diff --git a/gpgme/ChangeLog b/gpgme/ChangeLog
index ff076263..732ee3e3 100644
--- a/gpgme/ChangeLog
+++ b/gpgme/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-02-14  Werner Koch  <wk@gnupg.org>
+
+	* keylist.c (gpgme_op_keylist_start): Do not use a verbose listing.
+
 2002-02-13  Werner Koch  <wk@gnupg.org>
 
 	* vasprintf.c, fopencookie.c: Add replacement functions.
diff --git a/gpgme/keylist.c b/gpgme/keylist.c
index 2ad296fc..91bdbc35 100644
--- a/gpgme/keylist.c
+++ b/gpgme/keylist.c
@@ -483,7 +483,11 @@ gpgme_op_keylist_start (GpgmeCtx ctx, const char *pattern, int secret_only)
 					      keylist_colon_handler, ctx);
   if (err)
     goto leave;
-  _gpgme_engine_set_verbosity (ctx->engine, ctx->verbosity);
+
+  /* We don't want to use the verbose mode as this will also print 
+     the key signatures which is in most cases not needed and furthermore we 
+     just ignore those lines - This should speed up things */
+  _gpgme_engine_set_verbosity (ctx->engine, 0);
 
   err = _gpgme_engine_op_keylist (ctx->engine, pattern, secret_only, ctx->keylist_mode);