diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 096539d589..679ff4b3a5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-10-25  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
+
+	* src/NetworkManagerUtils.c
+		- (nm_utils_supplicant_request_with_check): suppress messages for the
+			"SCAN" command
+
 2006-10-24  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
 
 	Reduce the number of times the Gnome applet wakes up, especially when
diff --git a/src/NetworkManagerUtils.c b/src/NetworkManagerUtils.c
index 12317853af..efaf14340f 100644
--- a/src/NetworkManagerUtils.c
+++ b/src/NetworkManagerUtils.c
@@ -796,12 +796,19 @@ nm_utils_supplicant_request_with_check (struct wpa_ctrl *ctrl,
 	response = g_malloc (RESPONSE_SIZE);
 	len = RESPONSE_SIZE;
 #ifdef SUPPLICANT_DEBUG
-	nm_info ("SUP: sending command '%s'", err_msg_cmd ? err_msg_cmd : command);
+	/* Hack: don't print anything out for SCAN commands since they
+	 * happen so often.
+	 */
+	if (strcmp (command, "SCAN") != 0)
+		nm_info ("SUP: sending command '%s'", err_msg_cmd ? err_msg_cmd : command);
 #endif
 	wpa_ctrl_request (ctrl, command, strlen (command), response, &len, NULL);
 	response[len] = '\0';
 #ifdef SUPPLICANT_DEBUG
-	{
+	/* Hack: don't print anything out for SCAN commands since they
+	 * happen so often.
+	 */
+	if (strcmp (command, "SCAN") != 0) {
 		response = kill_newline (response, &len);
 		nm_info ("SUP: response was '%s'", response);
 	}