diff --git a/src/fetch.c b/src/fetch.c
index cf2fde7da6b2124bef7318c38ea50417bd3fc606..0c009cd45f752c00386ceaae474d15d0082a671a 100644
--- a/src/fetch.c
+++ b/src/fetch.c
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ static int fetch_parse(void *ctx, struct apk_db_options *dbopts,
 		break;
 	case 's':
 		fctx->flags |= FETCH_STDOUT;
+		apk_verbosity--;
 		break;
 	case 'L':
 		fctx->flags |= FETCH_LINK;