diff --git a/doc/man/task.1.in b/doc/man/task.1.in
index 5c057fd13..99d67063b 100644
--- a/doc/man/task.1.in
+++ b/doc/man/task.1.in
@@ -207,8 +207,7 @@ the priority to H for each of those tasks.  This can also be achieved directly:
 
   task project:Home modify priority:H
 
-This command is mainly of use to external scripts.  As such, only minimal output
-is generated (equivalent to verbose=nothing).
+This command is mainly of use to external scripts.
 
 .TP
 .B task <filter> uuids
@@ -222,8 +221,7 @@ this:
 This example first gets the UUIDs for the project:Home and status:completed
 filter, then makes each of those tasks pending again.
 
-This command is mainly of use to external scripts.  As such, only minimal
-output is generated (equivalent to verbose=nothing).
+This command is mainly of use to external scripts.
 
 .TP
 .B task udas
diff --git a/src/Context.cpp b/src/Context.cpp
index 938689805..6a0c07fcf 100644
--- a/src/Context.cpp
+++ b/src/Context.cpp
@@ -694,16 +694,13 @@ void Context::updateXtermTitle ()
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// This function allows a clean output if the command is a helper subcommand or
-// a command aimed at being used by an external script.
+// This function allows a clean output if the command is a helper subcommand.
 void Context::updateVerbosity ()
 {
   std::string command;
   a3.find_command (command);
 
-  if (command[0] == '_'  ||
-      command == "ids"   ||
-      command == "uuids")
+  if (command[0] == '_')
   {
     verbosity.clear ();
     verbosity.push_back ("nothing");