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-rw-r--r--term-utils/script.13
-rw-r--r--term-utils/script.c3
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/term-utils/script.1 b/term-utils/script.1
index 60a0e53a0..67e106688 100644
--- a/term-utils/script.1
+++ b/term-utils/script.1
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ Allow the default output destination, i.e. the typescript file, to be a hard
or symbolic link. The command will follow a symbolic link.
.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
-Be quiet.
+Be quiet (do not write start and done messages to either standard output
+or the typescript file).
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-timing\fR[=\fIfile\fR]
Output timing data to standard error, or to
diff --git a/term-utils/script.c b/term-utils/script.c
index 1530e6726..21fb5af9e 100644
--- a/term-utils/script.c
+++ b/term-utils/script.c
@@ -437,7 +437,8 @@ dooutput(void) {
tvec = time((time_t *)NULL);
my_strftime(obuf, sizeof obuf, "%c\n", localtime(&tvec));
- fprintf(fscript, _("Script started on %s"), obuf);
+ if (!qflg)
+ fprintf(fscript, _("Script started on %s"), obuf);
FD_ZERO(&readfds);