diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/silent.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/silent.d
index 3212791297..7603b7634c 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/silent.d
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/silent.d
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ See-also: verbose stderr
 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.
+
+Use --show-error in addition to this option to disable progress meter but
+still show error messages.
diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1
index f3b05ffe56..ce54fb2f13 100644
--- a/docs/curl.1
+++ b/docs/curl.1
@@ -1886,6 +1886,9 @@ 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.
 
+Use \fI-S, --show-error\fP in addition to this option to disable progress meter but
+still show error messages.
+
 See also \fI-v, --verbose\fP and \fI--stderr\fP.
 .IP "--socks4 <host[:port]>"
 Use the specified SOCKS4 proxy. If the port number is not specified, it is