diff --git a/docs b/docs
index b96d5511..103ed844 160000
--- a/docs
+++ b/docs
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit b96d5511cb06b411e60165a23b321cf878a38977
+Subproject commit 103ed8445c5993ff305cc14b0fb9929d5fa47053
diff --git a/platformio/commands/__init__.py b/platformio/commands/__init__.py
index 83c88e11..7dc69d58 100644
--- a/platformio/commands/__init__.py
+++ b/platformio/commands/__init__.py
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ class PlatformioCLI(click.MultiCommand):
 
     leftover_args = []
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def in_silence():
+        args = PlatformioCLI.leftover_args
+        return args and any([
+            args[0] == "debug" and "--interpreter" in " ".join(args),
+            args[0] == "upgrade", "--json-output" in args, "--version" in args
+        ])
+
     def invoke(self, ctx):
         PlatformioCLI.leftover_args = ctx.args
         if hasattr(ctx, "protected_args"):
diff --git a/platformio/commands/lib.py b/platformio/commands/lib.py
index 81a4640a..9defcc51 100644
--- a/platformio/commands/lib.py
+++ b/platformio/commands/lib.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def cli(ctx, **options):
                                         ctx.invoked_subcommand)
 
     ctx.obj = LibraryManager(storage_dir)
-    if "--json-output" not in PlatformioCLI.leftover_args:
+    if not PlatformioCLI.in_silence():
         click.echo("Library Storage: " + storage_dir)
 
 
diff --git a/platformio/maintenance.py b/platformio/maintenance.py
index 4b208385..cf563289 100644
--- a/platformio/maintenance.py
+++ b/platformio/maintenance.py
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ def on_platformio_start(ctx, force, caller):
     set_caller(caller)
     telemetry.on_command()
 
-    if not in_silence():
+    if not PlatformioCLI.in_silence():
         after_upgrade(ctx)
 
 
 def on_platformio_end(ctx, result):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
-    if in_silence():
+    if PlatformioCLI.in_silence():
         return
 
     try:
@@ -66,14 +66,6 @@ def on_platformio_exception(e):
     telemetry.on_exception(e)
 
 
-def in_silence():
-    args = PlatformioCLI.leftover_args
-    return args and any([
-        args[0] == "debug" and "--interpreter" in " ".join(args),
-        args[0] == "upgrade", "--json-output" in args, "--version" in args
-    ])
-
-
 def set_caller(caller=None):
     if not caller:
         if getenv("PLATFORMIO_CALLER"):
diff --git a/platformio/util.py b/platformio/util.py
index 5de68256..a043abd9 100644
--- a/platformio/util.py
+++ b/platformio/util.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import click
 import requests
 
 from platformio import __apiurl__, __version__, exception
+from platformio.commands import PlatformioCLI
 from platformio.compat import PY2, WINDOWS, get_file_contents, path_to_unicode
 from platformio.proc import LineBufferedAsyncPipe as AsyncPipe
 from platformio.proc import exec_command, is_ci, where_is_program
@@ -425,9 +426,8 @@ def get_api_result(url, params=None, data=None, auth=None, cache_valid=None):
             return json.loads(result)
         except (requests.exceptions.ConnectionError,
                 requests.exceptions.Timeout) as e:
-            from platformio.maintenance import in_silence
             total += 1
-            if not in_silence():
+            if not PlatformioCLI.in_silence():
                 click.secho(
                     "[API] ConnectionError: {0} (incremented retry: max={1}, "
                     "total={2})".format(e, max_retries, total),