#1772833: add -q command line option.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c2f288d..8463367 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #1772833: Add the -q command-line option to suppress copyright
+  and version output in interactive mode.
+
 - Provide an *optimize* parameter in the built-in compile() function.
 
 - Fixed several corner case issues on os.stat/os.lstat related to reparse
diff --git a/Misc/python.man b/Misc/python.man
index 428ef4d..2d15d5d 100644
--- a/Misc/python.man
+++ b/Misc/python.man
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 .B \-m 
 .I module-name
 ]
+[
+.B \-q
+]
 .br
        [
 .B \-O
@@ -145,6 +148,10 @@
 .B \-O0
 Discard docstrings in addition to the \fB-O\fP optimizations.
 .TP
+.B \-q
+Do not print the version and copyright messages. These messages are 
+also suppressed in non-interactive mode.
+.TP
 .BI "\-Q " argument
 Division control; see PEP 238.  The argument must be one of "old" (the
 default, int/int and long/long return an int or long), "new" (new