diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index bcfe489a5..d43021fa7 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 - Slightly increased NVidias rule-processing performance by using generic instructions instead of byte_perm()
 - Add support for @ rule (RULE_OP_MANGLE_PURGECHAR) to use on GPU
 - Add support for --outfile (short -o) to be used together with --stdout
+- Skip periodic status output whenever --stdout is used together with stdin mode, but no outfile was specified
 
 ##
 ## Bugs
diff --git a/src/hashcat.c b/src/hashcat.c
index 8c53bd49c..43eb1c735 100644
--- a/src/hashcat.c
+++ b/src/hashcat.c
@@ -7898,7 +7898,10 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 
   if (wordlist_mode == WL_MODE_STDIN)
   {
-    status = 1;
+    // enable status (in stdin mode) whenever we do not use --stdout together with an outfile
+
+    if      (stdout_flag == 0) status = 1;
+    else if (outfile != NULL)  status = 1;
 
     data.status = status;
   }