diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 859decf..d46e242 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ btrbk-current
   * Bugfix: fix sprintf used by config option "timestamp_format long"
     when using perl-5.22.0 (close: #57).
   * Added "clean" command (close: #61).
+  * Added "-n, --dry-run" option.
 
 btrbk-0.21.0
 
diff --git a/btrbk b/btrbk
index d3618ce..1975783 100755
--- a/btrbk
+++ b/btrbk
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ sub HELP_MESSAGE
   print STDERR "   -h, --help            display this help message\n";
   print STDERR "       --version         display version information\n";
   print STDERR "   -c, --config=FILE     specify configuration file\n";
+  print STDERR "   -n, --dry-run         perform a trial run with no changes made\n";
   print STDERR "   -p, --preserve        preserve all backups (do not delete any old targets)\n";
   print STDERR "   -r, --resume-only     resume only (do not create new snapshots, only resume\n";
   print STDERR "                         missing backups)\n";
@@ -2137,6 +2138,7 @@ MAIN:
     'help|h'        => sub { VERSION_MESSAGE(); HELP_MESSAGE(0); exit 0; },
     'version'       => sub { VERSION_MESSAGE(); exit 0; },
     'config|c=s'    => \$config_cmdline,
+    'dry-run|n'     => \$dryrun,
     'preserve|p'    => \$preserve_backups,
     'resume-only|r' => \$resume_only,
     'quiet|q'       => \$quiet,
diff --git a/doc/btrbk.1 b/doc/btrbk.1
index 2103aac..3ef455c 100644
--- a/doc/btrbk.1
+++ b/doc/btrbk.1
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ btrbk \- backup tool for btrfs volumes
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fBbtrbk\fR [\-h|\-\-help] [\-\-version] [\-c|\-\-config <file>]
-      [\-p|\-\-preserve] [\-r|\-\-resume\-only]
+      [\-n|\-\-dry\-run] [\-p|\-\-preserve] [\-r|\-\-resume\-only]
       [\-v|\-\-verbose] [\-q|\-\-quiet] [\-l|\-\-loglevel <level>]
       [\-t|\-\-table] [\-\-format <output\-format>]
       [\-\-progress]
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ Prints the synopsis and a list of the commands.
 Prints the btrbk version.
 .RE
 .PP
+\-n, \-\-dry\-run
+.RS 4
+Don't run anything that would alter the filesystem, just show the
+snapshots and backup subvolumes that would be created/deleted by the
+\fBrun\fR and \fBclean\fR commands. Use in conjunction with \fI\-l
+debug\fR to see the btrfs commands that would be executed.
+.RE
+.PP
 \-c, \-\-config <file>
 .RS 4
 Read the configuration from <file>.
@@ -138,10 +146,10 @@ different output formats.
 .B dryrun
 [filter...]
 .RS 4
-Don't run btrfs commands, just show the snapshots and backup
-subvolumes that would be created/deleted by the \fBrun\fR command. Use
-in conjunction with \fI\-l debug\fR to see the btrfs commands that
-would be executed.
+Don't run any btrfs commands that would alter the filesystem, just
+show the snapshots and backup subvolumes that would be created/deleted
+by the \fBrun\fR command. Use in conjunction with \fI\-l debug\fR to
+see the btrfs commands that would be executed.
 .RE
 .PP
 .B list