<term><option>--quiet</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Suppress output to standard output in
- <command>snapshot</command>,
- <command>is-active</command>,
- <command>is-failed</command>,
- <command>is-enabled</command>,
- <command>is-system-running</command>,
- <command>enable</command> and
- <command>disable</command>.</para>
+ <para>Suppress printing of the results of various commands
+ and also the hints about truncated log lines. This does not
+ suppress output of commands for which the printed output is
+ the only result (like <command>show</command>). Errors are
+ always printed.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>