diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-ssh-harden b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-ssh-harden
index 531c64cfd..1fd7d58d9 100644
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-ssh-harden
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-ssh-harden
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 . /usr/sbin/so-common
 
-if [[ $1 =~ ^(q|--quiet) ]]; then
+if [[ $1 =~ ^(-q|--quiet) ]]; then
 	quiet=true
 fi
 
@@ -29,12 +29,13 @@ print_sshd_t() {
 
 print_msg() {
 	local msg=$1
-
+	if ! [[ $quiet ]]; then
 	printf "%s\n" \
 		"----" \
 		"$msg" \
 		"----" \
 		""
+	fi
 }
 
 if ! [[ $quiet ]]; then print_sshd_t "ciphers" "Before"; fi