diff --git a/collects/scribblings/scribble/basic.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/scribble/basic.scrbl
index 1ccdf871..0f55f83f 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/scribble/basic.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/scribble/basic.scrbl
@@ -214,16 +214,23 @@ optional @scheme[tag] argument is used as the index section's tag.}
 
 @section{Tables of Contents}
 
-@defproc[(table-of-contents) delayed-flow-element?]{
+@defproc[(table-of-contents) delayed-block?]{
 
 Returns a delayed flow element that expands to a table of contents for
 the enclosing section. For LaTeX output, however, the table of
 contents currently spans the entire enclosing document.}
 
 
-@defproc[(local-table-of-contents) delayed-flow-element?]{
+@defproc[(local-table-of-contents [#:style style any/c #f])
+         delayed-block?]{
 
 Returns a delayed flow element that may expand to a table of contents
 for the enclosing section, depending on the output type. For
 multi-page HTML output, the flow element is a table of contents; for
-Latex output, the flow element is empty.}
+Latex output, the flow element is empty.
+
+The meaning of the @scheme[style] argument depends on the output type,
+but @scheme['immediate-only] normally creates a table of contents that
+contains only immediate sub-sections of the enclosing section. See
+also the @scheme['quiet] style of @scheme[part], which normally
+suppresses sub-part entries in the table of contents.}
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/scribble/struct.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/scribble/struct.scrbl
index 48d4136d..07e10ec8 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/scribble/struct.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/scribble/struct.scrbl
@@ -274,6 +274,12 @@ are as follows:
 
  @item{@scheme['hidden] --- the part title is not shown in rendered output.}
 
+ @item{@scheme['quiet] --- in HTML output and most other output modes,
+       hides entries for sub-parts of this part in a
+       @scheme[table-of-contents] or @scheme[local-table-of-contents]
+       listing except when those sub-parts are top-level entries in
+       the listing.}
+
  @item{@scheme['no-toc] --- as a style for the main part of a
        document, causes the HTML output to not include a margin box
        for the main table of contents; the ``on this page'' box that