diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 16aaba6..838515a 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ inputs:
         required: true
     ssh-auth-sock:
         description: 'Where to place the SSH Agent auth socket'
+    dont-log-public-key:
+        description: 'Whether or not to log public key fingerprints'
+        required: false
+        default: false
 runs:
     using: 'node12'
     main: 'dist/index.js'
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index fe01c67..1dbdaf9 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ const { home, sshAgent, sshAdd } = __webpack_require__(972);
 
 try {
     const privateKey = core.getInput('ssh-private-key');
+    const dontLogPublicKey = core.getBooleanInput('dont-log-public-key', {default: false});
 
     if (!privateKey) {
         core.setFailed("The ssh-private-key argument is empty. Maybe the secret has not been configured, or you are using a wrong secret name in your workflow file.");
@@ -374,8 +375,9 @@ try {
         const parts = key.match(/\bgithub\.com[:/]([_.a-z0-9-]+\/[_.a-z0-9-]+)/i);
 
         if (!parts) {
-            console.log(`Comment for (public) key '${key}' does not match GitHub URL pattern. Not treating it as a GitHub deploy key.`);
-
+            if (!dontLogPublicKey) {
+              console.log(`Comment for (public) key '${key}' does not match GitHub URL pattern. Not treating it as a GitHub deploy key.`);
+            }
             return;
         }
 
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index e08d46f..c8ad8aa 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const { home, sshAgent, sshAdd } = require('./paths.js');
 
 try {
     const privateKey = core.getInput('ssh-private-key');
+    const dontLogPublicKey = core.getBooleanInput('dont-log-public-key', {default: false});
 
     if (!privateKey) {
         core.setFailed("The ssh-private-key argument is empty. Maybe the secret has not been configured, or you are using a wrong secret name in your workflow file.");
@@ -54,8 +55,9 @@ try {
         const parts = key.match(/\bgithub\.com[:/]([_.a-z0-9-]+\/[_.a-z0-9-]+)/i);
 
         if (!parts) {
-            console.log(`Comment for (public) key '${key}' does not match GitHub URL pattern. Not treating it as a GitHub deploy key.`);
-
+            if (!dontLogPublicKey) {
+              console.log(`Comment for (public) key '${key}' does not match GitHub URL pattern. Not treating it as a GitHub deploy key.`);
+            }
             return;
         }