diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
index 574db5c..a3bf555 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
@@ -2272,13 +2272,9 @@ lo_import 152801
         </para>
         </tip>
 
-        <note>
-        <para>
-        It is an error to call <command>\pset</command> without any
-        arguments. In the future this case might show the current status
-        of all printing options.
+        <para><command>\pset</> without any arguments displays current status
+         of all printing options.
         </para>
-        </note>
 
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/command.c b/src/bin/psql/command.c
index 351e684..daf7ac7 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/command.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/command.c
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ static int	strip_lineno_from_funcdesc(char *func);
 static void minimal_error_message(PGresult *res);
 
 static void printSSLInfo(void);
+static bool printPsetInfo(const char *param, struct printQueryOpt *popt);
 
 #ifdef WIN32
 static void checkWin32Codepage(void);
@@ -1045,8 +1046,16 @@ exec_command(const char *cmd,
 
 		if (!opt0)
 		{
-			psql_error("\\%s: missing required argument\n", cmd);
-			success = false;
+			size_t i;
+			/* list all variables */
+			static const char *const my_list[] = {"format", "border",
+				"expanded", "null", "fieldsep", "tuples_only", "title",
+				"tableattr", "linestyle", "pager", "recordsep", NULL};
+			for (i = 0; my_list[i] != NULL; i++) {
+				printPsetInfo(my_list[i], &pset.popt);
+			}
+
+			success = true;
 		}
 		else
 			success = do_pset(opt0, opt1, &pset.popt, pset.quiet);
@@ -2275,8 +2284,6 @@ do_pset(const char *param, const char *value, printQueryOpt *popt, bool quiet)
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		if (!quiet)
-			printf(_("Output format is %s.\n"), _align2string(popt->topt.format));
 	}
 
 	/* set table line style */
@@ -2295,10 +2302,6 @@ do_pset(const char *param, const char *value, printQueryOpt *popt, bool quiet)
 			psql_error("\\pset: allowed line styles are ascii, old-ascii, unicode\n");
 			return false;
 		}
-
-		if (!quiet)
-			printf(_("Line style is %s.\n"),
-				   get_line_style(&popt->topt)->name);
 	}
 
 	/* set border style/width */
@@ -2306,9 +2309,6 @@ do_pset(const char *param, const char *value, printQueryOpt *popt, bool quiet)
 	{
 		if (value)
 			popt->topt.border = atoi(value);
-
-		if (!quiet)
-			printf(_("Border style is %d.\n"), popt->topt.border);
 	}
 
 	/* set expanded/vertical mode */
@@ -2320,15 +2320,6 @@ do_pset(const char *param, const char *value, printQueryOpt *popt, bool quiet)
 			popt->topt.expanded = ParseVariableBool(value);
 		else
 			popt->topt.expanded = !popt->topt.expanded;
-		if (!quiet)
-		{
-			if (popt->topt.expanded == 1)
-				printf(_("Expanded display is on.\n"));
-			else if (popt->topt.expanded == 2)
-				printf(_("Expanded display is used automatically.\n"));
-			else
-				printf(_("Expanded display is off.\n"));
-		}
 	}
 
 	/* locale-aware numeric output */
@@ -2338,13 +2329,6 @@ do_pset(const char *param, const char *value, printQueryOpt *popt, bool quiet)
 			popt->topt.numericLocale = ParseVariableBool(value);
 		else
 			popt->topt.numericLocale = !popt->topt.numericLocale;
-		if (!quiet)
-		{
-			if (popt->topt.numericLocale)
-				puts(_("Showing locale-adjusted numeric output."));
-			else
-				puts(_("Locale-adjusted numeric output is off."));
-		}
 	}
 
 	/* null display */
@@ -2355,8 +2339,6 @@ do_pset(const char *param, const char *value, printQueryOpt *popt, bool quiet)
 			free(popt->nullPrint);
 			popt->nullPrint = pg_strdup(value);
 		}
-		if (!quiet)
-			printf(_("Null display is \"%s\".\n"), popt->nullPrint ? popt->nullPrint : "");
 	}
 
 	/* field separator for unaligned text */
@@ -2368,13 +2350,6 @@ do_pset(const char *param, const char *value, printQueryOpt *popt, bool quiet)
 			popt->topt.fieldSep.separator = pg_strdup(value);
 			popt->topt.fieldSep.separator_zero = false;
 		}
-		if (!quiet)
-		{
-			if (popt->topt.fieldSep.separator_zero)
-				printf(_("Field separator is zero byte.\n"));
-			else
-				printf(_("Field separator is \"%s\".\n"), popt->topt.fieldSep.separator);
-		}
 	}
 
 	else if (strcmp(param, "fieldsep_zero") == 0)
@@ -2382,8 +2357,6 @@ do_pset(const char *param, const char *value, printQueryOpt *popt, bool quiet)
 		free(popt->topt.fieldSep.separator);
 		popt->topt.fieldSep.separator = NULL;
 		popt->topt.fieldSep.separator_zero = true;
-		if (!quiet)
-			printf(_("Field separator is zero byte.\n"));
 	}
 
