diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3959697b7..8a1ad3958 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 * "import -l" now logs duplicate albums.
 * A new "import_progress" option can be used to disable the importer's
   resuming feature.
+* Resuming is automatically disabled when the importer is in quiet (-q)
+  mode. Progress is still saved, however.
 * Fix a bug where some files would be erroneously interpreted as MP4.
 * Fix permission bits applied to album art files.
 * Fix malformed MusicBrainz queries caused by null characters.
diff --git a/beets/ui/__init__.py b/beets/ui/__init__.py
index 1104bf7bb..d661802d1 100644
--- a/beets/ui/__init__.py
+++ b/beets/ui/__init__.py
@@ -262,7 +262,6 @@ class SubcommandsOptionParser(optparse.OptionParser):
     """A variant of OptionParser that parses subcommands and their
     arguments.
     """
-    
     # A singleton command used to give help on other subcommands.
     _HelpSubcommand = Subcommand('help', optparse.OptionParser(),
         help='give detailed help on a specific sub-command',
diff --git a/beets/ui/commands.py b/beets/ui/commands.py
index 5f2afde5c..0fc7c56bf 100644
--- a/beets/ui/commands.py
+++ b/beets/ui/commands.py
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ def import_files(lib, paths, copy, write, autot, logpath,
     if autot:
         # Autotag. Set up the pipeline.
         pl = pipeline.Pipeline([
-            read_albums(paths, progress),
+            read_albums(paths, progress and not quiet),
             initial_lookup(),
             user_query(lib, logfile, color, quiet),
             apply_choices(lib, copy, write, art, delete, progress),