diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 040214e33..b28e56133 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ David Paul Röthlisberger
 David Szotten
 David Vierra
 Daw-Ran Liou
+Debi Mishra
 Denis Kirisov
 Dhiren Serai
 Diego Russo
diff --git a/changelog/7441.doc.rst b/changelog/7441.doc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7c770e99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/7441.doc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add a note about ``-q`` option used in getting started guide.
diff --git a/doc/en/getting-started.rst b/doc/en/getting-started.rst
index 0424faa88..38adf68e0 100644
--- a/doc/en/getting-started.rst
+++ b/doc/en/getting-started.rst
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ Execute the test function with “quiet” reporting mode:
     .                                                                    [100%]
     1 passed in 0.12s
 
+.. note::
+
+    The ``-q/--quiet`` flag keeps the output brief in this and following examples.
+
 Group multiple tests in a class
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