diff --git a/man/einfo.3 b/man/einfo.3
index 0af12a8b..31c4b68c 100644
--- a/man/einfo.3
+++ b/man/einfo.3
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ respectively, but only work when
 is true. You can also make the
 .Fn einfo ,
 .Fn ewarn ,
+.Fn eerror ,
 and
 .Fn ebegin
 functions silent by setting
diff --git a/src/libeinfo/libeinfo.c b/src/libeinfo/libeinfo.c
index d27bdb2f..7b1f2da5 100644
--- a/src/libeinfo/libeinfo.c
+++ b/src/libeinfo/libeinfo.c
@@ -674,6 +674,8 @@ eerrorn(const char *EINFO_RESTRICT fmt, ...)
 	int retval;
 	va_list ap;
 
+	if (!fmt || is_quiet())
+		return 0;
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
 	retval = _eerrorvn(fmt, ap);
 	va_end(ap);
@@ -740,7 +742,7 @@ eerror(const char *EINFO_RESTRICT fmt, ...)
 	int retval;
 	va_list ap;
 
-	if (!fmt)
+	if (!fmt || is_quiet())
 		return 0;
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
 	elogv(LOG_ERR, fmt, ap);
@@ -757,7 +759,7 @@ eerrorx(const char *EINFO_RESTRICT fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list ap;
 
-	if (fmt) {
+	if (fmt && !is_quiet()) {
 		va_start(ap, fmt);
 		elogv(LOG_ERR, fmt, ap);
 		_eerrorvn(fmt, ap);