diff --git a/howto/upgrades.md b/howto/upgrades.md
index 1f45fa134d5a63c35316dc514c4b536b91cb0629..d1cd845c6ce4aaec93d1dbc7ca37dfaa4ba2b306 100644
--- a/howto/upgrades.md
+++ b/howto/upgrades.md
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ following two commands:
     apt list "?obsolete"
     # The following will mainly print the same list as above, but there might be
     # some more in its list.
-    DEBUG=1 /usr/share/prometheus-node-exporter-collectors/apt_info.py
+    DEBUG=1 /usr/share/prometheus-node-exporter-collectors/apt_info.py >/dev/null
 
 Check the state of each package with `apt policy $package` to determine what
 needs to be done with it. If most cases, the packages can just be purged, but