diff --git a/cmd/telegraf/telegraf.go b/cmd/telegraf/telegraf.go
index 6deec4226..04d74cffc 100644
--- a/cmd/telegraf/telegraf.go
+++ b/cmd/telegraf/telegraf.go
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ func (t *Telegraf) watchLocalConfig(signals chan os.Signal, fConfig string) {
 func (t *Telegraf) loadConfiguration() (*config.Config, error) {
 	// If no other options are specified, load the config file and run.
 	c := config.NewConfig()
+	c.Agent.Quiet = t.quiet
 	c.OutputFilters = t.outputFilters
 	c.InputFilters = t.inputFilters
 	c.SecretStoreFilters = t.secretstoreFilters
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index aec4d8008..8f8b178ea 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -443,6 +443,10 @@ func (c *Config) LoadConfig(path string) error {
 	}
 
 	for _, path := range paths {
+		if !c.Agent.Quiet {
+			log.Printf("I! Loading config: %s", path)
+		}
+
 		data, err := LoadConfigFile(path)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error loading config file %s: %w", path, err)
@@ -700,7 +704,6 @@ func escapeEnv(value string) string {
 
 func LoadConfigFile(config string) ([]byte, error) {
 	if fetchURLRe.MatchString(config) {
-		log.Printf("I! Loading config url: %s", config)
 		u, err := url.Parse(config)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
@@ -715,7 +718,6 @@ func LoadConfigFile(config string) ([]byte, error) {
 	}
 
 	// If it isn't a https scheme, try it as a file
-	log.Printf("I! Loading config file: %s", config)
 	buffer, err := os.ReadFile(config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err