diff --git a/vere/http.c b/vere/http.c
index 340f3b5acb..9adcede813 100644
--- a/vere/http.c
+++ b/vere/http.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ _http_write_cb(uv_write_t* wri_u, c3_i sas_i)
 {
   _u3_write_t* ruq_u = (void *)wri_u;
 
-  if ( 0 != sas_i ) {
+  if ( (u3C.wag_w & u3o_verbose) && 0 != sas_i && UV__EPIPE != sas_i ) {
     uL(fprintf(uH, "http: write: ERROR %d\n", sas_i));
     uL(fprintf(uH, "  (%s)\n", uv_strerror(sas_i)));
   }