diff --git a/cmk/gui/plugins/wato/check_parameters/local.py b/cmk/gui/plugins/wato/check_parameters/local.py
index d274d5f0be1..6c255aa9406 100644
--- a/cmk/gui/plugins/wato/check_parameters/local.py
+++ b/cmk/gui/plugins/wato/check_parameters/local.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     RulespecGroupCheckParametersApplications,
     RulespecGroupEnforcedServicesApplications,
 )
-from cmk.gui.valuespec import Dictionary, DropdownChoice, TextInput
+from cmk.gui.valuespec import Dictionary, DropdownChoice, FixedValue, TextInput
 
 rulespec_registry.register(
     ManualCheckParameterRulespec(
@@ -55,6 +55,21 @@ def _parameter_valuespec_local() -> Dictionary:
     )
 
 
+def _parameter_valuespec_show_cache_info_local() -> Dictionary:
+    return Dictionary(
+        elements=[
+            (
+                "hide_cache_info_from_summary",
+                FixedValue(
+                    True,
+                    title=_("Hide caching information from service summary"),
+                    totext="",
+                ),
+            ),
+        ]
+    )
+
+
 rulespec_registry.register(
     CheckParameterRulespecWithItem(
         check_group_name="local",
@@ -66,3 +81,14 @@ def _parameter_valuespec_local() -> Dictionary:
         is_deprecated=True,
     )
 )
+
+rulespec_registry.register(
+    CheckParameterRulespecWithItem(
+        check_group_name="hide_cache_info_local",
+        group=RulespecGroupCheckParametersApplications,
+        item_spec=lambda: TextInput(title=_("Name of local item")),
+        match_type="dict",
+        parameter_valuespec=_parameter_valuespec_show_cache_info_local,
+        title=lambda: _("Local checks: Hide cache information"),
+    )
+)
diff --git a/cmk/gui/plugins/wato/check_parameters/mrpe.py b/cmk/gui/plugins/wato/check_parameters/mrpe.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b067474092c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmk/gui/plugins/wato/check_parameters/mrpe.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright (C) 2019 Checkmk GmbH - License: GNU General Public License v2
+# This file is part of Checkmk (https://checkmk.com). It is subject to the terms and
+# conditions defined in the file COPYING, which is part of this source code package.
+
+from cmk.gui.i18n import _
+from cmk.gui.plugins.wato.utils import (
+    CheckParameterRulespecWithItem,
+    rulespec_registry,
+    RulespecGroupCheckParametersApplications,
+)
+from cmk.gui.valuespec import Dictionary, FixedValue, TextInput
+
+
+def _parameter_valuespec_hide_cache_info_mrpe() -> Dictionary:
+    return Dictionary(
+        elements=[
+            (
+                "hide_cache_info_from_summary",
+                FixedValue(
+                    True,
+                    title=_("Hide caching information from service summary"),
+                    totext="",
+                ),
+            ),
+        ]
+    )
+
+
+rulespec_registry.register(
+    CheckParameterRulespecWithItem(
+        check_group_name="hide_cache_info_mrpe",
+        group=RulespecGroupCheckParametersApplications,
+        item_spec=lambda: TextInput(title=_("Name of MRPE check")),
+        match_type="dict",
+        parameter_valuespec=_parameter_valuespec_hide_cache_info_mrpe,
+        title=lambda: _("MRPE checks: Hide cache information"),
+    )
+)
diff --git a/cmk/plugins/checkmk/agent_based/local.py b/cmk/plugins/checkmk/agent_based/local.py
index 51227a73880..ac3aa73e2ca 100644
--- a/cmk/plugins/checkmk/agent_based/local.py
+++ b/cmk/plugins/checkmk/agent_based/local.py
@@ -440,6 +440,11 @@ def check_local(item: str, params: Mapping[str, Any], section: LocalSection) ->
     except ValueError:
         summary, details = local_result.text, ""
 
+    hide = params.get("hide_cache_info_from_summary", False)
+
+    if local_result.cache_info is not None and hide:
+        summary = f"{summary} ◷" if summary else "◷"
+
     if local_result.text:
         yield Result(
             state=local_result.state,
@@ -448,7 +453,9 @@ def check_local(item: str, params: Mapping[str, Any], section: LocalSection) ->
         )
     yield from _local_make_metrics(local_result)
 
-    if local_result.cache_info is not None:
+    if local_result.cache_info is not None and hide:
+        yield Result(state=State.OK, notice=render_cache_info(local_result.cache_info))
+    elif local_result.cache_info is not None and not hide:
         yield Result(state=State.OK, summary=render_cache_info(local_result.cache_info))
 
