--- ./src/lexgrog.c.orig	2024-08-29 06:20:27.000000000 -0500
+++ ./src/lexgrog.c	2025-04-20 14:20:07.103886215 -0500
@@ -5136,6 +5136,7 @@
 	 * translate it using ngettext anyway because that will make it
 	 * easier to change the macro later.
 	 */
+	if (!quiet)
 	error (0, 0,
 	       ngettext ("warning: whatis for %s exceeds %d byte, "
 			 "truncating.",