Index: tol/stdlib/TolConfigManager/default.tol
===================================================================
--- tol/stdlib/TolConfigManager/default.tol	(revision b83b8ed3d1dec9093a2ad4436d4854038f982b97)
+++ tol/stdlib/TolConfigManager/default.tol	(revision 8bbfd4dd0d20d8a19c367302cf39dad904263f31)
@@ -156,5 +156,9 @@
       "Enables/disables call stack tracing of warning messages"+
       "\n Changes in this option do not take effect until next TOL session";
-      Real ShowStackAtWarning = 0
+      Real ShowStackAtWarning = 0;
+      Text _.autodoc.member.DownloadingUrl = 
+      "Enables/disables tracing of URL downloads"+
+      "\n Changes in this option do not take effect until next TOL session";
+      Real DownloadingUrl = 0
     ]]
   ]]
Index: tol/stdlib/general/grammars/_text.tol
===================================================================
--- tol/stdlib/general/grammars/_text.tol	(revision b83b8ed3d1dec9093a2ad4436d4854038f982b97)
+++ tol/stdlib/general/grammars/_text.tol	(revision 8bbfd4dd0d20d8a19c367302cf39dad904263f31)
@@ -1172,5 +1172,6 @@
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 {
-  Write("[GetUrlContents.tcl.uri] Downloading from \""+url+"\" ... ");
+  If(TolConfigManager::Config::Various::Verbose::DownloadingUrl,
+  Write("[GetUrlContents.tcl.uri] Downloading from \""+url+"\" ... "));
   Text tcl_helper = 
     "package require uri\n"+
@@ -1192,5 +1193,6 @@
     Text If(result["status"], 
     {
-      WriteLn("OK");
+      If(TolConfigManager::Config::Various::Verbose::DownloadingUrl,
+      WriteLn("OK"));
       Text result["result"]
     },
@@ -1212,5 +1214,6 @@
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 {
-  Write("[GetUrlContents.tcl.curl] Downloading from \""+url_+"\" ... ");
+  If(TolConfigManager::Config::Various::Verbose::DownloadingUrl,
+  Write("[GetUrlContents.tcl.curl] Downloading from \""+url_+"\" ... "));
   Set result1 = CurlApi::GetUrl( [[ Text url = url_ ]] );
   If( result1::failStatus, 
@@ -1221,5 +1224,6 @@
   }, 
   {
-    WriteLn("OK");
+    If(TolConfigManager::Config::Various::Verbose::DownloadingUrl,
+    WriteLn("OK"));
     result1::bodyData
   })
@@ -1230,5 +1234,6 @@
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 {
-  WriteLn("[GetUrlContents.sys.wget]Downloading from \""+url+"\" ...");
+  If(TolConfigManager::Config::Various::Verbose::DownloadingUrl,
+  WriteLn("[GetUrlContents.sys.wget]Downloading from \""+url+"\" ..."));
   Text tmp = TmpDir+"wget."<<IntRand(111111111,999999999)+".tmp";
   Text order = "wget -O"+tmp+" "+url;