diff --git a/infer/man/man1/infer-analyze.txt b/infer/man/man1/infer-analyze.txt
index 3099ca267..6fccc62ff 100644
--- a/infer/man/man1/infer-analyze.txt
+++ b/infer/man/man1/infer-analyze.txt
@@ -252,8 +252,8 @@ OPTIONS
            (Conversely: --no-quandary-only)
 
        --quiet,-q
-           Activates: Do not print specs on standard output (default: only
-           print for the report command) (Conversely: --no-quiet | -Q)
+           Activates: Do not print anything on standard output. (Conversely:
+           --no-quiet | -Q)
 
        --no-racerd
            Deactivates: the RacerD thread safety analysis (Conversely:
diff --git a/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt b/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt
index d15188648..382e4a74d 100644
--- a/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt
+++ b/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt
@@ -894,9 +894,8 @@ OPTIONS
            Specify custom sources for Quandary           See also infer-analyze(1).
 
        --quiet,-q
-           Activates: Do not print specs on standard output (default: only
-           print for the report command) (Conversely: --no-quiet | -Q)       
-    See also infer-analyze(1) and infer-report(1).
+           Activates: Do not print anything on standard output. (Conversely:
+           --no-quiet | -Q)           See also infer-analyze(1) and infer-report(1).
 
        --no-racerd
            Deactivates: the RacerD thread safety analysis (Conversely:
diff --git a/infer/man/man1/infer-report.txt b/infer/man/man1/infer-report.txt
index c574cbddf..444f58419 100644
--- a/infer/man/man1/infer-report.txt
+++ b/infer/man/man1/infer-report.txt
@@ -293,8 +293,8 @@ OPTIONS
            Specify the root directory of the project
 
        --quiet,-q
-           Activates: Do not print specs on standard output (default: only
-           print for the report command) (Conversely: --no-quiet | -Q)
+           Activates: Do not print anything on standard output. (Conversely:
+           --no-quiet | -Q)
 
        --report-blacklist-files-containing +string
            Do not report any issues on files containing the specified string
diff --git a/infer/man/man1/infer.txt b/infer/man/man1/infer.txt
index 5e491af1b..88f25b18e 100644
--- a/infer/man/man1/infer.txt
+++ b/infer/man/man1/infer.txt
@@ -894,9 +894,8 @@ OPTIONS
            Specify custom sources for Quandary           See also infer-analyze(1).
 
        --quiet,-q
-           Activates: Do not print specs on standard output (default: only
-           print for the report command) (Conversely: --no-quiet | -Q)       
-    See also infer-analyze(1) and infer-report(1).
+           Activates: Do not print anything on standard output. (Conversely:
+           --no-quiet | -Q)           See also infer-analyze(1) and infer-report(1).
 
        --no-racerd
            Deactivates: the RacerD thread safety analysis (Conversely:
diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.ml b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
index a83478b9b..de9a0a861 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
@@ -1861,7 +1861,7 @@ and quandary_sinks =
 and quiet =
   CLOpt.mk_bool ~long:"quiet" ~short:'q' ~default:false
     ~in_help:InferCommand.[(Analyze, manual_generic); (Report, manual_generic)]
-    "Do not print specs on standard output (default: only print for the $(b,report) command)"
+    "Do not print anything on standard output."
 
 
 and racerd_guardedby =
@@ -2892,7 +2892,7 @@ and procedures_summary = !procedures_summary
 and process_clang_ast = !process_clang_ast
 
 and progress_bar =
-  if !progress_bar then
+  if !progress_bar && not !quiet then
     match !progress_bar_style with
     | `Auto when Unix.(isatty stdin && isatty stderr) ->
         `MultiLine