diff --git a/man/einfo.3 b/man/einfo.3
index 31c4b68c..f7b1fd26 100644
--- a/man/einfo.3
+++ b/man/einfo.3
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ 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
@@ -186,6 +185,12 @@ when set to true makes the
 and
 .Fn einfon
 family of functions quiet, so nothing is printed.
+.Va EERROR_QUIET
+when set to true makes the
+.Fn eerror
+and
+.Fn eerrorn
+family of functions quiet, so nothing is printed.
 .Pp
 .Va EINFO_VERBOSE
 when set to true makes the
diff --git a/src/libeinfo/libeinfo.c b/src/libeinfo/libeinfo.c
index 7b1f2da5..9791051f 100644
--- a/src/libeinfo/libeinfo.c
+++ b/src/libeinfo/libeinfo.c
@@ -273,6 +273,12 @@ is_quiet(void)
 	return yesno(getenv("EINFO_QUIET"));
 }
 
+static bool
+is_really_quiet(void)
+{
+	return yesno(getenv("EERROR_QUIET"));
+}
+
 static bool
 is_verbose(void)
 {
@@ -674,7 +680,7 @@ eerrorn(const char *EINFO_RESTRICT fmt, ...)
 	int retval;
 	va_list ap;
 
-	if (!fmt || is_quiet())
+	if (!fmt || is_really_quiet())
 		return 0;
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
 	retval = _eerrorvn(fmt, ap);
@@ -742,7 +748,7 @@ eerror(const char *EINFO_RESTRICT fmt, ...)
 	int retval;
 	va_list ap;
 
-	if (!fmt || is_quiet())
+	if (!fmt || is_really_quiet())
 		return 0;
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
 	elogv(LOG_ERR, fmt, ap);
@@ -759,7 +765,7 @@ eerrorx(const char *EINFO_RESTRICT fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list ap;
 
-	if (fmt && !is_quiet()) {
+	if (fmt && !is_really_quiet()) {
 		va_start(ap, fmt);
 		elogv(LOG_ERR, fmt, ap);
 		_eerrorvn(fmt, ap);