
terminal/stdout unless you redirect it.
+Use \fI-S, --show-error\fP in addition to this option to disable progress meter but
+still show error messages.
+
See also \fI-v, --verbose\fP and \fI--stderr\fP.
.IP "--socks4 <host[:port]>"
Use the specified SOCKS4 proxy. If the port number is not specified, it is