diff --git a/borgmatic/borg/repo_info.py b/borgmatic/borg/repo_info.py
index ab66d99c..9924aa8d 100644
--- a/borgmatic/borg/repo_info.py
+++ b/borgmatic/borg/repo_info.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ def display_repository_info(
             if feature.available(feature.Feature.REPO_INFO, local_borg_version)
             else ('info',)
         )
+        + (('--critical',) if repo_info_arguments.json else ())
         + (
             ('--info',)
             if logger.getEffectiveLevel() == logging.INFO and not repo_info_arguments.json
diff --git a/tests/unit/borg/test_repo_info.py b/tests/unit/borg/test_repo_info.py
index 09b5e1d0..a85837ff 100644
--- a/tests/unit/borg/test_repo_info.py
+++ b/tests/unit/borg/test_repo_info.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def test_display_repository_info_with_log_info_and_json_suppresses_most_borg_out
     flexmock(module.environment).should_receive('make_environment')
     flexmock(module.borgmatic.config.paths).should_receive('get_working_directory').and_return(None)
     flexmock(module).should_receive('execute_command_and_capture_output').with_args(
-        ('borg', 'repo-info', '--log-json', '--json', '--repo', 'repo'),
+        ('borg', 'repo-info', '--critical', '--log-json', '--json', '--repo', 'repo'),
         environment=None,
         working_directory=None,
         borg_local_path='borg',
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ def test_display_repository_info_with_log_debug_and_json_suppresses_most_borg_ou
     flexmock(module.environment).should_receive('make_environment')
     flexmock(module.borgmatic.config.paths).should_receive('get_working_directory').and_return(None)
     flexmock(module).should_receive('execute_command_and_capture_output').with_args(
-        ('borg', 'repo-info', '--log-json', '--json', '--repo', 'repo'),
+        ('borg', 'repo-info', '--critical', '--log-json', '--json', '--repo', 'repo'),
         environment=None,
         working_directory=None,
         borg_local_path='borg',
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ def test_display_repository_info_with_json_calls_borg_with_json_flag():
     flexmock(module.environment).should_receive('make_environment')
     flexmock(module.borgmatic.config.paths).should_receive('get_working_directory').and_return(None)
     flexmock(module).should_receive('execute_command_and_capture_output').with_args(
-        ('borg', 'repo-info', '--log-json', '--json', '--repo', 'repo'),
+        ('borg', 'repo-info', '--critical', '--log-json', '--json', '--repo', 'repo'),
         environment=None,
         working_directory=None,
         borg_local_path='borg',