diff --git a/container/container.go b/container/container.go
index a798084a..4208a449 100644
--- a/container/container.go
+++ b/container/container.go
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ type (
 		// Copied to the underlying [exec.Cmd].
 		WaitDelay time.Duration
 
+		// Suppress verbose output of init.
+		Quiet bool
+
 		cmd *exec.Cmd
 		ctx context.Context
 		msg message.Msg
@@ -342,8 +345,6 @@ func (p *Container) Start() error {
 						Err:    ENOSYS,
 						Origin: true,
 					}
-				} else {
-					p.msg.Verbosef("landlock abi version %d", abi)
 				}
 
 				if rulesetFd, err := rulesetAttr.Create(0); err != nil {
@@ -353,7 +354,6 @@ func (p *Container) Start() error {
 						Err:   err,
 					}
 				} else {
-					p.msg.Verbosef("enforcing landlock ruleset %s", rulesetAttr)
 					if err = landlock.RestrictSelf(rulesetFd, 0); err != nil {
 						_ = Close(rulesetFd)
 						return &StartError{
@@ -410,7 +410,6 @@ func (p *Container) Start() error {
 				}
 			}
 
-			p.msg.Verbose("starting container init")
 			if err := p.cmd.Start(); err != nil {
 				return &StartError{
 					Step:        "start container init",
@@ -481,7 +480,6 @@ func (p *Container) Serve() (err error) {
 			}
 
 		case <-done:
-			p.msg.Verbose("setup payload took", time.Since(t))
 			return
 		}
 	}(p.setup[1])
@@ -491,7 +489,7 @@ func (p *Container) Serve() (err error) {
 		Getuid(),
 		Getgid(),
 		len(p.ExtraFiles),
-		p.msg.IsVerbose(),
+		p.msg.IsVerbose() && !p.Quiet,
 	})
 }