diff --git a/fs/afs/super.c b/fs/afs/super.c
index d6fa8e5999df9a71b0b4c17a0090cba087e3532b..53c56e7231abf4e1bf8e88b0884dcd303f333b8a 100644
--- a/fs/afs/super.c
+++ b/fs/afs/super.c
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ static struct super_block *afs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 
 	sb->s_flags = flags;
 
-	ret = afs_fill_super(sb, &params, flags & MS_VERBOSE ? 1 : 0);
+	ret = afs_fill_super(sb, &params, flags & MS_SILENT ? 1 : 0);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		up_write(&sb->s_umount);
 		deactivate_super(sb);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 79eeccd0437f08c2a3ac56a51af2de0cadc36f19..1cd044ce82a625ee77eeb88de0f46c4db6ec0ba2 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ cifs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 
 	sb->s_flags = flags;
 
-	rc = cifs_read_super(sb, data, dev_name, flags & MS_VERBOSE ? 1 : 0);
+	rc = cifs_read_super(sb, data, dev_name, flags & MS_SILENT ? 1 : 0);
 	if (rc) {
 		up_write(&sb->s_umount);
 		deactivate_super(sb);
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/super.c b/fs/jffs2/super.c
index 93883817cbd0332df2d2e2652c7781baece90cde..c8fac352a4cf3ae2ff13828d6256d1762e82d571 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/super.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static struct super_block *jffs2_get_sb_mtd(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 	sb->s_op = &jffs2_super_operations;
 	sb->s_flags = flags | MS_NOATIME;
 
-	ret = jffs2_do_fill_super(sb, data, (flags&MS_VERBOSE)?1:0);
+	ret = jffs2_do_fill_super(sb, data, flags & MS_SILENT ? 1 : 0);
 
 	if (ret) {
 		/* Failure case... */
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ static struct super_block *jffs2_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 	}
 
 	if (imajor(nd.dentry->d_inode) != MTD_BLOCK_MAJOR) {
-		if (!(flags & MS_VERBOSE)) /* Yes I mean this. Strangely */
+		if (!(flags & MS_SILENT))
 			printk(KERN_NOTICE "Attempt to mount non-MTD device \"%s\" as JFFS2\n",
 			       dev_name);
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index a77ee95b7efb955fcd02d596c4581f7670821ddd..37e55c328ebcda201720610254c9e4e7a6fdd7b7 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -1679,7 +1679,7 @@ static struct super_block *nfs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 
 	s->s_flags = flags;
 
-	error = nfs_fill_super(s, data, flags & MS_VERBOSE ? 1 : 0);
+	error = nfs_fill_super(s, data, flags & MS_SILENT ? 1 : 0);
 	if (error) {
 		up_write(&s->s_umount);
 		deactivate_super(s);
@@ -1996,7 +1996,7 @@ static struct super_block *nfs4_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 
 	s->s_flags = flags;
 
-	error = nfs4_fill_super(s, data, flags & MS_VERBOSE ? 1 : 0);
+	error = nfs4_fill_super(s, data, flags & MS_SILENT ? 1 : 0);
 	if (error) {
 		up_write(&s->s_umount);
 		deactivate_super(s);
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 425861cb1caa3ed7c1bbe623cfec889e0255b3fe..37554b8761829309b773e6f38b3a88e0be9ac761 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ struct super_block *get_sb_bdev(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 		s->s_flags = flags;
 		strlcpy(s->s_id, bdevname(bdev, b), sizeof(s->s_id));
 		sb_set_blocksize(s, block_size(bdev));
-		error = fill_super(s, data, flags & MS_VERBOSE ? 1 : 0);
+		error = fill_super(s, data, flags & MS_SILENT ? 1 : 0);
 		if (error) {
 			up_write(&s->s_umount);
 			deactivate_super(s);
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ struct super_block *get_sb_nodev(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 
 	s->s_flags = flags;
 
-	error = fill_super(s, data, flags & MS_VERBOSE ? 1 : 0);
+	error = fill_super(s, data, flags & MS_SILENT ? 1 : 0);
 	if (error) {
 		up_write(&s->s_umount);
 		deactivate_super(s);
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ struct super_block *get_sb_single(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 		return s;
 	if (!s->s_root) {
 		s->s_flags = flags;
-		error = fill_super(s, data, flags & MS_VERBOSE ? 1 : 0);
+		error = fill_super(s, data, flags & MS_SILENT ? 1 : 0);
 		if (error) {
 			up_write(&s->s_umount);
 			deactivate_super(s);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 9b34a1b034550738d7cba54c5766401cbf237c1d..65e6df247ea559c3c40e22c8593926a8962ccb45 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ extern int dir_notify_enable;
 #define MS_BIND		4096
 #define MS_MOVE		8192
 #define MS_REC		16384
-#define MS_VERBOSE	32768
+#define MS_VERBOSE	32768	/* War is peace. Verbosity is silence.
+				   MS_VERBOSE is deprecated. */
+#define MS_SILENT	32768
 #define MS_POSIXACL	(1<<16)	/* VFS does not apply the umask */
 #define MS_UNBINDABLE	(1<<17)	/* change to unbindable */
 #define MS_PRIVATE	(1<<18)	/* change to private */
diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index b27c11064409a35812d9d35ba359e06f6d8c0ffb..8b671fe68afac1de0176f6b0f0b383b251d39c55 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ extern int get_filesystem_list(char * buf);
 
 int __initdata rd_doload;	/* 1 = load RAM disk, 0 = don't load */
 
-int root_mountflags = MS_RDONLY | MS_VERBOSE;
+int root_mountflags = MS_RDONLY | MS_SILENT;
 char * __initdata root_device_name;
 static char __initdata saved_root_name[64];