diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt
index 99c7007..4d99de9 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW.txt
+++ b/WHATSNEW.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
   - A new directive, .notify, tells tsshbatch to print an informative
     message from within a command file.  This is a runtime activity
     and is helpful, for example, when tracking progress of a long
-    command file.
+    command file. Notifications are disabled in silent mode.
 
 [CHANGES]
 
diff --git a/tsshbatch.py b/tsshbatch.py
index afad99e..88b4305 100755
--- a/tsshbatch.py
+++ b/tsshbatch.py
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 # Version Information - Overwritten by makefile during release process
 #####
 
-GITID      = '48da8ac tundra Tue Oct 11 09:15:36 2016 -0500'
-VERSION    = '1.312'
+GITID      = '8eb2a8e tundra Tue Oct 11 20:50:17 2016 -0500'
+VERSION    = '1.313'
 
 
 #####
@@ -497,10 +497,11 @@
             if not command:
                 continue
 
-            # Process notifications
+            # Process notifications - disabled in SILENT mode
 
             if command.startswith(NOTIFY):
-                PrintReport([NOTIFICATION, " ".join(command.split(NOTIFY)).strip() + '\n'], HANDLER=PrintStdout)
+                if NOISELEVEL != SILENT:
+                    PrintReport([NOTIFICATION, " ".join(command.split(NOTIFY)).strip() + '\n'], HANDLER=PrintStdout)
                 continue
 
             # If this is a sudo run, force password to be read
diff --git a/tsshbatch.rst b/tsshbatch.rst
index 979b0c6..d097b9b 100644
--- a/tsshbatch.rst
+++ b/tsshbatch.rst
@@ -412,7 +412,8 @@
 
 Notifications are entirely optional *and do not run on the remote
 host*.  Think of them as runtime comments emitted by ``tsshbatch`` to
-help you know what's going on.
+help you know what's going on.  Notifications are supressed if you
+select silent operation (``-s``).
 
 You can also specify file transfers within a command file.  See the
 section below on file transfers for all the details.
@@ -1449,7 +1450,7 @@
 
 ::
 
-  $Id: '48da8ac tundra Tue Oct 11 09:15:36 2016 -0500'
+  $Id: '8eb2a8e tundra Tue Oct 11 20:50:17 2016 -0500'
 
 This document was produced with ``emacs``, ``RestructuredText``, and ``TeX Live``.
 
diff --git a/version b/version
index 117ddda..95f4af1 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.312
+1.313