--- ./sysctl.c.sysctl	2004-07-15 17:32:42.000000000 +0200
+++ ./sysctl.c	2004-08-12 17:49:08.894600421 +0200
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 typedef int bool;
 static bool true  = 1;
 static bool false = 0;
+static int verbose;
 
 /*
  *    Globals...
@@ -332,9 +333,10 @@
          if (NameOnly) {
             fprintf(stdout, "%s\n", outname);
          } else {
-            if (PrintName) {
+            if (PrintName && verbose) {
                fprintf(stdout, "%s = %s\n", outname, value);
             } else {
+               if (verbose)
                if (PrintNewline)
                   fprintf(stdout, "%s\n", value);
                else
@@ -464,6 +466,9 @@
               SwitchesAllowed = false;
               WriteMode = true;
            break;
+         case 'v':
+              verbose++;
+              break;
          case 'f':  // the NetBSD way
          case 'p':
               argv++;
--- ./sysctl.8.sysctl	2004-07-30 03:42:03.000000000 +0200
+++ ./sysctl.8	2004-08-12 17:50:42.203511780 +0200
@@ -10,15 +10,15 @@
 .SH NAME
 sysctl \- configure kernel parameters at runtime
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-.B "sysctl [-n] [-e] variable ..."
+.B "sysctl [-v] [-e] variable ..."
 .br
-.B "sysctl [-n] [-e] [-q] -w variable=value ..."
+.B "sysctl [-v] [-e] [-q] -w variable=value ..."
 .br
-.B "sysctl [-n] [-e] [-q] -p <filename>"
+.B "sysctl [-v] [-e] [-q] -p <filename>"
 .br
-.B "sysctl [-n] [-e] -a"
+.B "sysctl [-v] [-e] -a"
 .br
-.B "sysctl [-n] [-e] -A"
+.B "sysctl [-v] [-e] -A"
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B sysctl
 is used to modify kernel parameters at runtime.  The parameters available
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@
 which are parsed by the shell, you may need to enclose the value in double
 quotes.  This requires the -w parameter to use.
 .TP
-.B "-n"
-Use this option to disable printing of the key name when printing values.
+.B "-v"
+Use this option to enable printing of the key name when printing
+values (by default nothing is printed).
 .TP
 .B "-e"
 Use this option to ignore errors about unknown keys.