diff --git a/sftp.1 b/sftp.1
index 6d69472e1..146d706d8 100644
--- a/sftp.1
+++ b/sftp.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: sftp.1,v 1.128 2019/11/30 07:07:59 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: sftp.1,v 1.129 2020/04/03 04:34:15 djm Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2001 Damien Miller.  All rights reserved.
 .\"
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: November 30 2019 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: April 3 2020 $
 .Dt SFTP 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .Nd OpenSSH secure file transfer
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm sftp
-.Op Fl 46aCfpqrv
+.Op Fl 46aCfNpqrv
 .Op Fl B Ar buffer_size
 .Op Fl b Ar batchfile
 .Op Fl c Ar cipher
@@ -275,6 +275,10 @@ For full details of the options listed below, and their possible values, see
 .El
 .It Fl P Ar port
 Specifies the port to connect to on the remote host.
+.It Fl N
+Disables quiet mode, e.g. to override the implicit quiet mode set by the
+.Fl b
+flag.
 .It Fl p
 Preserves modification times, access times, and modes from the
 original files transferred.
diff --git a/sftp.c b/sftp.c
index fc809dc6e..2cef84db7 100644
--- a/sftp.c
+++ b/sftp.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: sftp.c,v 1.198 2020/02/26 11:46:51 dtucker Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: sftp.c,v 1.199 2020/04/03 04:34:15 djm Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2001-2004 Damien Miller <djm@openbsd.org>
  *
@@ -2375,7 +2375,7 @@ usage(void)
 int
 main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	int in, out, ch, err, tmp, port = -1;
+	int in, out, ch, err, tmp, port = -1, noisy = 0;
 	char *host = NULL, *user, *cp, *file2 = NULL;
 	int debug_level = 0;
 	char *file1 = NULL, *sftp_server = NULL;
@@ -2409,7 +2409,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	infile = stdin;
 
 	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv,
-	    "1246afhpqrvCc:D:i:l:o:s:S:b:B:F:J:P:R:")) != -1) {
+	    "1246afhNpqrvCc:D:i:l:o:s:S:b:B:F:J:P:R:")) != -1) {
 		switch (ch) {
 		/* Passed through to ssh(1) */
 		case '4':
@@ -2473,6 +2473,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		case 'f':
 			global_fflag = 1;
 			break;
+		case 'N':
+			noisy = 1; /* Used to clear quiet mode after getopt */
+			break;
 		case 'p':
 			global_pflag = 1;
 			break;
@@ -2511,6 +2514,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (!isatty(STDERR_FILENO))
 		showprogress = 0;
 
+	if (noisy)
+		quiet = 0;
+
 	log_init(argv[0], ll, SYSLOG_FACILITY_USER, 1);
 
 	if (sftp_direct == NULL) {