diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8561063518..0af3cb2144 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ UPGRADE NOTES:
 NEW FEATURES:
 
 ENHANCEMENTS:
+* Added `-concise` flag to omit the refreshing state logs when tofu plan is run. ([#1225](https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/pull/1225))
 * `nonsensitive` function no longer returns error when applied to values that are not sensitive ([#369](https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/pull/369))
 * Managing large local terraform.tfstate files is now much faster. ([#579](https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/pull/579))
  - Previously, every call to state.Write() would also Persist to disk. This was not following the intended API and had longstanding TODOs in the code.
diff --git a/internal/command/arguments/view.go b/internal/command/arguments/view.go
index 37dbc15422..2d64e8bf60 100644
--- a/internal/command/arguments/view.go
+++ b/internal/command/arguments/view.go
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ type View struct {
 	// level of noise when multiple instances of the same warning are raised
 	// for a configuration.
 	CompactWarnings bool
+
+	// Concise is used to reduce the level of noise in the output and display
+	// only the important details.
+	Concise bool
 }
 
 // ParseView processes CLI arguments, returning a View value and a
@@ -32,6 +36,8 @@ func ParseView(args []string) (*View, []string) {
 			common.NoColor = true
 		case "-compact-warnings":
 			common.CompactWarnings = true
+		case "-concise":
+			common.Concise = true
 		default:
 			// Unsupported argument: move left to the current position, and
 			// increment the index.
diff --git a/internal/command/arguments/view_test.go b/internal/command/arguments/view_test.go
index ff2ea872e8..de55c556a6 100644
--- a/internal/command/arguments/view_test.go
+++ b/internal/command/arguments/view_test.go
@@ -19,37 +19,57 @@ func TestParseView(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		"nil": {
 			nil,
-			&View{NoColor: false, CompactWarnings: false},
+			&View{NoColor: false, CompactWarnings: false, Concise: false},
 			nil,
 		},
 		"empty": {
 			[]string{},
-			&View{NoColor: false, CompactWarnings: false},
+			&View{NoColor: false, CompactWarnings: false, Concise: false},
 			[]string{},
 		},
 		"none matching": {
 			[]string{"-foo", "bar", "-baz"},
-			&View{NoColor: false, CompactWarnings: false},
+			&View{NoColor: false, CompactWarnings: false, Concise: false},
 			[]string{"-foo", "bar", "-baz"},
 		},
 		"no-color": {
 			[]string{"-foo", "-no-color", "-baz"},
-			&View{NoColor: true, CompactWarnings: false},
+			&View{NoColor: true, CompactWarnings: false, Concise: false},
 			[]string{"-foo", "-baz"},
 		},
 		"compact-warnings": {
 			[]string{"-foo", "-compact-warnings", "-baz"},
-			&View{NoColor: false, CompactWarnings: true},
+			&View{NoColor: false, CompactWarnings: true, Concise: false},
 			[]string{"-foo", "-baz"},
 		},
-		"both": {
+		"concise": {
+			[]string{"-foo", "-concise", "-baz"},
+			&View{NoColor: false, CompactWarnings: false, Concise: true},
+			[]string{"-foo", "-baz"},
+		},
+		"no-color and compact-warnings": {
 			[]string{"-foo", "-no-color", "-compact-warnings", "-baz"},
-			&View{NoColor: true, CompactWarnings: true},
+			&View{NoColor: true, CompactWarnings: true, Concise: false},
 			[]string{"-foo", "-baz"},
 		},
-		"both, resulting in empty args": {
-			[]string{"-no-color", "-compact-warnings"},
-			&View{NoColor: true, CompactWarnings: true},
+		"no-color and concise": {
+			[]string{"-foo", "-no-color", "-concise", "-baz"},
+			&View{NoColor: true, CompactWarnings: false, Concise: true},
+			[]string{"-foo", "-baz"},
+		},
+		"concise and compact-warnings": {
+			[]string{"-foo", "-concise", "-compact-warnings", "-baz"},
+			&View{NoColor: false, CompactWarnings: true, Concise: true},
+			[]string{"-foo", "-baz"},
+		},
+		"all three": {
+			[]string{"-foo", "-no-color", "-compact-warnings", "-concise", "-baz"},
+			&View{NoColor: true, CompactWarnings: true, Concise: true},
+			[]string{"-foo", "-baz"},
+		},
+		"all three, resulting in empty args": {
+			[]string{"-no-color", "-compact-warnings", "-concise"},
+			&View{NoColor: true, CompactWarnings: true, Concise: true},
 			[]string{},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/internal/command/jsonformat/plan.go b/internal/command/jsonformat/plan.go
index b26cebce79..729c1e0253 100644
--- a/internal/command/jsonformat/plan.go
+++ b/internal/command/jsonformat/plan.go
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ func (plan Plan) renderHuman(renderer Renderer, mode plans.Mode, opts ...plans.Q
 			}
 		}
 	}
-
 	if haveRefreshChanges {
 		renderer.Streams.Print(format.HorizontalRule(renderer.Colorize, renderer.Streams.Stdout.Columns()))
 		renderer.Streams.Println()
diff --git a/internal/command/plan.go b/internal/command/plan.go
index 64f11bf4aa..43d9df1dfc 100644
--- a/internal/command/plan.go
+++ b/internal/command/plan.go
@@ -276,6 +276,9 @@ Other Options:
 
