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.\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___
.\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
.\" *
-.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2012, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2013, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
.\" *
.\" * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
.\" * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -1277,8 +1277,9 @@ Set this option to zero to not timeout retries. (Added in 7.12.3)
If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
.IP "-s, --silent"
-Silent or quiet mode. Don't show progress meter or error messages. Makes
-Curl mute.
+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.
.IP "-S, --show-error"
When used with \fI-s\fP it makes curl show an error message if it fails.
.IP "--ssl"