diff --git a/doc/man/mcedit.1.in b/doc/man/mcedit.1.in
index bb7d014fa..22261e3d5 100644
--- a/doc/man/mcedit.1.in
+++ b/doc/man/mcedit.1.in
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ for more detail about format of the script.
 .PP
 Following macro definition and directives can be used:
 .TP
-.I #interactive
-If this directive is set, then script starts in subshell.
+.I #silent
+If this directive is set, then script starts without interactive subshell.
 .TP
 .I %c
 The cursor column position number.
diff --git a/misc/macros.d/macro.0.sh b/misc/macros.d/macro.0.sh
index 983b90715..bc33de8d1 100644
--- a/misc/macros.d/macro.0.sh
+++ b/misc/macros.d/macro.0.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#interactive
 m       make
         TMPFILE=`mktemp ${MC_TMPDIR:-/tmp}/up.XXXXXX` || exit 1
         make 2> $TMPFILE
diff --git a/misc/macros.d/macro.1.sh b/misc/macros.d/macro.1.sh
index 0a881ba15..93ca59feb 100644
--- a/misc/macros.d/macro.1.sh
+++ b/misc/macros.d/macro.1.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#silent
 u       Upper case selection
         TMPFILE=`mktemp ${MC_TMPDIR:-/tmp}/up.XXXXXX` || exit 1
         cat %b > $TMPFILE
diff --git a/misc/macros.d/macro.2.sh b/misc/macros.d/macro.2.sh
index 7e3b8026d..9e58dd451 100644
--- a/misc/macros.d/macro.2.sh
+++ b/misc/macros.d/macro.2.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#silent
 l       Lower case selection
         TMPFILE=`mktemp ${MC_TMPDIR:-/tmp}/up.XXXXXX` || exit 1
         cat %b > $TMPFILE
diff --git a/misc/macros.d/macro.3.sh b/misc/macros.d/macro.3.sh
index db77f3da6..7dfd26397 100644
--- a/misc/macros.d/macro.3.sh
+++ b/misc/macros.d/macro.3.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#silent
 S       Sort selection
         TMPFILE=`mktemp ${MC_TMPDIR:-/tmp}/up.XXXXXX` || exit 1
         cat %b > $TMPFILE
diff --git a/misc/macros.d/macro.4.sh b/misc/macros.d/macro.4.sh
index ee53a8cce..fca306fb3 100644
--- a/misc/macros.d/macro.4.sh
+++ b/misc/macros.d/macro.4.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+#silent
 t       Indent `C' formatter
         indent -gnu -fc1 -i4 -bli0 -nut -bap -l100 %b 1>/dev/null 2> %e
diff --git a/misc/macros.d/macro.5.sh b/misc/macros.d/macro.5.sh
index a64dfc95a..bbd0bf699 100644
--- a/misc/macros.d/macro.5.sh
+++ b/misc/macros.d/macro.5.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#silent
 s       snippets
         a=`cat %b`
         if [ "$a" = "fori" ]; then
diff --git a/misc/macros.d/macro.6.sh b/misc/macros.d/macro.6.sh
index fed113a1f..923a5f88f 100644
--- a/misc/macros.d/macro.6.sh
+++ b/misc/macros.d/macro.6.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#silent
 e       execute something
         TMPFILE=`mktemp ${MC_TMPDIR:-/tmp}/up.XXXXXX` || exit 1
         cat %b > $TMPFILE
diff --git a/misc/macros.d/macro.7.sh b/misc/macros.d/macro.7.sh
index e0b8c2471..1f4e66d13 100644
--- a/misc/macros.d/macro.7.sh
+++ b/misc/macros.d/macro.7.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#silent
 w       delete trailing whitespace
         TMPFILE=`mktemp ${MC_TMPDIR:-/tmp}/up.XXXXXX` || exit 1
         cat %b > $TMPFILE
diff --git a/src/filemanager/usermenu.c b/src/filemanager/usermenu.c
index c093776a9..aae5ade57 100644
--- a/src/filemanager/usermenu.c
+++ b/src/filemanager/usermenu.c
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ user_menu_cmd (struct WEdit *edit_widget, const char *menu_file, int selected_en
     int selected, old_patterns;
     Listbox *listbox;
     gboolean res = FALSE;
-    gboolean interactive = FALSE;
+    gboolean interactive = TRUE;
 
     if (!vfs_current_is_local ())
     {
@@ -956,8 +956,8 @@ user_menu_cmd (struct WEdit *edit_widget, const char *menu_file, int selected_en
             if (*p == '#')
             {
                 /* show prompt if first line of external script is #interactive */
-                if (selected_entry >= 0 && strncmp (p, "#interactive", 12) == 0)
-                    interactive = TRUE;
+                if (selected_entry >= 0 && strncmp (p, "#silent", 7) == 0)
+                    interactive = FALSE;
                 /* A commented menu entry */
                 accept_entry = 1;
             }