diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f8ce099..6b74c8a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Unix: [![Unix Build Status](https://img.shields.io/travis/jacebrowning/minilog/d
 
 # Overview
 
-Instead of including this boilerplate:
+Every project should utilize logging, but sometimes the required boilerplate is too much. Instead of including this:
 
 ```python
 import logging 
diff --git a/docs/api.md b/docs/api.md
index 34bd4cb..aadb92b 100644
--- a/docs/api.md
+++ b/docs/api.md
@@ -31,8 +31,15 @@ log.log(level, message, *args)
 
 # Configuration
 
-Optionally, set the format for all logging handlers:
+Optionally set the format for all logging handlers:
 
 ```python
 log.init(format="%(levelname)s: %(name)s: %(message)s")
 ```
+
+Set the logging level for specific named loggers:
+
+```python
+log.silence('selenium')
+log.silence('werkzeug', 'requests', allow_warning=True)
+```
diff --git a/log/__init__.py b/log/__init__.py
index e0d4e9c..a102f9b 100644
--- a/log/__init__.py
+++ b/log/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from .logger import *  # pylint: disable=wildcard-import
-from .helpers import init
+from .helpers import init, silence
 
 d = debug
 i = info
diff --git a/log/helpers.py b/log/helpers.py
index d5873b1..d9a33e3 100644
--- a/log/helpers.py
+++ b/log/helpers.py
@@ -21,3 +21,17 @@ def init(**kwargs):
 
     global initialized
     initialized = True
+
+
+def silence(*names, allow_info=False, allow_warning=False, allow_error=False):
+    if allow_info:
+        level = logging.INFO
+    elif allow_warning:
+        level = logging.WARNING
+    elif allow_error:
+        level = logging.ERROR
+    else:
+        level = logging.CRITICAL
+
+    for name in names:
+        logging.getLogger(name).setLevel(level)
diff --git a/log/tests/test_package.py b/log/tests/test_api.py
similarity index 100%
rename from log/tests/test_package.py
rename to log/tests/test_api.py
diff --git a/tests/other.py b/tests/other.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22911e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/other.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import logging
+
+
+log = logging.getLogger('3rd-party')
+
+
+def do_3rd_party_thing():
+    log.debug(1)
+    log.info(2)
+    log.warning(3)
+    log.error(4)
diff --git a/tests/test_log.py b/tests/test_log.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e24cd0..0000000
--- a/tests/test_log.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name,unused-variable,expression-not-assigned,singleton-comparison
-
-import pytest
-
-import log
-
-from . import demo
-
-
-def describe_api():
-
-    def it_has_custom_warn_function(expect):
-        expect(log.warn) == log.warning
-
-
-def describe_output():
-
-    def it_includes_the_caller_location(expect, caplog):
-        demo.greet("caller")
-        expect(caplog.text) == \
-            "demo.py                      5 ERROR    Hello, caller!\n"
-
-    @pytest.mark.last
-    def it_can_be_formatted_with_init(expect, caplog):
-        log.init(format=log.helpers.DEFAULT_FORMAT)
-        demo.greet("format")
-        expect(caplog.text) == "ERROR: tests.demo: Hello, format!\n"
diff --git a/tests/test_records.py b/tests/test_records.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12e6b9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_records.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name,unused-variable,expression-not-assigned,singleton-comparison
+
+import pytest
+
+import log
+
+from . import demo, other
+
+
+def describe_text():
+
+    def it_includes_the_caller_location(expect, caplog):
+        demo.greet("caller")
+        expect(caplog.text) == \
+            "demo.py                      5 ERROR    Hello, caller!\n"
+
+    @pytest.mark.last
+    def it_can_be_formatted_with_init(expect, caplog):
+        log.init(format=log.helpers.DEFAULT_FORMAT)
+        demo.greet("format")
+        expect(caplog.text) == "ERROR: tests.demo: Hello, format!\n"
+
+
+def describe_silence():
+
+    def when_off(expect, caplog):
+        log.silence('3rd-party')
+        other.do_3rd_party_thing()
+        expect(caplog.records) == []
+
+    def with_errors(expect, caplog):
+        log.silence('3rd-party', allow_error=True)
+        other.do_3rd_party_thing()
+        expect(len(caplog.records)) == 1
+
+    def with_warnings(expect, caplog):
+        log.silence('3rd-party', allow_warning=True)
+        other.do_3rd_party_thing()
+        expect(len(caplog.records)) == 2
+
+    def with_infos(expect, caplog):
+        log.silence('3rd-party', allow_info=True)
+        other.do_3rd_party_thing()
+        expect(len(caplog.records)) == 3