diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_forget.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_forget.go
index e26e33696..9ba1963e5 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_forget.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_forget.go
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ type ForgetOptions struct {
 	Yearly   int
 	KeepTags restic.TagLists
 
-	Host  string
-	Tags  restic.TagLists
-	Paths []string
+	Host    string
+	Tags    restic.TagLists
+	Paths   []string
+	Compact bool
 
 	// Grouping
 	GroupBy string
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ func init() {
 	f.StringVar(&forgetOptions.Host, "hostname", "", "only consider snapshots with the given `hostname` (deprecated)")
 	f.Var(&forgetOptions.Tags, "tag", "only consider snapshots which include this `taglist` in the format `tag[,tag,...]` (can be specified multiple times)")
 	f.StringArrayVar(&forgetOptions.Paths, "path", nil, "only consider snapshots which include this (absolute) `path` (can be specified multiple times)")
+	f.BoolVarP(&forgetOptions.Compact, "compact", "c", false, "use compact format")
 
 	f.StringVarP(&forgetOptions.GroupBy, "group-by", "g", "host,paths", "string for grouping snapshots by host,paths,tags")
 	f.BoolVarP(&forgetOptions.DryRun, "dry-run", "n", false, "do not delete anything, just print what would be done")
@@ -204,13 +206,13 @@ func runForget(opts ForgetOptions, gopts GlobalOptions, args []string) error {
 
 		if len(keep) != 0 && !gopts.Quiet {
 			Printf("keep %d snapshots:\n", len(keep))
-			PrintSnapshots(globalOptions.stdout, keep, false)
+			PrintSnapshots(globalOptions.stdout, keep, opts.Compact)
 			Printf("\n")
 		}
 
 		if len(remove) != 0 && !gopts.Quiet {
 			Printf("remove %d snapshots:\n", len(remove))
-			PrintSnapshots(globalOptions.stdout, remove, false)
+			PrintSnapshots(globalOptions.stdout, remove, opts.Compact)
 			Printf("\n")
 		}
 
diff --git a/doc/man/restic-forget.1 b/doc/man/restic-forget.1
index 4e09a3df5..0a18e93f5 100644
--- a/doc/man/restic-forget.1
+++ b/doc/man/restic-forget.1
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ data after 'forget' was run successfully, see the 'prune' command.
 \fB\-\-path\fP=[]
     only consider snapshots which include this (absolute) \fB\fCpath\fR (can be specified multiple times)
 
+.PP
+\fB\-c\fP, \fB\-\-compact\fP[=false]
+    use compact format
+
 .PP
 \fB\-g\fP, \fB\-\-group\-by\fP="host,paths"
     string for grouping snapshots by host,paths,tags