strip_and_apply,
 } new_whitespace = nowarn;
 static int whitespace_error = 0;
+static int squelch_whitespace_errors = 5;
+static int applied_after_stripping = 0;
 static const char *patch_input_file = NULL;
 
 /*
                         */
                        if ((new_whitespace != nowarn) &&
                            isspace(line[len-2])) {
-                               fprintf(stderr, "Added whitespace\n");
-                               fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:%.*s\n",
-                                       patch_input_file,
-                                       linenr, len-2, line+1);
-                               whitespace_error = 1;
+                               whitespace_error++;
+                               if (squelch_whitespace_errors &&
+                                   squelch_whitespace_errors <
+                                   whitespace_error)
+                                       ;
+                               else {
+                                       fprintf(stderr, "Adds trailing whitespace.\n%s:%d:%.*s\n",
+                                               patch_input_file,
+                                               linenr, len-2, line+1);
+                               }
                        }
                        added++;
                        newlines--;
                plen--;
                while (0 < plen && isspace(patch[plen]))
                        plen--;
+               applied_after_stripping++;
        }
        memcpy(output, patch + 1, plen);
        if (add_nl_to_tail)
                                new_whitespace = error_on_whitespace;
                                continue;
                        }
+                       if (!strcmp(arg+13, "error-all")) {
+                               new_whitespace = error_on_whitespace;
+                               squelch_whitespace_errors = 0;
+                               continue;
+                       }
                        if (!strcmp(arg+13, "strip")) {
                                new_whitespace = strip_and_apply;
                                continue;
                        }
-                       die("unrecognixed whitespace option '%s'", arg+13);
+                       die("unrecognized whitespace option '%s'", arg+13);
                }
 
                if (check_index && prefix_length < 0) {
        }
        if (read_stdin)
                apply_patch(0, "<stdin>");
-       if (whitespace_error && new_whitespace == error_on_whitespace)
-               return 1;
+       if (whitespace_error) {
+               if (squelch_whitespace_errors &&
+                   squelch_whitespace_errors < whitespace_error) {
+                       int squelched =
+                               whitespace_error - squelch_whitespace_errors;
+                       fprintf(stderr, "warning: squelched %d whitespace error%s\n",
+                               squelched,
+                               squelched == 1 ? "" : "s");
+               }
+               if (new_whitespace == error_on_whitespace)
+                       die("%d line%s add%s trailing whitespaces.",
+                           whitespace_error,
+                           whitespace_error == 1 ? "" : "s",
+                           whitespace_error == 1 ? "s" : "");
+               if (applied_after_stripping)
+                       fprintf(stderr, "warning: %d line%s applied after"
+                               " stripping trailing whitespaces.\n",
+                               applied_after_stripping,
+                               applied_after_stripping == 1 ? "" : "s");
+               else if (whitespace_error)
+                       fprintf(stderr, "warning: %d line%s add%s trailing"
+                               " whitespaces.\n",
+                               whitespace_error,
+                               whitespace_error == 1 ? "" : "s",
+                               whitespace_error == 1 ? "s" : "");
+       }
        return 0;
 }