"only show SHA1 hash using <n> digits",
          PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, &hash_callback },
        OPT__ABBREV(&abbrev),
-       OPT__QUIET(&quiet),
+       OPT__QUIET(&quiet,
+                  "do not print results to stdout (useful with --verify)"),
        { OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "exclude-existing", &exclude_existing_arg,
          "pattern", "show refs from stdin that aren't in local repository",
          PARSE_OPT_OPTARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG, exclude_existing_callback },