diff --git a/gdb/inferior.c b/gdb/inferior.c
index 38b7369275..5bff8b3c07 100644
--- a/gdb/inferior.c
+++ b/gdb/inferior.c
@@ -45,9 +45,8 @@ DEFINE_REGISTRY (inferior, REGISTRY_ACCESS_FIELD)
 struct inferior *inferior_list = NULL;
 static int highest_inferior_num;
 
-/* Print notices on inferior events (attach, detach, etc.), set with
-   `set print inferior-events'.  */
-static int print_inferior_events = 0;
+/* See inferior.h.  */
+int print_inferior_events = 1;
 
 /* The Current Inferior.  This is a strong reference.  I.e., whenever
    an inferior is the current inferior, its refcount is
@@ -232,9 +231,6 @@ exit_inferior (int pid)
   struct inferior *inf = find_inferior_pid (pid);
 
   exit_inferior_1 (inf, 0);
-
-  if (print_inferior_events)
-    printf_unfiltered (_("[Inferior %d exited]\n"), pid);
 }
 
 void
@@ -986,7 +982,7 @@ initialize_inferiors (void)
      can only allocate an inferior when all those modules have done
      that.  Do this after initialize_progspace, due to the
      current_program_space reference.  */
-  current_inferior_ = add_inferior (0);
+  current_inferior_ = add_inferior_silent (0);
   current_inferior_->incref ();
   current_inferior_->pspace = current_program_space;
   current_inferior_->aspace = current_program_space->aspace;
diff --git a/gdb/inferior.h b/gdb/inferior.h
index 22008a005b..6550d50d53 100644
--- a/gdb/inferior.h
+++ b/gdb/inferior.h
@@ -220,6 +220,10 @@ extern enum stop_stack_kind stop_stack_dummy;
 
 extern int stopped_by_random_signal;
 
+/* Print notices on inferior events (attach, detach, etc.), set with
+   `set print inferior-events'.  */
+extern int print_inferior_events;
+
 /* STEP_OVER_ALL means step over all subroutine calls.
    STEP_OVER_UNDEBUGGABLE means step over calls to undebuggable functions.
    STEP_OVER_NONE means don't step over any subroutine calls.  */
diff --git a/gdb/infrun.c b/gdb/infrun.c
index 45fe36a717..4ac5bde303 100644
--- a/gdb/infrun.c
+++ b/gdb/infrun.c
@@ -461,14 +461,14 @@ holding the child stopped.  Try \"set detach-on-fork\" or \
 	      remove_breakpoints_pid (ptid_get_pid (inferior_ptid));
 	    }
 
-	  if (info_verbose || debug_infrun)
+	  if (print_inferior_events)
 	    {
 	      /* Ensure that we have a process ptid.  */
 	      ptid_t process_ptid = pid_to_ptid (ptid_get_pid (child_ptid));
 
 	      target_terminal::ours_for_output ();
 	      fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdlog,
-				_("Detaching after %s from child %s.\n"),
+				_("[Detaching after %s from child %s.]\n"),
 				has_vforked ? "vfork" : "fork",
 				target_pid_to_str (process_ptid));
 	    }
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ holding the child stopped.  Try \"set detach-on-fork\" or \
 	  scoped_restore_current_pspace_and_thread restore_pspace_thread;
 
 	  inferior_ptid = child_ptid;
-	  add_thread (inferior_ptid);
+	  add_thread_silent (inferior_ptid);
 	  set_current_inferior (child_inf);
 	  child_inf->symfile_flags = SYMFILE_NO_READ;
 
@@ -549,11 +549,11 @@ holding the child stopped.  Try \"set detach-on-fork\" or \
       struct inferior *parent_inf, *child_inf;
       struct program_space *parent_pspace;
 
