diff --git a/commands/status/status.go b/commands/status/status.go
index d70046b..7ef26f6 100644
--- a/commands/status/status.go
+++ b/commands/status/status.go
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-var porcelainFiles bool
-
 // CommandStatus processes 'git status --porcelain', and exports numbered
 // env variables that contain the path of each affected file.
 // Output is also more concise than standard 'git status'.
@@ -19,6 +17,8 @@ var porcelainFiles bool
 // TODO: Call with optional <group> parameter to filter by modification state:
 // 1 || Staged,  2 || Unmerged,  3 || Unstaged,  4 || Untracked
 func CommandStatus() *cobra.Command {
+	var optsFilelist bool
+	var optsDisplay bool
 
 	var statusCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "status",
@@ -35,15 +35,28 @@ sets the environment variables for your shell. (For more information on this,
 see 'scmpuff init'.)
     `,
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			runStatus()
+			root := gitProjectRoot()
+			status := gitStatusOutput()
+
+			results := Process(status, root)
+			results.printStatus(optsFilelist, optsDisplay)
 		},
 	}
 
-	// --aliases
+	// --filelist, -f
 	statusCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(
-		&porcelainFiles,
+		&optsFilelist,
 		"filelist", "f", false,
-		"include parseable filelist as first line of output",
+		"include machine-parseable filelist",
+	)
+
+	// --display
+	// allow normal display to be disabled, not really useful unless you know you
+	// JUST want the machine parseable file-list for some reason.
+	statusCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(
+		&optsDisplay,
+		"display", "", true,
+		"displays the formatted status output",
 	)
 
 	// --relative
@@ -58,14 +71,6 @@ see 'scmpuff init'.)
 	return statusCmd
 }
 
-func runStatus() {
-	root := gitProjectRoot()
-	status := gitStatusOutput()
-
-	results := Process(status, root)
-	results.printStatus(porcelainFiles)
-}
-
 // Runs `git status --porcelain` and returns the results.
 //
 // If an error is encountered, the process will die fatally.
diff --git a/commands/status/statuslist.go b/commands/status/statuslist.go
index 7646d41..574af78 100644
--- a/commands/status/statuslist.go
+++ b/commands/status/statuslist.go
@@ -117,22 +117,24 @@ func (sl StatusList) orderedItems() (items []*StatusItem) {
 //
 // if `includeParseData` is true, the first line will be a machine parseable
 // list of files to be used for environment variable expansion.
-func (sl StatusList) printStatus(includeParseData bool) {
+func (sl StatusList) printStatus(includeParseData, includeStatusOutput bool) {
 	b := bufio.NewWriter(os.Stdout)
 
 	if includeParseData {
 		fmt.Fprintln(b, sl.dataForParsing())
 	}
 
-	fmt.Fprintln(b, sl.banner())
-
-	// keep track of number of items printed, and pass off information to each
-	// fileGroup, which knows how to print itself.
-	if sl.numItems() >= 1 {
-		startNum := 1
-		for _, fg := range sl.orderedGroups() {
-			fg.print(startNum, b)
-			startNum += len(fg.items)
+	if includeStatusOutput {
+		// print the banner
+		fmt.Fprintln(b, sl.banner())
+		// keep track of number of items printed, and pass off information to each
+		// fileGroup, which knows how to print itself.
+		if sl.numItems() >= 1 {
+			startNum := 1
+			for _, fg := range sl.orderedGroups() {
+				fg.print(startNum, b)
+				startNum += len(fg.items)
+			}
 		}
 	}