diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 3182727..c01cb9e 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -315,6 +315,22 @@ By default `mkvenv` will install setup.py via pip in editable (i.e. development)
 and `here <https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/#editable-installs/>`__ for
 further information. To change this set ``AUTOSWITCH_PIPINSTALL`` to ``FULL``.
 
+**Disabling the suggestion to run mkvenv**
+
+By default, this plugin prints a suggestion to run `mkvenv` when it detects a
+supported project without an initialized virtual environment:
+
+::
+
+    Python $venv_type project detected. Run mkvenv to setup autoswitching
+
+This can be silenced by setting the environment variable
+``AUTOSWITCH_HIDE_MKVENV_SUGGESTION``:
+
+::
+
+    export AUTOSWITCH_HIDE_MKVENV_SUGGESTION=1
+
 Security Warnings
 -----------------
 
diff --git a/autoswitch_virtualenv.plugin.zsh b/autoswitch_virtualenv.plugin.zsh
index bbd2308..f9a4d5e 100644
--- a/autoswitch_virtualenv.plugin.zsh
+++ b/autoswitch_virtualenv.plugin.zsh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function _virtual_env_dir() {
 
 function _python_version() {
     local PYTHON_BIN="$1"
-    if [[ -f "$PYTHON_BIN" ]] then
+    if [[ -f "$PYTHON_BIN" ]]; then
         # For some reason python --version writes to stderr
         printf "%s" "$($PYTHON_BIN --version 2>&1)"
     else
@@ -209,8 +209,10 @@ function check_venv()
 
     # If we still haven't got anywhere, fallback to defaults
     if [[ "$venv_type" != "unknown" ]]; then
-        printf "Python ${PURPLE}$venv_type${NORMAL} project detected. "
-        printf "Run ${PURPLE}mkvenv${NORMAL} to setup autoswitching\n"
+        if (( !AUTOSWITCH_HIDE_MKVENV_SUGGESTION )); then
+            printf "Python ${PURPLE}$venv_type${NORMAL} project detected. "
+            printf "Run ${PURPLE}mkvenv${NORMAL} to setup autoswitching\n"
+        fi
     fi
     _default_venv
 }