-      if (info_verbose || debug_infrun)
+      if (print_inferior_events)
 	{
 	  target_terminal::ours_for_output ();
 	  fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdlog,
-			    _("Attaching after %s %s to child %s.\n"),
+			    _("[Attaching after %s %s to child %s.]\n"),
 			    target_pid_to_str (parent_ptid),
 			    has_vforked ? "vfork" : "fork",
 			    target_pid_to_str (child_ptid));
@@ -594,15 +594,15 @@ holding the child stopped.  Try \"set detach-on-fork\" or \
 	}
       else if (detach_fork)
 	{
-	  if (info_verbose || debug_infrun)
+	  if (print_inferior_events)
 	    {
 	      /* Ensure that we have a process ptid.  */
 	      ptid_t process_ptid = pid_to_ptid (ptid_get_pid (child_ptid));
 
 	      target_terminal::ours_for_output ();
 	      fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdlog,
-				_("Detaching after fork from "
-				  "child %s.\n"),
+				_("[Detaching after fork from "
+				  "child %s.]\n"),
 				target_pid_to_str (process_ptid));
 	    }
 
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ holding the child stopped.  Try \"set detach-on-fork\" or \
 	 informing the solib layer about this new process.  */
 
       inferior_ptid = child_ptid;
-      add_thread (inferior_ptid);
+      add_thread_silent (inferior_ptid);
       set_current_inferior (child_inf);
 
       /* If this is a vfork child, then the address-space is shared
@@ -956,22 +956,22 @@ handle_vfork_child_exec_or_exit (int exec)
 	  inf->aspace = NULL;
 	  inf->pspace = NULL;
 
-	  if (debug_infrun || info_verbose)
+	  if (print_inferior_events)
 	    {
 	      target_terminal::ours_for_output ();
 
 	      if (exec)
 		{
 		  fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdlog,
-				    _("Detaching vfork parent process "
-				      "%d after child exec.\n"),
+				    _("[Detaching vfork parent process "
+				      "%d after child exec.]\n"),
 				    inf->vfork_parent->pid);
 		}
 	      else
 		{
 		  fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdlog,
-				    _("Detaching vfork parent process "
-				      "%d after child exit.\n"),
+				    _("[Detaching vfork parent process "
+				      "%d after child exit.]\n"),
 				    inf->vfork_parent->pid);
 		}
 	    }
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/attach-non-pgrp-leader.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/attach-non-pgrp-leader.exp
index dbe554eff3..6da2751b45 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/attach-non-pgrp-leader.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/attach-non-pgrp-leader.exp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ if { [build_executable ${testfile}.exp ${testfile} $srcfile {debug}] == -1 } {
 
 proc do_test {} {
     global binfile
+    global decimal
 
     set test_spawn_id [spawn_wait_for_attach $binfile]
     set parent_pid [spawn_id_get_pid $test_spawn_id]
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ proc do_test {} {
 	}
 
 	gdb_test "detach" \
-	    "Detaching from program: .*process $parent_pid"
+	    "Detaching from program: .*process $parent_pid\r\n\\\[Inferior $decimal detached\\\]"
     }
 
     # Start over, and attach to the child this time.
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ proc do_test {} {
 	gdb_continue_to_breakpoint "marker"
 
 	gdb_test "detach" \
-	    "Detaching from program: .*process $child_pid"
+	    "Detaching from program: .*process $child_pid\r\n\\\[Inferior $decimal detached\\\]"
     }
 
     kill_wait_spawned_process $test_spawn_id
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/attach.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/attach.exp
index d315c2792e..42cf6b8328 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/attach.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/attach.exp
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ proc do_attach_tests {} {
     global testfile
     global subdir
     global timeout
+    global decimal
     
     # Figure out a regular expression that will match the sysroot,
     # noting that the default sysroot is "target:", and also noting
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ proc do_attach_tests {} {
     # Detach the process.
    
     gdb_test "detach" \
-	"Detaching from program: .*$escapedbinfile, process $testpid" \
+	"Detaching from program: .*$escapedbinfile, process $testpid\r\n\\\[Inferior $decimal detached\\\]" \
 	"attach1 detach"
 
     # Wait a bit for gdb to finish detaching
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/catch-syscall.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/catch-syscall.exp
index 2a8bf27e5c..20fa041155 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/catch-syscall.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/catch-syscall.exp
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ proc check_for_program_end {} {
     # Deleting the catchpoints
     delete_breakpoints
 
