diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 1e3c1729e1659..49b16cd7741c5 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -326,6 +326,8 @@ Command-line option changes
   * New option `--warn-overwrite={yes|no}` to control the warning for overwriting method
     definitions. The default is `no` ([#23002]).
 
+  * The `-q` and `--quiet` flags have been deprecated in favor of `--banner={yes|no}` ([#23342]).
+
 Julia v0.6.0 Release Notes
 ==========================
 
@@ -1182,3 +1184,4 @@ Command-line option changes
 [#23157]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/23157
 [#23187]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/23187
 [#23207]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/23207
+[#23342]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/23342
diff --git a/base/client.jl b/base/client.jl
index c46d5acccc95c..0a6a51e0d1a99 100644
--- a/base/client.jl
+++ b/base/client.jl
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ function process_options(opts::JLOptions)
     repl                  = true
     startup               = (opts.startupfile != 2)
     history_file          = (opts.historyfile != 0)
-    quiet                 = (opts.quiet != 0)
+    banner                = (opts.banner != 0)
     color_set             = (opts.color != 0)
     global have_color     = (opts.color == 1)
     global is_interactive = (opts.isinteractive != 0)
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ function process_options(opts::JLOptions)
         break
     end
     repl |= is_interactive
-    return (quiet,repl,startup,color_set,history_file)
+    return (banner,repl,startup,color_set,history_file)
 end
 
 function load_juliarc()
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ function _start()
     opts = JLOptions()
     @eval Main include(x) = $include(Main, x)
     try
-        (quiet,repl,startup,color_set,history_file) = process_options(opts)
+        (banner,repl,startup,color_set,history_file) = process_options(opts)
 
         local term
         global active_repl
@@ -393,10 +393,10 @@ function _start()
                 term = Terminals.TTYTerminal(get(ENV, "TERM", @static Sys.iswindows() ? "" : "dumb"), STDIN, STDOUT, STDERR)
                 global is_interactive = true
                 color_set || (global have_color = Terminals.hascolor(term))
-                quiet || REPL.banner(term,term)
+                banner && REPL.banner(term,term)
                 if term.term_type == "dumb"
                     active_repl = REPL.BasicREPL(term)
-                    quiet || warn("Terminal not fully functional")
+                    banner && warn("Terminal not fully functional")
                 else
                     active_repl = REPL.LineEditREPL(term, true)
                     active_repl.history_file = history_file
diff --git a/base/deprecated.jl b/base/deprecated.jl
index 97ec06ecb4484..b4dc3e0c509c2 100644
--- a/base/deprecated.jl
+++ b/base/deprecated.jl
@@ -1687,6 +1687,9 @@ export hex2num
 # issue #5148, PR #23259
 # warning for `const` on locals should be changed to an error in julia-syntax.scm
 
+# issue #23342, PR #23343
+# `-q` and `--quiet` are deprecated in jloptions.c
+
 # issue #17886
 # deprecations for filter[!] with 2-arg functions are in associative.jl
 
diff --git a/base/options.jl b/base/options.jl
index 32530a17be183..7c9ffb8c01f37 100644
--- a/base/options.jl
+++ b/base/options.jl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # NOTE: This type needs to be kept in sync with jl_options in src/julia.h
 struct JLOptions
-    quiet::Int8
+    banner::Int8
     julia_home::Ptr{UInt8}
     julia_bin::Ptr{UInt8}
     eval::Ptr{UInt8}
diff --git a/doc/man/julia.1 b/doc/man/julia.1
index b1f40f9dabc37..2944eca7f4436 100644
--- a/doc/man/julia.1
+++ b/doc/man/julia.1
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ Run processes on hosts listed in <file>
 Interactive mode; REPL runs and isinteractive() is true
 
 .TP
--q, --quiet
-Quiet startup without banner
+--banner={yes|no}
+Enable or disable startup banner
 
 .TP
 --color={yes|no}
diff --git a/doc/src/manual/getting-started.md b/doc/src/manual/getting-started.md
index 42dee20115868..aaafc82a2b769 100644
--- a/doc/src/manual/getting-started.md
+++ b/doc/src/manual/getting-started.md
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ julia [switches] -- [programfile] [args...]
  --machinefile <file>      Run processes on hosts listed in <file>
 
  -i                        Interactive mode; REPL runs and isinteractive() is true
- -q, --quiet               Quiet startup (no banner)
+ --banner={yes|no}         Enable or disable startup banner
  --color={yes|no}          Enable or disable color text
  --history-file={yes|no}   Load or save history
 
diff --git a/src/jloptions.c b/src/jloptions.c
index 0d8e46dc24839..e91303e1e21de 100644
--- a/src/jloptions.c
+++ b/src/jloptions.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT const char *jl_get_default_sysimg_path(void)
 }
 
 
-jl_options_t jl_options = { 0,    // quiet
+jl_options_t jl_options = { 1,    // banner
                             NULL, // julia_home
                             NULL, // julia_bin
                             NULL, // eval
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static const char opts[]  =
 
