diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1a55c029c..b85e200a6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - [#694](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/694): DNS Query input, thanks @mjasion!
 
 ### Bugfixes
+- [#701](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/701): output write count shouldnt print in quiet mode.
 
 ## v0.10.3 [2016-02-18]
 
diff --git a/agent/agent.go b/agent/agent.go
index 42ade45f2..8a8800cc2 100644
--- a/agent/agent.go
+++ b/agent/agent.go
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ func NewAgent(config *config.Config) (*Agent, error) {
 // Connect connects to all configured outputs
 func (a *Agent) Connect() error {
 	for _, o := range a.Config.Outputs {
+		o.Quiet = a.Config.Agent.Quiet
+
 		switch ot := o.Output.(type) {
 		case telegraf.ServiceOutput:
 			if err := ot.Start(); err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index fc374d628..2dfe13580 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -429,7 +429,6 @@ func (c *Config) addOutput(name string, table *ast.Table) error {
 		ro.MetricBufferLimit = c.Agent.MetricBufferLimit
 	}
 	ro.FlushBufferWhenFull = c.Agent.FlushBufferWhenFull
-	ro.Quiet = c.Agent.Quiet
 	c.Outputs = append(c.Outputs, ro)
 	return nil
 }