-    gdb_continue_to_end
+    gdb_continue_to_end "" continue 1
 }
 
 proc test_catch_syscall_without_args {} {
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ proc test_catch_syscall_with_wrong_args {} {
 	# If it doesn't, everything is right (since we don't have
 	# a syscall named "mlock" in it).  Otherwise, this is a failure.
 	set thistest "catch syscall with unused syscall ($syscall_name)"
-	gdb_continue_to_end $thistest
+	gdb_continue_to_end $thistest continue 1
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/foll-fork.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/foll-fork.exp
index a715b7fa9d..9e8fe99542 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/foll-fork.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/foll-fork.exp
@@ -110,13 +110,13 @@ proc test_follow_fork { who detach cmd } {
 	# Set up the output we expect to see after we run.
 	set expected_re ""
 	if {$who == "child"} {
-	    set expected_re "Attaching after.* fork to.*"
+	    set expected_re "\\\[Attaching after.* fork to.*"
 	    if {$detach == "on"} {
-		append expected_re "Detaching after fork from .*"
+		append expected_re "\\\[Detaching after fork from .*"
 	    }
 	    append expected_re "set breakpoint here.*"
 	} elseif {$who == "parent" && $detach == "on"} {
-	    set expected_re "Detaching after fork from .*set breakpoint here.*"
+	    set expected_re "\\\[Detaching after fork from .*set breakpoint here.*"
 	} else {
 	    set expected_re ".*set breakpoint here.*"
 	}
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ proc catch_fork_child_follow {} {
 	"Temporary breakpoint.*, line $bp_after_fork.*" \
 	"set follow-fork child, tbreak"
 
-    set expected_re "Attaching after.* fork to.*Detaching after fork from"
+    set expected_re "\\\[Attaching after.* fork to.*\\\[Detaching after fork from"
     append expected_re ".* at .*$bp_after_fork.*"
     gdb_test "continue" $expected_re "set follow-fork child, hit tbreak"
 
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ proc tcatch_fork_parent_follow {} {
 	"set follow-fork parent, tbreak"
 
     gdb_test "continue" \
-	"Detaching after fork from.* at .*$bp_after_fork.*" \
+	"\\\[Detaching after fork from.* at .*$bp_after_fork.*" \
 	"set follow-fork parent, hit tbreak"
 
     # The child has been detached; allow time for any output it might
@@ -398,10 +398,6 @@ By default, the debugger will follow the parent process..*" \
     if [runto_main] then { tcatch_fork_parent_follow }
 }
 
-# The "Detaching..." and "Attaching..." messages may be hidden by
-# default.
-gdb_test_no_output "set verbose"
-
 # This is a test of gdb's ability to follow the parent, child or both
 # parent and child of a Unix fork() system call.
 #
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/foll-vfork.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/foll-vfork.exp
index 6aa4edd9fe..ddda2d6143 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/foll-vfork.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/foll-vfork.exp
@@ -55,10 +55,6 @@ proc setup_gdb {} {
 
     clean_restart $testfile
 
-    # The "Detaching..." and "Attaching..." messages may be hidden by
-    # default.
-    gdb_test_no_output "set verbose"
-
     if ![runto_main] {
 	return -code return
     }
@@ -103,7 +99,7 @@ proc vfork_parent_follow_through_step {} {
 
    set test "step"
    gdb_test_multiple "next" $test {
-       -re "Detaching after vfork from.*if \\(pid == 0\\).*$gdb_prompt " {
+       -re "\\\[Detaching after vfork from.*if \\(pid == 0\\).*$gdb_prompt " {
 	   pass $test
        }
    }
@@ -128,7 +124,7 @@ proc vfork_parent_follow_to_bp {} {
 