 	/* record separator for unaligned text */
@@ -2395,15 +2368,6 @@ do_pset(const char *param, const char *value, printQueryOpt *popt, bool quiet)
 			popt->topt.recordSep.separator = pg_strdup(value);
 			popt->topt.recordSep.separator_zero = false;
 		}
-		if (!quiet)
-		{
-			if (popt->topt.recordSep.separator_zero)
-				printf(_("Record separator is zero byte.\n"));
-			else if (strcmp(popt->topt.recordSep.separator, "\n") == 0)
-				printf(_("Record separator is <newline>."));
-			else
-				printf(_("Record separator is \"%s\".\n"), popt->topt.recordSep.separator);
-		}
 	}
 
 	else if (strcmp(param, "recordsep_zero") == 0)
@@ -2411,8 +2375,6 @@ do_pset(const char *param, const char *value, printQueryOpt *popt, bool quiet)
 		free(popt->topt.recordSep.separator);
 		popt->topt.recordSep.separator = NULL;
 		popt->topt.recordSep.separator_zero = true;
-		if (!quiet)
-			printf(_("Record separator is zero byte.\n"));
 	}
 
 	/* toggle between full and tuples-only format */
@@ -2422,13 +2384,6 @@ do_pset(const char *param, const char *value, printQueryOpt *popt, bool quiet)
 			popt->topt.tuples_only = ParseVariableBool(value);
 		else
 			popt->topt.tuples_only = !popt->topt.tuples_only;
-		if (!quiet)
-		{
-			if (popt->topt.tuples_only)
-				puts(_("Showing only tuples."));
-			else
-				puts(_("Tuples only is off."));
-		}
 	}
 
 	/* set title override */
@@ -2439,14 +2394,6 @@ do_pset(const char *param, const char *value, printQueryOpt *popt, bool quiet)
 			popt->title = NULL;
 		else
 			popt->title = pg_strdup(value);
-
-		if (!quiet)
-		{
-			if (popt->title)
-				printf(_("Title is \"%s\".\n"), popt->title);
-			else
-				printf(_("Title is unset.\n"));
-		}
 	}
 
 	/* set HTML table tag options */
@@ -2457,14 +2404,6 @@ do_pset(const char *param, const char *value, printQueryOpt *popt, bool quiet)
 			popt->topt.tableAttr = NULL;
 		else
 			popt->topt.tableAttr = pg_strdup(value);
-
-		if (!quiet)
-		{
-			if (popt->topt.tableAttr)
-				printf(_("Table attribute is \"%s\".\n"), popt->topt.tableAttr);
-			else
-				printf(_("Table attributes unset.\n"));
-		}
 	}
 
 	/* toggle use of pager */
@@ -2481,15 +2420,6 @@ do_pset(const char *param, const char *value, printQueryOpt *popt, bool quiet)
 			popt->topt.pager = 0;
 		else
 			popt->topt.pager = 1;
-		if (!quiet)
-		{
-			if (popt->topt.pager == 1)
-				puts(_("Pager is used for long output."));
-			else if (popt->topt.pager == 2)
-				puts(_("Pager is always used."));
-			else
-				puts(_("Pager usage is off."));
-		}
 	}
 
 	/* disable "(x rows)" footer */
@@ -2499,13 +2429,6 @@ do_pset(const char *param, const char *value, printQueryOpt *popt, bool quiet)
 			popt->topt.default_footer = ParseVariableBool(value);
 		else
 			popt->topt.default_footer = !popt->topt.default_footer;
-		if (!quiet)
-		{
-			if (popt->topt.default_footer)
-				puts(_("Default footer is on."));
-			else
-				puts(_("Default footer is off."));
-		}
 	}
 
 	/* set border style/width */
@@ -2513,9 +2436,6 @@ do_pset(const char *param, const char *value, printQueryOpt *popt, bool quiet)
 	{
 		if (value)
 			popt->topt.columns = atoi(value);
-
-		if (!quiet)
-			printf(_("Target width is %d.\n"), popt->topt.columns);
 	}
 
 	else
@@ -2524,10 +2444,164 @@ do_pset(const char *param, const char *value, printQueryOpt *popt, bool quiet)
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	if (!quiet)
+		printPsetInfo(param, &pset.popt);
+
 	return true;
 }
 
