diff -urNp systemd-37.orig/src/unit.c systemd-37/src/unit.c
--- systemd-37.orig/src/unit.c	2011-09-23 16:28:27.000000000 +0200
+++ systemd-37/src/unit.c	2011-12-05 21:37:15.000000000 +0100
@@ -2432,7 +2432,14 @@ void unit_status_printf(Unit *u, const c
         assert(u);
         assert(format);
 
-        if (!UNIT_VTABLE(u)->show_status)
+        if (!UNIT_VTABLE(u)->show_status
+            || (u->manager->sysv_console
+                && (u->description != NULL
+                    && (startswith(u->description, "SYSV: ")
+                        || startswith(u->description, "LSB: ")))
+                && (u->job == NULL || u->job->result == JOB_DONE)
+                && UNIT_VTABLE(u)->active_state(u) != UNIT_FAILED
+                && LOG_PRI(log_get_max_level()) <= LOG_INFO))
                 return;
 
         if (!manager_get_show_status(u->manager))