diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index efb490ab1..ef0c236b5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -752,6 +752,7 @@ If you fork the project on GitHub, you can run your fork's [build workflow](.git
 ## Verbosity and Simulation Options:
     -q, --quiet                     Activate quiet mode. If used with --verbose,
                                     print the log to stderr
+    --no-quiet                      Deactivate quiet mode. (Default)
     --no-warnings                   Ignore warnings
     -s, --simulate                  Do not download the video and do not write
                                     anything to disk
diff --git a/yt_dlp/__init__.py b/yt_dlp/__init__.py
index bdac1212c..79b9a7679 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/__init__.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/__init__.py
@@ -704,7 +704,8 @@ def parse_options(argv=None):
         'dumpjson', 'dump_single_json', 'getdescription', 'getduration', 'getfilename',
         'getformat', 'getid', 'getthumbnail', 'gettitle', 'geturl'
     ))
-    opts.quiet = opts.quiet or any_getting or opts.print_json or bool(opts.forceprint)
+    if opts.quiet is None:
+        opts.quiet = any_getting or opts.print_json or bool(opts.forceprint)
 
     playlist_pps = [pp for pp in postprocessors if pp.get('when') == 'playlist']
     write_playlist_infojson = (opts.writeinfojson and not opts.clean_infojson
diff --git a/yt_dlp/options.py b/yt_dlp/options.py
index d334a9caa..a2f508552 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/options.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/options.py
@@ -1079,8 +1079,12 @@ def create_parser():
     verbosity = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Verbosity and Simulation Options')
     verbosity.add_option(
         '-q', '--quiet',
-        action='store_true', dest='quiet', default=False,
+        action='store_true', dest='quiet', default=None,
         help='Activate quiet mode. If used with --verbose, print the log to stderr')
+    verbosity.add_option(
+        '--no-quiet',
+        action='store_false', dest='quiet',
+        help='Deactivate quiet mode. (Default)')
     verbosity.add_option(
         '--no-warnings',
         dest='no_warnings', action='store_true', default=False,