diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/220_synchronize_add_quiet_option.yml b/changelogs/fragments/220_synchronize_add_quiet_option.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e64a50c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/220_synchronize_add_quiet_option.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+- synchronize - add the ``quiet`` option to suppress non-error messages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix/issues/171).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/synchronize.py b/plugins/modules/synchronize.py
index 40fae71..9bbd307 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/synchronize.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/synchronize.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 __metaclass__ = type
 
-
 DOCUMENTATION = r'''
 ---
 module: synchronize
@@ -186,6 +185,12 @@ options:
     type: bool
     default: true
     version_added: '1.3.0'
+  quiet:
+    description:
+      - This option specifies quiet option which on true suppresses the output.
+    type: bool
+    default: no
+    version_added: '1.3.0'
 
 notes:
    - rsync must be installed on both the local and remote host.
@@ -343,6 +348,12 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
         src: /tmp/localpath/
         dest: /tmp/remotepath
         rsync_path: /usr/gnu/bin/rsync
+
+- name: Synchronization with quiet option enabled
+  ansible.posix.synchronize:
+    src: some/relative/path
+    dest: /some/absolute/path
+    quiet: yes
 '''
 
 
@@ -419,6 +430,7 @@ def main():
             delay_updates=dict(type='bool', default=True),
             mode=dict(type='str', default='push', choices=['pull', 'push']),
             link_dest=dict(type='list', elements='str'),
+            quiet=dict(type='bool', default=False)
         ),
         supports_check_mode=True,
     )
@@ -459,6 +471,7 @@ def main():
     verify_host = module.params['verify_host']
     link_dest = module.params['link_dest']
     delay_updates = module.params['delay_updates']
+    quiet = module.params['quiet']
 
     if '/' not in rsync:
         rsync = module.get_bin_path(rsync, required=True)
@@ -589,6 +602,9 @@ def main():
 
     cmd.append(shlex_quote(source))
     cmd.append(shlex_quote(dest))
+    if quiet:
+        cmd.append('--quiet')
+
     cmdstr = ' '.join(cmd)
 
     # If we are using password authentication, write the password into the pipe
@@ -621,14 +637,17 @@ def main():
     out_lines = out_clean.split('\n')
     while '' in out_lines:
         out_lines.remove('')
-    if module._diff:
-        diff = {'prepared': out_clean}
-        return module.exit_json(changed=changed, msg=out_clean,
-                                rc=rc, cmd=cmdstr, stdout_lines=out_lines,
-                                diff=diff)
 
-    return module.exit_json(changed=changed, msg=out_clean,
-                            rc=rc, cmd=cmdstr, stdout_lines=out_lines)
+    result = dict(changed=changed, rc=rc, cmd=cmdstr, stdout_lines=out_lines, msg=out_clean)
+
+    if quiet:
+        changes = out.count(changed_marker) if changed else 0
+        result['msg'] = "%s files/directories have been synchronized" % changes
+
+    if module._diff:
+        result['diff'] = {'prepared': out_clean}
+
+    return module.exit_json(**result)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/synchronize/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/synchronize/tasks/main.yml
index 125a406..ba9ff87 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/synchronize/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/synchronize/tasks/main.yml
@@ -265,46 +265,34 @@
   - directory_a/foo.txt
   - directory_a
   - directory_b
-
-- name: setup - test for source with working dir with spaces in path
-  file:
-    state: directory
-    path: '{{output_dir}}/{{item}}'
-  delegate_to: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
-  with_items:
-    - 'directory a'
-    - 'directory b'
-- name: setup - create test new files
-  copy:
-    dest: '{{output_dir}}/directory a/{{item}}'
-    mode: '0644'
-    content: 'hello world'
-  with_items:
-    - foo.txt
-  delegate_to: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
-- name: copy source with spaces in dir path
+- name: synchronize files with quiet option
   synchronize:
-    src: '{{output_dir}}/directory a/foo.txt'
-    dest: '{{output_dir}}/directory b/'
-  delegate_to: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
+    src: '{{ output_dir }}/foo.txt'
+    dest: '{{ output_dir }}/foo.result'
+    quiet: true 
   register: sync_result
-  ignore_errors: true
-- name: get stat information for directory_b
-  stat:
-    path: '{{ output_dir }}/directory b/foo.txt'
-  register: stat_result_b
 - assert:
     that:
-      - '''changed'' in sync_result'
-      - sync_result.changed == true
-      - stat_result_b.stat.exists == True
-      - stat_result_b.stat.checksum == '2aae6c35c94fcfb415dbe95f408b9ce91ee846ed'
+    - '''files/directories have been synchronized'' in sync_result.msg'
 - name: Cleanup
   file:
     state: absent
-    path: '{{output_dir}}/{{item}}'
-  with_items:
-    - 'directory b/foo.txt'
-    - 'directory a/foo.txt'
-    - 'directory a'
-    - 'directory b'
+    path: '{{ output_dir }}/{{ item }}'
+  loop:
+  - foo.result
+  - bar.result
+- name: synchronize files without quiet option 
+  synchronize:
+    src: '{{ output_dir }}/foo.txt'
+    dest: '{{ output_dir }}/foo.result'
+  register: sync_result
+- assert:
+    that:
+    - '''files/directories have been synchronized'' not in sync_result.msg'
+- name: Cleanup
+  file:
+    state: absent
+    path: '{{ output_dir }}/{{ item }}'
+  loop:
+  - foo.result
+  - bar.result