diff --git a/test/test_other.py b/test/test_other.py
index 3eca9b8dd5bc2..948fa14436d24 100644
--- a/test/test_other.py
+++ b/test/test_other.py
@@ -3271,18 +3271,18 @@ def check(text):
             self.fail('output contains more then one empty line in row')
 
     # relative path must be within/below the current dir
-    stderr = self.expect_fail([FILE_PACKAGER, 'test.data', '--preload', '../data1.txt'])
+    stderr = self.expect_fail([FILE_PACKAGER, 'test.data', '--quiet', '--preload', '../data1.txt'])
     self.assertContained('which is not contained within the current directory', stderr)
 
     # relative path that ends up under us is cool
-    proc = self.run_process([FILE_PACKAGER, 'test.data', '--preload', '../subdir/data2.txt'], stderr=PIPE, stdout=PIPE)
-    self.assertNotContained('which is not contained within the current directory', proc.stderr)
+    proc = self.run_process([FILE_PACKAGER, 'test.data', '--quiet', '--preload', '../subdir/data2.txt'], stderr=PIPE, stdout=PIPE)
+    self.assertEqual(proc.stderr, '')
     check(proc.stdout)
 
     # direct path leads to the same code being generated - relative path does not make us do anything different
-    proc2 = self.run_process([FILE_PACKAGER, 'test.data', '--preload', 'data2.txt'], stderr=PIPE, stdout=PIPE)
+    proc2 = self.run_process([FILE_PACKAGER, 'test.data', '--quiet', '--preload', 'data2.txt'], stderr=PIPE, stdout=PIPE)
     check(proc2.stdout)
-    self.assertNotContained('below the current directory', proc2.stderr)
+    self.assertEqual(proc2.stderr, '')
 
     def clean(txt):
       lines = txt.splitlines()
@@ -3294,7 +3294,7 @@ def clean(txt):
     # verify '--separate-metadata' option produces separate metadata file
     os.chdir('..')
 
-    self.run_process([FILE_PACKAGER, 'test.data', '--preload', 'data1.txt', '--preload', 'subdir/data2.txt', '--js-output=immutable.js', '--separate-metadata', '--use-preload-cache'])
+    self.run_process([FILE_PACKAGER, 'test.data', '--quiet', '--preload', 'data1.txt', '--preload', 'subdir/data2.txt', '--js-output=immutable.js', '--separate-metadata', '--use-preload-cache'])
     self.assertExists('immutable.js.metadata')
     # verify js output JS file is not touched when the metadata is separated
     orig_timestamp = os.path.getmtime('immutable.js')
@@ -3302,7 +3302,7 @@ def clean(txt):
     # ensure some time passes before running the packager again so that if it does touch the
     # js file it will end up with the different timestamp.
     time.sleep(1.0)
-    self.run_process([FILE_PACKAGER, 'test.data', '--preload', 'data1.txt', '--preload', 'subdir/data2.txt', '--js-output=immutable.js', '--separate-metadata', '--use-preload-cache'])
+    self.run_process([FILE_PACKAGER, 'test.data', '--quiet', '--preload', 'data1.txt', '--preload', 'subdir/data2.txt', '--js-output=immutable.js', '--separate-metadata', '--use-preload-cache'])
     # assert both file content and timestamp are the same as reference copy
     self.assertTextDataIdentical(orig_content, read_file('immutable.js'))
     self.assertEqual(orig_timestamp, os.path.getmtime('immutable.js'))
diff --git a/tools/file_packager.py b/tools/file_packager.py
index 69d05f256aa26..956ab8a3530cf 100755
--- a/tools/file_packager.py
+++ b/tools/file_packager.py
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
 
   --no-node Whether to support Node.js. By default we do, which emits some extra code.
 
+  --quiet Suppress reminder about using `FORCE_FILESYSTEM`
+
 Notes:
 
   * The file packager generates unix-style file paths. So if you are on windows and a file is accessed at
@@ -110,6 +112,7 @@ def __init__(self):
     self.obj_output = None
     self.depfile = None
     self.from_emcc = False
+    self.quiet = False
     self.force = True
     # If set to True, IndexedDB (IDBFS in library_idbfs.js) is used to locally
     # cache VFS XHR so that subsequent page loads can read the data from the
@@ -411,9 +414,11 @@ def main():
       if '=' in arg:
         options.export_name = arg.split('=', 1)[1]
       leading = ''
-    elif arg.startswith('--from-emcc'):
+    elif arg == '--from-emcc':
       options.from_emcc = True
       leading = ''
+    elif arg == '--quiet':
+      options.quiet = True
     elif arg.startswith('--plugin'):
       plugin = utils.read_file(arg.split('=', 1)[1])
       eval(plugin) # should append itself to plugins
@@ -454,7 +459,7 @@ def main():
           'and a specified --js-output')
       return 1
 
-  if not options.from_emcc:
+  if not options.from_emcc and not options.quiet:
     err('Remember to build the main file with `-sFORCE_FILESYSTEM` '
         'so that it includes support for loading this file package')