   -no-color                  If specified, output won't contain any color.
 
+  -concise                   Displays plan output in a concise way, skipping the
+							 refreshing log lines.
+
   -out=path                  Write a plan file to the given path. This can be
                              used as input to the "apply" command.
 
diff --git a/internal/command/views/hook_ui.go b/internal/command/views/hook_ui.go
index 4d46498a02..f74d156660 100644
--- a/internal/command/views/hook_ui.go
+++ b/internal/command/views/hook_ui.go
@@ -276,10 +276,11 @@ func (h *UiHook) PreRefresh(addr addrs.AbsResourceInstance, gen states.Generatio
 	if depKey, ok := gen.(states.DeposedKey); ok {
 		addrStr = fmt.Sprintf("%s (deposed object %s)", addrStr, depKey)
 	}
-
-	h.println(fmt.Sprintf(
-		h.view.colorize.Color("[reset][bold]%s: Refreshing state...%s"),
-		addrStr, stateIdSuffix))
+	if !h.view.concise {
+		h.println(fmt.Sprintf(
+			h.view.colorize.Color("[reset][bold]%s: Refreshing state...%s"),
+			addrStr, stateIdSuffix))
+	}
 	return tofu.HookActionContinue, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/command/views/hook_ui_test.go b/internal/command/views/hook_ui_test.go
index a22accec55..b38f58eca7 100644
--- a/internal/command/views/hook_ui_test.go
+++ b/internal/command/views/hook_ui_test.go
@@ -442,6 +442,36 @@ func TestPreRefresh(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestPreRefresh_concise(t *testing.T) {
+	streams, done := terminal.StreamsForTesting(t)
+	view := NewView(streams)
+	view.concise = true
+	h := NewUiHook(view)
+
+	addr := addrs.Resource{
+		Mode: addrs.ManagedResourceMode,
+		Type: "test_instance",
+		Name: "foo",
+	}.Instance(addrs.NoKey).Absolute(addrs.RootModuleInstance)
+
+	priorState := cty.ObjectVal(map[string]cty.Value{
+		"id":  cty.StringVal("test"),
+		"bar": cty.ListValEmpty(cty.String),
+	})
+
+	_, err := h.PreRefresh(addr, states.CurrentGen, priorState)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	result := done(t)
+
+	if got, want := result.Stdout(), ""; got != want {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected output\n got: %q\nwant: %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
 // Test that PreRefresh still works if no ID key and value can be determined
 // from state.
 func TestPreRefresh_noID(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/command/views/view.go b/internal/command/views/view.go
index 0442e050b4..178d949b16 100644
--- a/internal/command/views/view.go
+++ b/internal/command/views/view.go
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ type View struct {
 	// the messages that users are most likely to see.
 	runningInAutomation bool
 
+	// Concise is used to reduce the level of noise in the output and display
+	// only the important details.
+	concise bool
+
 	// This unfortunate wart is required to enable rendering of diagnostics which
 	// have associated source code in the configuration. This function pointer
 	// will be dereferenced as late as possible when rendering diagnostics in
@@ -70,6 +74,7 @@ func (v *View) RunningInAutomation() bool {
 func (v *View) Configure(view *arguments.View) {
 	v.colorize.Disable = view.NoColor
 	v.compactWarnings = view.CompactWarnings
+	v.concise = view.Concise
 }
 
 // SetConfigSources overrides the default no-op callback with a new function