    set test "continue to bp"
    gdb_test_multiple "continue" $test {
-       -re ".*Detaching after vfork from child process.*Breakpoint.*${bp_location}.*$gdb_prompt " {
+       -re ".*\\\[Detaching after vfork from child process.*Breakpoint.*${bp_location}.*$gdb_prompt " {
 	   pass $test
        }
    }
@@ -153,7 +149,7 @@ proc vfork_child_follow_to_exit {} {
 	  # PR gdb/14766
 	  fail "$test"
       }
-      -re "Attaching after.* vfork to.*Detaching vfork parent .* after child exit.*$gdb_prompt " {
+       -re "\\\[Attaching after.* vfork to.*\\\[Detaching vfork parent .* after child exit.*$gdb_prompt " {
 	  pass $test
       }
    }
@@ -177,7 +173,7 @@ proc vfork_and_exec_child_follow_to_main_bp {} {
 
    set test "continue to bp"
    gdb_test_multiple "continue" $test {
-      -re "Attaching after.* vfork to.*Detaching vfork parent.*xecuting new program.*Breakpoint.*vforked-prog.c:${linenum}.*$gdb_prompt " {
+      -re "\\\[Attaching after.* vfork to.*\\\[Detaching vfork parent.*xecuting new program.*Breakpoint.*vforked-prog.c:${linenum}.*$gdb_prompt " {
 	  pass $test
       }
    }
@@ -203,7 +199,7 @@ proc vfork_and_exec_child_follow_through_step {} {
    # before it execs.  Thus, "next" lands on the next line after
    # the vfork.
    gdb_test_multiple "next" $test {
-       -re "Attaching after .* vfork to child.*if \\(pid == 0\\).*$gdb_prompt " {
+       -re "\\\[Attaching after .* vfork to child.*if \\(pid == 0\\).*$gdb_prompt " {
 	   pass "$test"
        }
    }
@@ -341,7 +337,7 @@ proc vfork_relations_in_info_inferiors { variant } {
 
    set test "step over vfork"
    gdb_test_multiple "next" $test {
-       -re "Attaching after .* vfork to child.*if \\(pid == 0\\).*$gdb_prompt " {
+       -re "\\\[Attaching after .* vfork to child.*if \\(pid == 0\\).*$gdb_prompt " {
 	   pass "$test"
        }
    }
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/fork-detach-info.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/fork-detach-info.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..182a363dcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/fork-detach-info.c
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
+
+   Copyright 2007-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+int
+main (int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+  pid_t child;
+
+  child = fork ();
+  switch (child)
+    {
+      case -1:
+	abort ();
+      case 0:
+      default:
+	break;
+    }
+
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/fork-detach-info.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/fork-detach-info.exp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa9a85c0d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/fork-detach-info.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+# This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
+
+# Copyright 2007-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+if { [use_gdb_stub] || [target_info gdb_protocol] == "extended-remote" } {
+    untested "not supported on gdbserver"
+    return
+}
+
+standard_testfile
+
+if { [prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare" $testfile $srcfile debug] } {
+    return -1
+}
+
+# This is the expected output for each of the test combinations
+# below.  The order here is important:
+#
+#    follow-fork: child; detach-on-fork: on; inferior-events: on
+#    follow-fork: child; detach-on-fork: on; inferior-events: off
+#    follow-fork: child; detach-on-fork: off; inferior-events: on
+#    follow-fork: child; detach-on-fork: off; inferior-events: off
+#    follow-fork: parent; detach-on-fork: on; inferior-events: on
+#    follow-fork: parent; detach-on-fork: on; inferior-events: off
+#    follow-fork: parent; detach-on-fork: off; inferior-events: on
+#    follow-fork: parent; detach-on-fork: off; inferior-events: off
+set expected_output [list \
+    "\\\[Attaching after process $decimal fork to child process $decimal\\.\\\]\r\n\\\[New inferior $decimal\\\]\r\n\\\[Detaching after fork from child process $decimal\\.\\\]\r\n\\\[Inferior $decimal detached\\\]\r\n\\\[Inferior $decimal \\(process $decimal\\) exited normally\\\]" \
+    "\\\[Inferior $decimal \\(process $decimal\\) exited normally\\\]" \
+    "\\\[Attaching after process $decimal fork to child process $decimal\\.\\\]\r\n\\\[New inferior $decimal\\\]\r\n\\\[Inferior $decimal \\(process $decimal\\) exited normally\\\]" \
+    "\\\[Inferior $decimal \\(process $decimal\\) exited normally\\\]" \
+    "\\\[Detaching after fork from child process $decimal\\.\\\]\r\n\\\[Inferior $decimal \\(process $decimal\\) exited normally\\\]" \
+    "\\\[Inferior $decimal \\(process $decimal\\) exited normally\\\]" \
+    "\\\[New inferior $decimal\\\]\r\n\\\[Inferior $decimal \\(process $decimal\\) exited normally\\\]" \
+    "\\\[Inferior $decimal \\(process $decimal\\) exited normally\\\]"]
+
+set i 0
+
+foreach_with_prefix follow_fork_mode { "child" "parent" } {
+    foreach_with_prefix detach_on_fork { "on" "off" } {
+	foreach_with_prefix print_inferior_events { "on" "off" } {
+	    clean_restart $binfile
+	    gdb_test_no_output "set follow-fork-mode $follow_fork_mode"
+	    gdb_test_no_output "set detach-on-fork $detach_on_fork"
+	    gdb_test_no_output "set print inferior-events $print_inferior_events"
+
+	    set output [lindex $expected_output $i]
+	    # Always add the "Starting program..." string so that we
+	    # match exactly the lines we want.
+	    set output "Starting program: $binfile\\s*\r\n$output"
+	    set i [expr $i + 1]
+	    gdb_test "run" $output
+	}
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.threads/clone-attach-detach.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.threads/clone-attach-detach.exp
index 1fbdc95ffc..07b10f534b 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.threads/clone-attach-detach.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.threads/clone-attach-detach.exp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ for {set attempt 1} {$attempt <= $attempts} {incr attempt} {
 	    "1.*${thread_re}.*\r\n.*2.*${thread_re}.*" \
 	    "info threads shows two LWPs"
 
