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-rw-r--r--doc/coreutils.texi2
-rw-r--r--src/readlink.c2
2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 521ac3923..a507280bd 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -10304,7 +10304,7 @@ Print a warning if specified along with multiple @var{file}s.
@opindex -q
@opindex --silent
@opindex --quiet
-Suppress most error messages.
+Suppress most error messages. On by default.
@item -v
@itemx --verbose
diff --git a/src/readlink.c b/src/readlink.c
index 2444f86da..be53665c9 100644
--- a/src/readlink.c
+++ b/src/readlink.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ usage (int status)
without requirements on components existence\n\
-n, --no-newline do not output the trailing delimiter\n\
-q, --quiet,\n\
- -s, --silent suppress most error messages\n\
+ -s, --silent suppress most error messages (on by default)\n\
-v, --verbose report error messages\n\
-z, --zero end each output line with NUL, not newline\n\
"), stdout);