diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 429efc17..9d6efa31 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 4.3     2019-??
         repmgr: add "daemon (start|stop)" command; GitHub #528 (Ian)
         repmgr: add --version-number command line option (Ian)
-        repmgr: add --terse option to "cluster show"; GitHub #521 (Ian)
+        repmgr: add --compact option to "cluster show"; GitHub #521 (Ian)
         repmgr: add --dry-run option to "standby promote"; GitHub #522 (Ian)
         repmgr: add "node check --data-directory-config"; GitHub #523 (Ian)
         repmgr: prevent potential race condition in "standby switchover"
diff --git a/doc/appendix-release-notes.sgml b/doc/appendix-release-notes.sgml
index 40047571..6c2573c5 100644
--- a/doc/appendix-release-notes.sgml
+++ b/doc/appendix-release-notes.sgml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ REPMGRD_OPTS="--daemonize=false"</programlisting>
 
           <listitem>
             <para>
-              Add <option>--terse</option> option to <command><link linkend="repmgr-cluster-show">repmgr cluster show</link></command> (GitHub #521).
+              Add <option>--compact</option> option to <command><link linkend="repmgr-cluster-show">repmgr cluster show</link></command> (GitHub #521).
             </para>
             <para>
               This makes it easier to copy the output into emails, chats etc. as a compact table.
diff --git a/doc/repmgr-cluster-show.sgml b/doc/repmgr-cluster-show.sgml
index b702bf80..71214e23 100644
--- a/doc/repmgr-cluster-show.sgml
+++ b/doc/repmgr-cluster-show.sgml
@@ -120,11 +120,20 @@
 	</listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><option>--compact</option></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+			Suppress display of the <literal>conninfo</literal> column.
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry>
         <term><option>--terse</option></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>
-	    Suppress display of the <literal>conninfo</literal> column.
+			Suppress warnings about connection issues.
           </para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
diff --git a/repmgr-action-cluster.c b/repmgr-action-cluster.c
index 3b078d35..b2011306 100644
--- a/repmgr-action-cluster.c
+++ b/repmgr-action-cluster.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ do_cluster_show(void)
 	{
 		headers_show[i].display = true;
 
-		if (runtime_options.terse == true)
+		if (runtime_options.compact == true)
 		{
 			if (i == SHOW_CONNINFO)
 			{
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ do_cluster_show(void)
 
 		for (i = 0; i < SHOW_HEADER_COUNT; i++)
 		{
-			if (runtime_options.terse == true)
+			if (runtime_options.compact == true)
 			{
 				if (headers_show[i].display == false)
 					continue;
@@ -1518,6 +1518,7 @@ do_cluster_help(void)
 	printf(_("  Configuration file or database connection required.\n"));
 	puts("");
 	printf(_("    --csv                     emit output as CSV (with a subset of fields)\n"));
+	printf(_("    --compact                 display only a subset of fields\n"));
 	puts("");
 
 	printf(_("CLUSTER MATRIX\n"));
diff --git a/repmgr-client-global.h b/repmgr-client-global.h
index b8d6de7c..ded775b0 100644
--- a/repmgr-client-global.h
+++ b/repmgr-client-global.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ typedef struct
 	char		pg_bindir[MAXLEN];	/* overrides setting in repmgr.conf */
 	int			wait;
 	bool		no_wait;
+	bool		compact;
 
 	/* logging options */
 	char		log_level[MAXLEN];	/* overrides setting in repmgr.conf */
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ typedef struct
 		/* configuration metadata */ \
 		false, false, false, false, false,	\
 		/* general configuration options */	\
-		"", false, false, "", -1, false, \
+		"", false, false, "", -1, false, false, \
 		/* logging options */ \
 		"", false, false, false, false,	\
 		/* output options */ \
diff --git a/repmgr-client.c b/repmgr-client.c
index dde5f332..0840163d 100644
--- a/repmgr-client.c
+++ b/repmgr-client.c
@@ -267,6 +267,12 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 				runtime_options.no_wait = true;
 				break;
 
+				/* --compact */
+			case OPT_COMPACT:
+				runtime_options.compact = true;
+				break;
+
+
 				/*----------------------------
 				 * database connection options
 				 *----------------------------
diff --git a/repmgr-client.h b/repmgr-client.h
index 064d9d35..8a8bbf15 100644
--- a/repmgr-client.h
+++ b/repmgr-client.h
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
 #define OPT_REPMGRD_NO_PAUSE               1042
 #define OPT_VERSION_NUMBER				   1043
 #define OPT_DATA_DIRECTORY_CONFIG		   1044
+#define OPT_COMPACT		                   1045
 
 
 /* deprecated since 3.3 */
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ static struct option long_options[] =
 	{"pg_bindir", required_argument, NULL, 'b'},
 	{"wait", optional_argument, NULL, 'w'},
 	{"no-wait", no_argument, NULL, 'W'},
+	{"compact", no_argument, NULL, OPT_COMPACT},
 
 /* connection options */
 	{"dbname", required_argument, NULL, 'd'},