-	gdb_test "detach" "Detaching from .*, process $testpid"
+	gdb_test "detach" "Detaching from .*, process $testpid\r\n\\\[Inferior $decimal detached\\\]"
     }
 }
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ for {set attempt 1} {$attempt <= $attempts} {incr attempt} {
 	    "1.*${thread_re}.*\\(running\\)\r\n.*2.*${thread_re}.*\\(running\\)" \
 	    "info threads shows two LWPs"
 
-	gdb_test "detach" "Detaching from .*, process $testpid"
+	gdb_test "detach" "Detaching from .*, process $testpid\r\n\\\[Inferior $decimal detached\\\]"
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.threads/process-dies-while-detaching.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.threads/process-dies-while-detaching.exp
index e05acb1711..515c25c341 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.threads/process-dies-while-detaching.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.threads/process-dies-while-detaching.exp
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ proc detach_and_expect_exit {inf_output_re test} {
     global gdb_prompt
 
     return_if_fail [gdb_test_multiple "detach" $test {
-	-re "Detaching from .*, process $decimal" {
+	-re "Detaching from .*, process $decimal\r\n\\\[Inferior $decimal detached\\\]" {
 	}
     }]
 
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ proc do_detach {multi_process cmd child_exit} {
 			 && [target_info gdb_protocol] == "remote"}]
 
     if {$multi_process} {
-	gdb_test "detach" "Detaching from .*, process $decimal" \
+	gdb_test "detach" "Detaching from .*, process $decimal\r\n\\\[Inferior $decimal detached\\\]" \
 	    "detach child"
 
 	gdb_test "inferior 1" "\[Switching to inferior $decimal\].*" \
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ proc do_detach {multi_process cmd child_exit} {
 	    set extra ""
 	}
 	if {$cmd == "detach"} {
-	    gdb_test "detach" "Detaching from .*, process $decimal$extra"
+	    gdb_test "detach" "Detaching from .*, process $decimal\r\n\\\[Inferior $decimal detached\\\]$extra"
 	} elseif {$cmd == "continue"} {
 	    gdb_test "continue" $continue_re
 	} else {
