diff -upNr shared-mime-info-0.51.orign/update-mime-database.c shared-mime-info-0.51/update-mime-database.c
--- shared-mime-info-0.51.orign/update-mime-database.c	2008-07-20 16:31:39.000000000 +0200
+++ shared-mime-info-0.51/update-mime-database.c	2008-07-23 14:12:22.000000000 +0200
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static void g_log_handler (const gchar  
 
 static void usage(const char *name)
 {
-	g_fprintf(stderr, _("Usage: %s [-hvV] MIME-DIR\n"), name);
+	g_fprintf(stderr, _("Usage: %s [-hvVq] MIME-DIR\n"), name);
 }
 
 static void free_type(gpointer data)
@@ -3340,7 +3340,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	/* Install the filtering log handler */
 	g_log_set_default_handler(g_log_handler, NULL);
 
-	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "hvV")) != -1)
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "hvVq")) != -1)
 	{
 		switch (opt)
 		{
@@ -3359,6 +3359,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 				enabled_log_levels |= G_LOG_LEVEL_MESSAGE
 						      | G_LOG_LEVEL_INFO;
 				break;
+			case 'q':
+				enabled_log_levels &= ~G_LOG_LEVEL_WARNING;
+				break;
 			default:
 				return EXIT_FAILURE;
 		}