 
@@ -457,6 +464,6 @@ def check_local(item: str, params: Mapping[str, Any], section: LocalSection) ->
     service_name="%s",
     discovery_function=discover_local,
     check_default_parameters={},
-    check_ruleset_name="local",
+    check_ruleset_name="hide_cache_info_local",
     check_function=check_local,
 )
diff --git a/cmk/plugins/checkmk/agent_based/mrpe.py b/cmk/plugins/checkmk/agent_based/mrpe.py
index c59e1a59728..b105c45035e 100644
--- a/cmk/plugins/checkmk/agent_based/mrpe.py
+++ b/cmk/plugins/checkmk/agent_based/mrpe.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import time
 import urllib.parse
 from collections.abc import Mapping, Sequence
-from typing import NamedTuple
+from typing import NamedTuple, TypedDict
 
 from cmk.agent_based.v2 import (
     AgentSection,
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ class PluginData(NamedTuple):
 MRPESection = Mapping[str, PluginData]
 
 
+class MRPEParams(TypedDict, total=False):
+    hide_cache_info_from_summary: bool
+
+
 def parse_mrpe(string_table: StringTable) -> MRPESection:
     parsed = {}
     for line in string_table:
@@ -143,7 +147,7 @@ def _parse_nagios_perfstring(perfinfo: str) -> Metric:
     )
 
 
-def check_mrpe(item: str, section: MRPESection) -> CheckResult:
+def check_mrpe(item: str, params: MRPEParams, section: MRPESection) -> CheckResult:
     dataset = section.get(item)
     if dataset is None:
         return
@@ -165,15 +169,23 @@ def check_mrpe(item: str, section: MRPESection) -> CheckResult:
                 perfdata += parts[1].strip().split()
                 now_comes_perfdata = True
 
+    hide = params.get("hide_cache_info_from_summary", False)
+
+    summary = output[0] if output[0] else "No further information available"
+    if dataset.cache_info is not None and hide:
+        summary = f"{summary} ◷"
+
     yield Result(
         state=dataset.state,
-        summary=output[0] if output[0] else "No further information available",
+        summary=summary,
         details="\n".join(output) if output[0] else None,
     )
     yield from _output_metrics(perfdata)
 
     # This is at the end of the summary, to be consistent with local checks.
-    if dataset.cache_info is not None:
+    if dataset.cache_info is not None and hide:
+        yield Result(state=State.OK, notice=cache_helper.render_cache_info(dataset.cache_info))
+    elif dataset.cache_info is not None and not hide:
         yield Result(state=State.OK, summary=cache_helper.render_cache_info(dataset.cache_info))
 
     # name of check command needed for PNP to choose the correct template
@@ -185,5 +197,7 @@ def check_mrpe(item: str, section: MRPESection) -> CheckResult:
     name="mrpe",
     discovery_function=discover_mrpe,
     check_function=check_mrpe,
+    check_default_parameters={},
+    check_ruleset_name="hide_cache_info_mrpe",
     service_name="%s",
 )
diff --git a/tests/unit/cmk/plugins/checkmk/agent_based/test_mrpe.py b/tests/unit/cmk/plugins/checkmk/agent_based/test_mrpe.py
index 947f54e999a..2876b3a3c01 100644
--- a/tests/unit/cmk/plugins/checkmk/agent_based/test_mrpe.py
+++ b/tests/unit/cmk/plugins/checkmk/agent_based/test_mrpe.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def test_discovery() -> None:
 
 
 def test_check_mrpe() -> None:
-    assert list(check_mrpe("Bar_Extender", SECTION)) == [
+    assert list(check_mrpe("Bar_Extender", {}, SECTION)) == [
         Result(
             state=State.WARN,
             summary="Bar extender overload 6.012",
@@ -100,14 +100,14 @@ def test_check_mrpe() -> None:
         Metric("bar_load", 6.012),
     ]
 
-    assert list(check_mrpe("Foo_Application", SECTION)) == [
+    assert list(check_mrpe("Foo_Application", {}, SECTION)) == [
         Result(
             state=State.OK,
             summary="Foo server up and running",
         ),
     ]
 
-    assert list(check_mrpe("Mutliliner", SECTION)) == [
+    assert list(check_mrpe("Mutliliner", {}, SECTION)) == [
         Result(
             state=State.UNKNOWN,
             summary="Invalid plug-in status '§$%'. Output is: Output1",
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def test_check_mrpe() -> None:
 
 
 def test_check_invalid_metric() -> None:
-    assert list(check_mrpe("Invalid_Metric", SECTION)) == [
+    assert list(check_mrpe("Invalid_Metric", {}, SECTION)) == [
         Result(
             state=State.OK,
             summary="I would be ok, if it wasn't for the metric",
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def test_check_metric_name_with_invalid_character() -> None:
             cache_info=None,
         )
     }
-    assert list(check_mrpe("Disk", section)) == [
+    assert list(check_mrpe("Disk", {}, section)) == [
         Result(
             state=State.OK,
             summary="DISK OK - free space: / 12483 MB",