+static bool
+printPsetInfo(const char *param, struct printQueryOpt *popt)
+{
+	Assert(param != NULL);
+
+	/* show format */
+	if (strcmp(param, "format") == 0)
+	{
+		if (!popt->topt.format)
+			;
+		else
+			printf(_("Output format is %s.\n"),
+				   _align2string(popt->topt.format));
+	}
 
+	/* show table line style */
+	else if (strcmp(param, "linestyle") == 0)
+	{
+		if (!popt->topt.line_style)
+			;
+		else
+			printf(_("Line style is %s.\n"),
+				   get_line_style(&popt->topt)->name);
+	}
+
+	/* show border style/width */
+	else if (strcmp(param, "border") == 0)
+	{
+		if (!popt->topt.border)
+			;
+		else
+			printf(_("Border style is %d.\n"),
+				   popt->topt.border);
+	}
+
+	/* show expanded/vertical mode */
+	else if (strcmp(param, "x") == 0 || strcmp(param, "expanded") == 0 || strcmp(param, "vertical") == 0)
+	{
+		if (popt->topt.expanded == 1)
+			printf(_("Expanded display is on.\n"));
+		else if (popt->topt.expanded == 2)
+			printf(_("Expanded display is used automatically.\n"));
+		else
+			printf(_("Expanded display is off.\n"));
+	}
+
+	/* show locale-aware numeric output */
+	else if (strcmp(param, "numericlocale") == 0)
+	{
+		if (popt->topt.numericLocale)
+			puts(_("Showing locale-adjusted numeric output."));
+		else
+			puts(_("Locale-adjusted numeric output is off."));
+	}
+
+	/* show null display */
+	else if (strcmp(param, "null") == 0)
+	{
+		printf(_("Null display is \"%s\".\n"), popt->nullPrint ? popt->nullPrint : "");
+	}
+
+	/* show field separator for unaligned text */
+	else if (strcmp(param, "fieldsep") == 0)
+	{
+		if (popt->topt.fieldSep.separator_zero)
+			printf(_("Field separator is zero byte.\n"));
+		else
+			printf(_("Field separator is \"%s\".\n"), popt->topt.fieldSep.separator);
+	}
+
+	else if (strcmp(param, "fieldsep_zero") == 0)
+	{
+		printf(_("Field separator is zero byte.\n"));
+	}
+
+	/* show record separator for unaligned text */
+	else if (strcmp(param, "recordsep") == 0)
+	{
+		if (popt->topt.recordSep.separator_zero)
+			printf(_("Record separator is zero byte.\n"));
+		else if (strcmp(popt->topt.recordSep.separator, "\n") == 0)
+			printf(_("Record separator is <newline>.\n"));
+		else
+			printf(_("Record separator is \"%s\".\n"), popt->topt.recordSep.separator);
+	}
+
+	else if (strcmp(param, "recordsep_zero") == 0)
+	{
+		printf(_("Record separator is zero byte.\n"));
+	}
+
+	/* show toggle between full and tuples-only format */
+	else if (strcmp(param, "t") == 0 || strcmp(param, "tuples_only") == 0)
+	{
+		if (popt->topt.tuples_only)
+			puts(_("Showing only tuples."));
+		else
+			puts(_("Tuples only is off."));
+	}
+
+	/* show title override */
+	else if (strcmp(param, "title") == 0)
+	{
+		if (popt->title)
+			printf(_("Title is \"%s\".\n"), popt->title);
+		else
+			printf(_("Title is unset.\n"));
+	}
+
+	/* show HTML table tag options */
+	else if (strcmp(param, "T") == 0 || strcmp(param, "tableattr") == 0)
+	{
+		if (popt->topt.tableAttr)
+			printf(_("Table attribute is \"%s\".\n"), popt->topt.tableAttr);
+		else
+			printf(_("Table attributes unset.\n"));
+	}
+
+	/* show toggle use of pager */
+	else if (strcmp(param, "pager") == 0)
+	{
+		if (popt->topt.pager == 1)
+			puts(_("Pager is used for long output."));
+		else if (popt->topt.pager == 2)
+			puts(_("Pager is always used."));
+		else
+			puts(_("Pager usage is off."));
+	}
+
+	/* disable "(x rows)" footer */
+	else if (strcmp(param, "footer") == 0)
+	{
+		if (popt->topt.default_footer)
+			puts(_("Default footer is on."));
+		else
+			puts(_("Default footer is off."));
+	}
+
+	/* set border style/width */
+	else if (strcmp(param, "columns") == 0)
+	{
+			printf(_("Target width is %d.\n"), popt->topt.columns);
+	}
+
+	else
+	{
+		psql_error("\\pset: unknown option: %s\n", param);
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
 
 #ifndef WIN32
 #define DEFAULT_SHELL "/bin/sh"