2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4fd34e59..2e26f797 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ fetchmail-4.5.3 ():
   checking or fetching Kerberos tickets.  This change eliminates many
   gethostbyname calls.
 * It's now possible to specify multiple spam-block responses as a list.
+* Download-progress dots are no longer generated when syslog is enabled.
 * 1.1 version of fetchmailconf.
 
 Note: the DNS-usage change might conceivably break your configuration
diff --git a/driver.c b/driver.c
index 425ffd5f..08ae5e3e 100644
--- a/driver.c
+++ b/driver.c
@@ -1421,7 +1421,7 @@ int num;		/* index of message */
 	free_str_list(&xmit_names);
 	return(PS_IOERR);
     }
-    else if (outlevel == O_VERBOSE)
+    else if (!run.use_syslog && outlevel == O_VERBOSE)
 	fputs("#", stderr);
 
     /* write error notifications */
@@ -1528,7 +1528,7 @@ flag forward;		/* TRUE to forward */
 	    sizeticker += linelen;
 	    while (sizeticker >= SIZETICKER)
 	    {
-		if (outlevel > O_SILENT)
+		if (!run.use_syslog && outlevel > O_SILENT)
 		    error_build(".");
 		sizeticker -= SIZETICKER;
 	    }