     // interactive options
     " -i                        Interactive mode; REPL runs and isinteractive() is true\n"
-    " -q, --quiet               Quiet startup (no banner)\n"
+    " --banner={yes|no}         Enable or disable startup banner\n"
     " --color={yes|no}          Enable or disable color text\n"
     " --history-file={yes|no}   Load or save history\n\n"
 
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT void jl_parse_opts(int *argcp, char ***argvp)
            opt_output_ji,
            opt_use_precompiled,
            opt_use_compilecache,
-           opt_incremental
+           opt_incremental,
+           opt_banner
     };
     static const char* const shortopts = "+vhqH:e:E:L:J:C:ip:O:g:";
     static const struct option longopts[] = {
@@ -180,6 +181,7 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT void jl_parse_opts(int *argcp, char ***argvp)
         { "version",         no_argument,       0, 'v' },
         { "help",            no_argument,       0, 'h' },
         { "quiet",           no_argument,       0, 'q' },
+        { "banner",          required_argument, 0, opt_banner },
         { "home",            required_argument, 0, 'H' },
         { "eval",            required_argument, 0, 'e' },
         { "print",           required_argument, 0, 'E' },
@@ -280,9 +282,6 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT void jl_parse_opts(int *argcp, char ***argvp)
         case 'h': // help
             jl_printf(JL_STDOUT, "%s%s", usage, opts);
             jl_exit(0);
-        case 'q': // quiet
-            jl_options.quiet = 1;
-            break;
         case 'g': // debug info
             if (optarg != NULL) {
                 if (!strcmp(optarg,"0"))
@@ -315,6 +314,18 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT void jl_parse_opts(int *argcp, char ***argvp)
             jl_options.image_file = strdup(optarg);
             jl_options.image_file_specified = 1;
             break;
+        case 'q': // quiet
+            jl_printf(JL_STDERR, "-q and --quiet are deprecated, use --banner=no instead\n");
+            jl_options.banner = 0;
+            break;
+        case opt_banner: // banner
+            if (!strcmp(optarg,"yes"))
+                jl_options.banner = 1;
+            else if (!strcmp(optarg,"no"))
+                jl_options.banner = 0;
+            else
+                jl_errorf("julia: invalid argument to --banner={yes|no} (%s)", optarg);
+            break;
         case opt_use_precompiled:
             if (!strcmp(optarg,"yes"))
                 jl_options.use_precompiled = JL_OPTIONS_USE_PRECOMPILED_YES;
diff --git a/src/julia.h b/src/julia.h
index 65ad583b02d45..cdf838287fb0a 100644
--- a/src/julia.h
+++ b/src/julia.h
@@ -1671,7 +1671,7 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT void jl_(void *jl_value);
 // julia options -----------------------------------------------------------
 // NOTE: This struct needs to be kept in sync with JLOptions type in base/options.jl
 typedef struct {
-    int8_t quiet;
+    int8_t banner;
     const char *julia_home;
     const char *julia_bin;
     const char *eval;
diff --git a/test/cmdlineargs.jl b/test/cmdlineargs.jl
index 386504033579e..290365651521f 100644
--- a/test/cmdlineargs.jl
+++ b/test/cmdlineargs.jl
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ let exename = `$(Base.julia_cmd()) --precompiled=yes --startup-file=no`
         @test startswith(read(`$exename --help`, String), header)
     end
 
-    # --quiet
+    # --banner
     # This flag is indirectly tested in test/repl.jl
 
     # --home
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ let exename = `$(Base.julia_cmd()) --precompiled=yes --startup-file=no`
     end
 
     # --procs
-    @test readchomp(`$exename -q -p 2 -e "println(nworkers())"`) == "2"
+    @test readchomp(`$exename --banner=no -p 2 -e "println(nworkers())"`) == "2"
     @test !success(`$exename -p 0`)
     @test !success(`$exename --procs=1.0`)
 
diff --git a/test/repl.jl b/test/repl.jl
index 8a1b07d3ea9f7..5b28c8ff6fda9 100644
--- a/test/repl.jl
+++ b/test/repl.jl
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ let exename = Base.julia_cmd()
         TestHelpers.with_fake_pty() do slave, master
             nENV = copy(ENV)
             nENV["TERM"] = "dumb"
-            p = spawn(setenv(`$exename --startup-file=no --quiet`,nENV),slave,slave,slave)
+            p = spawn(setenv(`$exename --startup-file=no --banner=no`,nENV),slave,slave,slave)
             output = readuntil(master,"julia> ")
             if ccall(:jl_running_on_valgrind,Cint,()) == 0
                 # If --trace-children=yes is passed to valgrind, we will get a
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ let exename = Base.julia_cmd()
     end
 
     # Test stream mode
-    outs, ins, p = readandwrite(`$exename --startup-file=no --quiet`)
+    outs, ins, p = readandwrite(`$exename --startup-file=no --banner=no`)
     write(ins,"1\nquit()\n")
     @test read(outs, String) == "1\n"
 end # let exename