diff -r b2decdc41b9e -r b1316d5e89ab hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	Wed Jul 30 15:06:29 2008 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	Thu Jul 31 13:42:21 2008 -0700
@@ -2495,6 +2495,9 @@
     if (match_option(option, "-XX:+PrintVMOptions", &tail)) {
       PrintVMOptions = true;
     }
+    if (match_option(option, "-XX:-PrintVMOptions", &tail)) {
+      PrintVMOptions = false;
+    }
   }
 
   // Parse default .hotspotrc settings file