diff --git a/libexec/scoop-update.ps1 b/libexec/scoop-update.ps1
index 8c713a33ad..aef60a6eb4 100644
--- a/libexec/scoop-update.ps1
+++ b/libexec/scoop-update.ps1
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ function update_scoop() {
 
     write-host "Updating Scoop..."
     $last_update = $(last_scoop_update).ToString('s')
+    $show_update_log = get_config "show_update_log"
+    if($show_update_log -eq $null) {
+        $show_update_log = $true
+    }
     $currentdir = fullpath $(versiondir 'scoop' 'current')
     if(!(test-path "$currentdir\.git")) {
         $newdir = fullpath $(versiondir 'scoop' 'new')
@@ -74,7 +78,9 @@ function update_scoop() {
         Push-Location $currentdir
         git_pull -q
         $res = $lastexitcode
-        git_log --no-decorate --date=local --since="`"$last_update`"" --format="`"tformat: * %C(yellow)%h%Creset %<|(72,trunc)%s %C(cyan)%cr%Creset`"" HEAD
+        if($show_update_log) {
+            git_log --no-decorate --date=local --since="`"$last_update`"" --format="`"tformat: * %C(yellow)%h%Creset %<|(72,trunc)%s %C(cyan)%cr%Creset`"" HEAD
+        }
         if($res -ne 0) {
             abort 'Update failed.'
         }
@@ -88,7 +94,9 @@ function update_scoop() {
         write-host "Updating '$_' bucket..."
         Push-Location (bucketdir $_)
         git_pull -q
-        git_log --no-decorate --date=local --since="`"$last_update`"" --format="`"tformat: * %C(yellow)%h%Creset %<|(72,trunc)%s %C(cyan)%cr%Creset`"" HEAD
+        if($show_update_log) {
+            git_log --no-decorate --date=local --since="`"$last_update`"" --format="`"tformat: * %C(yellow)%h%Creset %<|(72,trunc)%s %C(cyan)%cr%Creset`"" HEAD
+        }
         Pop-Location
     }