diff --git a/docs/changelog/2342.bugfix.rst b/docs/changelog/2342.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..953f86bc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/2342.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Avoid ignored explicit argument 're' console message. - by :user:`ssbarnea`.
diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst
index 0d232f56f..1f584dc4e 100644
--- a/docs/faq.rst
+++ b/docs/faq.rst
@@ -242,3 +242,9 @@ that programs may issue custom exit codes with any value, so their documentation
 Sometimes, no exit code is given at all. An example may be found in
 :gh:`pytest-qt issue #170 <pytest-dev/pytest-qt/issues/170>`, where Qt was calling
 `abort() <https://www.unix.org/version2/sample/abort.html>`_ instead of ``exit()``.
+
+Access full logs
+----------------
+
+If you want to access the full logs you need to write ``-q`` and ``-v`` as
+individual tox arguments and avoid combining them into a single one.
diff --git a/src/tox/config/cli/parse.py b/src/tox/config/cli/parse.py
index e7868469c..7e1163a31 100644
--- a/src/tox/config/cli/parse.py
+++ b/src/tox/config/cli/parse.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import os
+from contextlib import redirect_stderr
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Callable, NamedTuple, Sequence, cast
 
@@ -45,7 +47,9 @@ def _get_base(args: Sequence[str]) -> tuple[int, ToxHandler, Source]:
     tox_parser = ToxParser.base()
     parsed = Parsed()
     try:
-        tox_parser.parse_known_args(args, namespace=parsed)
+        with open(os.devnull, "w") as f:
+            with redirect_stderr(f):
+                tox_parser.parse_known_args(args, namespace=parsed)
     except SystemExit:
         ...  # ignore parse errors, such as -va raises ignored explicit argument 'a'
     guess_verbosity = parsed.verbosity