diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 546129b..73cdfc7 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -171,6 +171,14 @@
           ".*":
           - x509.sign_remote_certificate
 
+Configure verbosity of state output (used for `salt` command)
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+    salt:
+      master:
+        state_output: terse
+
 Salt proxy
 ----------
 
diff --git a/salt/files/master.conf b/salt/files/master.conf
index 0b1333f..f08763c 100644
--- a/salt/files/master.conf
+++ b/salt/files/master.conf
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 worker_threads: {{ master.worker_threads }}
 timeout: {{ master.command_timeout }}
 
+state_output: {{ master.get('state_output', 'terse') }}
+
 {%- if master.system is defined %}
 
 file_roots: