diff --git a/walk/walk.c b/walk/walk.c
index 6c9a23b..dd07c53 100644
--- a/walk/walk.c
+++ b/walk/walk.c
@@ -62,9 +62,12 @@ fnprint(char *fn){
 		return fprintf(stdout, "%s%s", fn, terminator);
 }
 
-/* Walks the directory named dirname, printing the names of all files it
- * contains (but not the name of the directory itself).
- * Returns something other than EX_OK with errno set if an error occurs. */
+/* Walks dirname, printing first its name and then the names of its files,
+ * unless a file is a directory, in which case, as long as levels is -1 or
+ * greater than 0, it recurses (passing the recurring walk a decremented
+ * levels). argv0 is used for diagnostic messages; if it's NULL none are
+ * printed. Returns EX_OK if all is well, EX_NOINPUT if dirname wasn't a
+ * directory, and EX_OSERR if a memory allocation failed. */
 static int
 walk(char *dirname, unsigned int levels, char *argv0){
 	DIR *dir;
@@ -84,6 +87,7 @@ walk(char *dirname, unsigned int levels, char *argv0){
 	while((f = readdir(dir)) != NULL){
 		if(strcmp(f->d_name, ".") == 0 || strcmp(f->d_name, "..") == 0)
 			continue;
+		/* fat pointer foolishness to avoid unnecessary reallocation */
 		if((l = strlen(dirname) + 1 + strlen(f->d_name) + 1) > filename.a){
 			if((np = realloc(filename.s, l)) == NULL){
 				free(filename.s);
@@ -93,8 +97,8 @@ walk(char *dirname, unsigned int levels, char *argv0){
 			filename.s = np;
 		}
 		stpcpy(stpcpy(stpcpy(filename.s, dirname), "/"), f->d_name);
-		/* Walk the file if we can successfully open it as a
-		 * directory. */
+
+		/* Walk the file if we can successfully open it as a directory. */
 		if((f->d_type == DT_DIR || f->d_type == DT_UNKNOWN) && levels != 0){
 			if((retval = walk(filename.s, levels == -1 ? -1 : levels - 1,
 					argv0)) != EX_OK){
@@ -102,7 +106,7 @@ walk(char *dirname, unsigned int levels, char *argv0){
 					free(filename.s);
 					return retval;
 				}
-				else if(retval != EX_NOINPUT)
+				else if(retval != EX_NOINPUT && argv0 != NULL)
 					fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s: %s\n",
 						argv0, filename.s, strerror(errno));
 			}
@@ -110,7 +114,7 @@ walk(char *dirname, unsigned int levels, char *argv0){
 			fnprint(filename.s);
 	}
 
-	if(errno != 0 || closedir(dir) != 0)
+	if((errno != 0 || closedir(dir) != 0) && argv0 != NULL)
 		fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s: %s\n", argv0, dirname, strerror(errno));
 
 	free(filename.s);
@@ -121,30 +125,33 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
 	char *argv0;
 	int c;
 	int levels;
-	int retval;
+	int verbosity;
 
 	argv0 = argv[0] == NULL ? program_name : argv[0];
 	levels = -1; /* no limit */
 	terminator = asv_terminator;
+	verbosity = 2;
 
 	if(argc > 0){
 		while((c = getopt(argc, argv, "0d:l:n")) != -1)
 			switch(c){
-			case '0': terminator = nul_terminator; break;
+			case '0': terminator = nul_terminator;  break;
 			case 'n': terminator = newl_terminator; break;
-			case 'd': terminator = optarg; break;
+			case 'd': terminator = optarg;          break;
 			case 'l': {
 				long l;
 
+				errno = 0;
 				if((l = strtol(optarg, &optarg, 0) - 1) >= 1 && l <= INT_MAX
-						&& *optarg != '\0'){
+						&& *optarg == '\0' && errno == 0){
 					levels = l;
 					break;
 				}
 			}
+			case 'q': --verbosity; break;
 			default:
 				fprintf(stderr,
-					"Usage: %s (-0n)"
+					"Usage: %s (-0nq)"
 					" (-d [delimiter]) (-l [max levels])"
 					" (directories...)\n", argv[0]);
 				return EX_USAGE;
@@ -152,20 +159,21 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
 		argv += optind;
 	}
 
-	retval = 0;
-
 	if(*argv == NULL)
 		argv = dot;
 
-	while(*argv != NULL)
-		if((retval = walk(*(argv++), levels, argv0)) != EX_OK)
-			switch(retval){
-			case EX_OSERR: perror(argv0); return retval;
-			case EX_NOINPUT:
-				fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s: %s\n",
-					argv0, *(argv - 1), strerror(errno));
-				break;
+	{
+		int retval;
+
+		for(retval = 0; *argv != NULL; ++argv)
+			if((retval = walk(*argv, levels, verbosity >= 2 ? argv0 : NULL))
+					!= EX_OK){
+				if(verbosity >= 1)
+					fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s: %s\n",
+						argv0, *argv, strerror(errno));
+				return retval;
 			}
+	}
 
 	return EX_OK;
 }