diff --git a/rb/lib/selenium/webdriver/edge/service.rb b/rb/lib/selenium/webdriver/edge/service.rb
index 1846d798427d8..afb64bd711888 100644
--- a/rb/lib/selenium/webdriver/edge/service.rb
+++ b/rb/lib/selenium/webdriver/edge/service.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ def extract_service_args(driver_opts)
           driver_args = super
           driver_args << "--host=#{driver_opts[:host]}" if driver_opts.key? :host
           driver_args << "--package=#{driver_opts[:package]}" if driver_opts.key? :package
-          driver_args << "-verbose" if driver_opts[:verbose] == true
+          driver_args << "--silent" if driver_opts[:silent] == true
+          driver_args << "--verbose" if driver_opts[:verbose] == true
           driver_args
         end
       end # Service
diff --git a/rb/spec/unit/selenium/webdriver/edge/service_spec.rb b/rb/spec/unit/selenium/webdriver/edge/service_spec.rb
index 84c60862e73fc..43d4f478382e9 100644
--- a/rb/spec/unit/selenium/webdriver/edge/service_spec.rb
+++ b/rb/spec/unit/selenium/webdriver/edge/service_spec.rb
@@ -56,11 +56,13 @@ module Edge
         it 'accepts driver options' do
           driver_opts = {host: 'localhost',
                          package: '/path/to/pkg',
+                         silent: true,
                          verbose: true}
 
           args = ["--host=#{driver_opts[:host]}",
                   "--package=#{driver_opts[:package]}",
-                  "-verbose"]
+                  "--silent",
+                  "--verbose"]
 
           driver = Driver.new(http_client: http, driver_opts: driver_opts)
           expect(driver.instance_variable_get("@service").instance_variable_get("@extra_args")).to eq args