From 74296582e241ce8f4db1e2da5f5efa153fb998e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dmiller <dmiller@e0a8ed71-7df4-0310-8962-fdc924857419>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2020 14:07:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Hide a minor warning behind -v. Fixes #2166

---
 nmap.cc | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/nmap.cc b/nmap.cc
index 6e3e91e63..d844e7886 100644
--- a/nmap.cc
+++ b/nmap.cc
@@ -1121,7 +1121,8 @@ void parse_options(int argc, char **argv) {
           Snprintf(buf, 3, "P%c", *optarg);
           delayed_options.warn_deprecated(buf, "Pn");
         }
-        error("Host discovery disabled (-Pn). All addresses will be marked 'up' and scan times will be slower.");
+        if (o.verbose > 0)
+          error("Host discovery disabled (-Pn). All addresses will be marked 'up' and scan times will be slower.");
         o.pingtype |= PINGTYPE_NONE;
       }
       else if (*optarg == 'R') {