diff --git a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
index cd2c39ac7c..e3bfe851e3 100644
--- a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
+++ b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
@@ -2934,7 +2934,8 @@ static int outer_child(
                         }
                 }
 
-                log_info("Selected user namespace base " UID_FMT " and range " UID_FMT ".", arg_uid_shift, arg_uid_range);
+                if (!arg_quiet)
+                        log_info("Selected user namespace base " UID_FMT " and range " UID_FMT ".", arg_uid_shift, arg_uid_range);
         }
 
         if (dissected_image) {