diff --git a/src/commands/git_secret_reveal.sh b/src/commands/git_secret_reveal.sh
index 01d1ac29..cf9fa328 100644
--- a/src/commands/git_secret_reveal.sh
+++ b/src/commands/git_secret_reveal.sh
@@ -54,11 +54,6 @@ function reveal {
       secret_file=$(_get_encrypted_filename "$path")
       local perms
       perms=$($SECRETS_OCTAL_PERMS_COMMAND "$secret_file")
-
-      echo "# octal_perms_command: $SECRETS_OCTAL_PERMS_COMMAND" >&3
-      echo "# filename is '$filename', path is '$path'" >&3
-      echo "# running: chmod '$perms' '$path'" >&3
-
       chmod "$perms" "$path"
     fi
 
diff --git a/tests/test_hide.bats b/tests/test_hide.bats
index cdf7f6af..002a3644 100644
--- a/tests/test_hide.bats
+++ b/tests/test_hide.bats
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ function teardown {
   local file_perm   
   secret_perm=$(ls -l "$encrypted_file" | cut -d' ' -f1)    
   file_perm=$(ls -l "$FILE_TO_HIDE" | cut -d' ' -f1)
-  echo "# secret_perm: $secret_perm, file_perm: $file_perm" >&3
+
+  # text sent to file descriptor 3 is 'diagnostic' (debug) output for devs
+  #echo "# secret_perm: $secret_perm, file_perm: $file_perm" >&3
 
   [ "$secret_perm" = "$file_perm" ]
 
diff --git a/tests/test_reveal.bats b/tests/test_reveal.bats
index 0e00d573..5f8ac672 100644
--- a/tests/test_reveal.bats
+++ b/tests/test_reveal.bats
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ function teardown {
   local file_perm
   secret_perm=$(ls -l "$FILE_TO_HIDE".secret | cut -d' ' -f1)
   file_perm=$(ls -l "$FILE_TO_HIDE" | cut -d' ' -f1)
-  echo "# secret_perm: $secret_perm, file_perm: $file_perm" >&3
+
+  # text sent to file descriptor 3 is 'diagnostic' (debug) output for devs
+  #echo "# secret_perm: $secret_perm, file_perm: $file_perm" >&3    
 
   [ "$secret_perm" = "$file_perm" ]