diff --git a/seq/aplaymidi2/aplaymidi2.1 b/seq/aplaymidi2/aplaymidi2.1
index 99be608..fc85943 100644
--- a/seq/aplaymidi2/aplaymidi2.1
+++ b/seq/aplaymidi2/aplaymidi2.1
@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ environment variable if none is given on the command line.
 .B aplaymidi2
 supports only basic UMP events: in addition to the standard MIDI1 and
 MIDI2 CVMs and 7bit SysEx, only the following are supported:
-DCTPQ, DC, Set Tempo, Start Clip and End Clip.
-Lyrics and other meta data in Flex Data are skipped, so far.
+DCTPQ, DC, Set Tempo, Start Clip, End Clip.
+Lyrics and other meta data in Flex Data are printed, too, unless
+\fI\-s\fP option is given.
 
 The multiple output ports are useful when the given MIDI Clip file
 contains the UMP packets for multiple Groups.
@@ -62,6 +63,10 @@ Specifies how long to wait after the end of each MIDI Clip file,
 to allow the last notes to die away.
 Default is 2 seconds.
 
+.TP
+.I \-s, \-\-silent
+Don't show message texts.
+
 .SH SEE ALSO
 pmidi(1)
 .br
diff --git a/seq/aplaymidi2/aplaymidi2.c b/seq/aplaymidi2/aplaymidi2.c
index 64e8aaa..cd500bf 100644
--- a/seq/aplaymidi2/aplaymidi2.c
+++ b/seq/aplaymidi2/aplaymidi2.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ static int port_count;
 static snd_seq_addr_t ports[16];
 static int queue;
 static int end_delay = 2;
+static int silent;
 
 static unsigned int _current_tempo  = 50000000; /* default 120 bpm */
 static unsigned int tempo_base = 10;
@@ -432,7 +433,8 @@ static void play_midi(FILE *file)
 
 			if (fh->meta.status_bank == SND_UMP_FLEX_DATA_MSG_BANK_METADATA ||
 			    fh->meta.status_bank == SND_UMP_FLEX_DATA_MSG_BANK_PERF_TEXT) {
-				show_text(ump);
+				if (!silent)
+					show_text(ump);
 				continue;
 			}
 		} else if (h->type == SND_UMP_MSG_TYPE_STREAM) {
@@ -493,7 +495,8 @@ static void usage(const char *argv0)
 		"-h, --help                  this help\n"
 		"-V, --version               print current version\n"
 		"-p, --port=client:port,...  set port(s) to play to\n"
-		"-d, --delay=seconds         delay after song ends\n",
+		"-d, --delay=seconds         delay after song ends\n"
+		"-s, --silent                don't show texts\n",
 		argv0);
 }
 
@@ -509,13 +512,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		{"version", 0, NULL, 'V'},
 		{"port", 1, NULL, 'p'},
 		{"delay", 1, NULL, 'd'},
+		{"silent", 1, NULL, 's'},
 		{0}
 	};
 	int c;
 
 	init_seq();
 
-	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hVp:d:",
+	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hVp:d:s",
 				long_options, NULL)) != -1) {
 		switch (c) {
 		case 'h':
@@ -530,6 +534,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'd':
 			end_delay = atoi(optarg);
 			break;
+		case 's':
+			silent = 1;
+			break;
 		default:
 			usage(argv[0]);
 			return 1;