diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 552827935a..fef680f886 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -2753,6 +2753,9 @@ rerere.enabled::
 	`$GIT_DIR`, e.g. if "rerere" was previously used in the
 	repository.
 
+reset.quiet::
+	When set to true, 'git reset' will default to the '--quiet' option.
+
 include::sendemail-config.txt[]
 
 sequence.editor::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
index 1d697d9962..2dac95c71a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
@@ -95,7 +95,10 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -q::
 --quiet::
-	Be quiet, only report errors.
+--no-quiet::
+	Be quiet, only report errors. The default behavior is set by the
+	`reset.quiet` config option. `--quiet` and `--no-quiet` will
+	override the default behavior.
 
 
 EXAMPLES
diff --git a/builtin/reset.c b/builtin/reset.c
index c2f8e72cb3..ff5f1756d5 100644
--- a/builtin/reset.c
+++ b/builtin/reset.c
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ int cmd_reset(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	};
 
 	git_config(git_reset_config, NULL);
+	git_config_get_bool("reset.quiet", &quiet);
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, git_reset_usage,
 						PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH);