diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/api.sh b/advanced/Scripts/api.sh
index 20ebef5c..6969b45f 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/api.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/api.sh
@@ -302,14 +302,23 @@ secretRead() {
 }
 
 apiFunc() {
-  local data response status status_col
+  local data response status status_col verbosity
+
+  # Define if the output will be silent (default) or verbose
+  verbosity="silent"
+  if [ "$1" = "verbose" ]; then
+    verbosity="verbose"
+    shift
+  fi
 
   # Authenticate with the API
-  LoginAPI verbose
-  echo ""
+  LoginAPI "${verbosity}"
 
-  echo "Requesting: ${COL_PURPLE}GET ${COL_CYAN}${API_URL}${COL_YELLOW}$1${COL_NC}"
-  echo ""
+  if [ "${verbosity}" = "verbose" ]; then
+    echo ""
+    echo "Requesting: ${COL_PURPLE}GET ${COL_CYAN}${API_URL}${COL_YELLOW}$1${COL_NC}"
+    echo ""
+  fi
 
   # Get the data from the API
   response=$(GetFTLData "$1" raw)
@@ -326,11 +335,18 @@ apiFunc() {
   else
     status_col="${COL_RED}"
   fi
-  echo "Status: ${status_col}${status}${COL_NC}"
+
+  # Only print the status in verbose mode or if the status is not 200
+  if [ "${verbosity}" = "verbose" ] || [ "${status}" != 200 ]; then
+    echo "Status: ${status_col}${status}${COL_NC}"
+  fi
 
   # Output the data. Format it with jq if available and data is actually JSON.
   # Otherwise just print it
-  echo "Data:"
+  if [ "${verbosity}" = "verbose" ]; then
+    echo "Data:"
+  fi
+
   if command -v jq >/dev/null && echo "${data}" | jq . >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     echo "${data}" | jq .
   else
@@ -338,5 +354,5 @@ apiFunc() {
   fi
 
   # Delete the session
-  LogoutAPI verbose
+  LogoutAPI "${verbosity}"
 }
diff --git a/manpages/pihole.8 b/manpages/pihole.8
index 97a6ec68..e0c38828 100644
--- a/manpages/pihole.8
+++ b/manpages/pihole.8
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pihole -r
 .br
 \fBpihole -g\fR
 .br
-\fBpihole\fR -\fBq\fR [options]
+\fBpihole\fR \fB-q\fR [options]
 .br
 \fBpihole\fR \fB-l\fR (\fBon|off|off noflush\fR)
 .br
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ pihole -r
 .br
 \fBpihole\fR \fBcheckout\fR repo [branch]
 .br
-\fBpihole\fR \api\fR endpoint
+\fBpihole\fR \fBapi\fR [verbose] endpoint
 .br
 \fBpihole\fR \fBhelp\fR
 .br
@@ -234,10 +234,14 @@ Available commands and options:
       branchname        Update subsystems to the specified branchname
 .br
 
-\fBapi\fR endpoint
+\fBapi\fR [verbose] endpoint
 .br
     Query the Pi-hole API at <endpoint>
 .br
+
+      verbose           Show authentication and status messages
+.br
+
 .SH "EXAMPLE"
 
 Some usage examples
@@ -323,6 +327,11 @@ Switching Pi-hole subsystem branches
     Queries FTL for the stats/summary endpoint
 .br
 
+\fBpihole api verbose stats/summary\fR
+.br
+    Same as above, but shows authentication and status messages
+.br
+
 .SH "COLOPHON"
 
 Get sucked into the latest news and community activity by entering Pi-hole's orbit. Information about Pi-hole, and the latest version of the software can be found at https://pi-hole.net.
diff --git a/pihole b/pihole
index 2c3a433b..1d5093c6 100755
--- a/pihole
+++ b/pihole
@@ -493,6 +493,7 @@ Debugging Options:
                       Add an optional argument to filter the log
                       (regular expressions are supported)
   api <endpoint>      Query the Pi-hole API at <endpoint>
+                        Precede <endpoint> with 'verbose' option to show authentication and status messages
 
 
 Options:
@@ -601,6 +602,6 @@ case "${1}" in
   "updatechecker"                 ) shift; updateCheckFunc "$@";;
   "arpflush"                      ) arpFunc "$@";;
   "-t" | "tail"                   ) tailFunc "$2";;
-  "api"                           ) apiFunc "$2";;
+  "api"                           ) shift; apiFunc "$@";;
   *                               ) helpFunc;;
 esac