diff --git a/cmd/chat_print.go b/cmd/chat_print.go
index aef907a6..e26c4337 100644
--- a/cmd/chat_print.go
+++ b/cmd/chat_print.go
@@ -189,9 +189,9 @@ func writePrintUsageEvent(sessionID string, usage *engine.StreamUsage) {
 
 // printTextUsageFooter renders a muted token/elapsed summary to stderr after a
 // one-shot text-mode run. It writes to stderr so stdout stays pure for scripts,
-// and is skipped entirely when no usage event was received.
+// and is skipped entirely when no usage event was received or --quiet is set.
 func printTextUsageFooter(usage *engine.StreamUsage, started time.Time) {
-	if usage == nil {
+	if usage == nil || IsQuiet() {
 		return
 	}
 	parts := []string{fmt.Sprintf("%d in · %d out", usage.PromptTokens, usage.CompletionTokens)}
diff --git a/cmd/chat_print_usage_test.go b/cmd/chat_print_usage_test.go
index 28220278..da19d3ed 100644
--- a/cmd/chat_print_usage_test.go
+++ b/cmd/chat_print_usage_test.go
@@ -85,4 +85,19 @@ func TestPrintTextUsageFooter(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("expected no output for nil usage, got: %q", got)
 		}
 	})
+
+	t.Run("skips output when quiet is set", func(t *testing.T) {
+		old := quietFlag
+		quietFlag = true
+		defer func() { quietFlag = old }()
+		got := captureStderr(t, func() {
+			printTextUsageFooter(&engine.StreamUsage{
+				PromptTokens:     100,
+				CompletionTokens: 50,
+			}, started)
+		})
+		if got != "" {
+			t.Errorf("expected no output under --quiet, got: %q", got)
+		}
+	})
 }