diff --git a/syncoid b/syncoid
index 73205ce..de63d24 100755
--- a/syncoid
+++ b/syncoid
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ sub checkcommands {
 	if ($debug) { print "DEBUG: checking availability of $mbuffercmd on source...\n"; }
 	$avail{'sourcembuffer'} = `$sourcessh $lscmd $mbuffercmd 2>/dev/null`;
 	if ($avail{'sourcembuffer'} eq '') {
-		print "WARN: $mbuffercmd not available on source $s - sync will continue without source buffering.\n";
+		if (!$quiet) { print "WARN: $mbuffercmd not available on source $s - sync will continue without source buffering.\n"; }
 		$avail{'sourcembuffer'} = 0;
 	} else {
 		$avail{'sourcembuffer'} = 1;
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ sub checkcommands {
 	if ($debug) { print "DEBUG: checking availability of $mbuffercmd on target...\n"; }
 	$avail{'targetmbuffer'} = `$targetssh $lscmd $mbuffercmd 2>/dev/null`;
 	if ($avail{'targetmbuffer'} eq '') {
-		print "WARN: $mbuffercmd not available on target $t - sync will continue without target buffering.\n";
+		if (!$quiet) { print "WARN: $mbuffercmd not available on target $t - sync will continue without target buffering.\n"; }
 		$avail{'targetmbuffer'} = 0;
 	} else {
 		$avail{'targetmbuffer'} = 1;
@@ -626,14 +626,14 @@ sub checkcommands {
 		$avail{'localmbuffer'} = `$lscmd $mbuffercmd 2>/dev/null`;
 		if ($avail{'localmbuffer'} eq '') {
 			$avail{'localmbuffer'} = 0;
-			print "WARN: $mbuffercmd not available on local machine - sync will continue without local buffering.\n";
+			if (!$quiet) { print "WARN: $mbuffercmd not available on local machine - sync will continue without local buffering.\n"; }
 		}
 	}
 
 	if ($debug) { print "DEBUG: checking availability of $pvcmd on local machine...\n"; }
 	$avail{'localpv'} = `$lscmd $pvcmd 2>/dev/null`;
 	if ($avail{'localpv'} eq '') {
-		print "WARN: $pvcmd not available on local machine - sync will continue without progress bar.\n";
+		if (!$quiet) { print "WARN: $pvcmd not available on local machine - sync will continue without progress bar.\n"; }
 		$avail{'localpv'} = 0;
 	} else {
 		$avail{'localpv'} = 1;
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ sub getnewestsnapshot {
 	my $snaps = shift;
 	foreach my $snap ( sort { $snaps{'source'}{$b}{'creation'}<=>$snaps{'source'}{$a}{'creation'} } keys %{ $snaps{'source'} }) {
 		# return on first snap found - it's the newest
-		print "NEWEST SNAPSHOT: $snap\n";
+		if (!$quiet) { print "NEWEST SNAPSHOT: $snap\n"; }
 		return $snap;
 	}
 	# must not have had any snapshots on source - looks like we'd better create one!