diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 4b9f40bf..52afb654 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1767,6 +1767,8 @@ B
 Christoph Haubrich <christoph1.haubrich@arcor.de>
  for making the "Ok" key in the "Jump" mode of the replay progress display confirm
  the jump instead of closing the display
+ for reporting that the log message "deleting plugin: ..." is irritating when
+ calling "vdr --help"
 
 Pekka Mauno <pekka.mauno@iki.fi>
  for fixing cSchedule::GetFollowingEvent() in case there is currently no present
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 69aa8470..f92dc8f6 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -4422,3 +4422,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - cMenuEditIntItem now checks the given value and forces it to be between the
   given min and max limits.
 - The status changes of EPG events are now logged for all channels that have timers.
+- Removed the log message "deleting plugin: ..." when shutting down VDR (thanks to
+  Christoph Haubrich for reporting that this is irritating when calling "vdr --help").
diff --git a/plugin.c b/plugin.c
index fdb38e82..6ceb561b 100644
--- a/plugin.c
+++ b/plugin.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: plugin.c 1.16 2006/01/08 11:40:05 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: plugin.c 1.17 2006/02/28 14:16:54 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "plugin.h"
@@ -427,10 +427,6 @@ void cPluginManager::StopPlugins(void)
 void cPluginManager::Shutdown(void)
 {
   cDll *dll;
-  while ((dll = dlls.Last()) != NULL) {
-        cPlugin *p = dll->Plugin();
-        if (p)
-           isyslog("deleting plugin: %s", p->Name());
+  while ((dll = dlls.Last()) != NULL)
         dlls.Del(dll);
-        }
 }