diff -urk.orig procps-3.2.5.orig/sysctl.8 procps-3.2.5/sysctl.8
--- procps-3.2.5.orig/sysctl.8	2004-07-30 01:42:03 +0000
+++ procps-3.2.5/sysctl.8	2005-08-24 16:57:50 +0000
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B "sysctl [-n] [-e] variable ..."
 .br
-.B "sysctl [-n] [-e] [-q] -w variable=value ..."
+.B "sysctl [-n] [-e] [-q|-v] -w variable=value ..."
 .br
-.B "sysctl [-n] [-e] [-q] -p <filename>"
+.B "sysctl [-n] [-e] [-q|-v] -p <filename>"
 .br
 .B "sysctl [-n] [-e] -a"
 .br
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@
 .B "-q"
 Use this option to not display the values set to stdout.
 .TP
+.B "-v"
+Use this option to display the values set to stdout.
+.TP
 .B "-w"
 Use this option when you want to change a sysctl setting.
 .TP
diff -urk.orig procps-3.2.5.orig/sysctl.c procps-3.2.5/sysctl.c
--- procps-3.2.5.orig/sysctl.c	2005-08-24 22:02:44 +0000
+++ procps-3.2.5/sysctl.c	2005-08-24 22:04:26 +0000
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@
    PrintName = true;
    PrintNewline = true;
    IgnoreError = false;
-   Quiet = false;
+   Quiet = true;
 
    if (argc < 2) {
        return Usage(me);
@@ -462,6 +462,9 @@
 	 case 'q':
 	      Quiet = true;
 	   break;
+	 case 'v':
+	      Quiet = false;
+	   break;
 	 case 'o':  // BSD: binary values too, 1st 16 bytes in hex
 	 case 'x':  // BSD: binary values too, whole thing in hex
 	      /* does nothing */ ;
@@ -483,8 +486,6 @@
               return Usage(me);
          }
       } else {
-         if (NameOnly && Quiet)   // nonsense
-            return Usage(me);
          SwitchesAllowed = false;
          if (WriteMode || index(*argv, '='))
             ReturnCode = WriteSetting(*argv);