diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 91ee239..5e8ee0e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ one per merged pull request.
 
 ## 2.11.0 - 2026-10-01
 
-- `5da1833` **feat: "Start Steam silently" sub-option: under the SteamOS conversion (`silent`, on by default, as before) and under Gaming on NVIDIA (`nvsilent`, opt-in, not together with Big Picture); the SteamOS one is called "Start Steam silently in desktop mode" and is always shown, also on a Steam Machine; it is Steam's own autostart entry (`~/.config/autostart/steam.desktop`), so Steam's setting "Run Steam when my computer starts" follows it**
+- `5da1833` **feat: "Start Steam silently" sub-option: under the SteamOS conversion (`silent`, opt-in now: it was always on before; an existing one is moved from its systemd unit to the autostart entry by the "update") and under Gaming on NVIDIA (`nvsilent`, opt-in, not together with Big Picture); the SteamOS one is called "Start Steam silently in desktop mode" and is always shown, also on a Steam Machine; it is Steam's own autostart entry (`~/.config/autostart/steam.desktop`), so Steam's setting "Run Steam when my computer starts" follows it**
 - **feat: "Steam Deck/Machine icons" (`glyphs`) is a sub-option of the SteamOS conversion, like "Start Steam silently in desktop mode": it only changes gaming mode**
 
 ## 2.10.0 - 2026-10-01
diff --git a/TECHNICAL.md b/TECHNICAL.md
index b032ba3..b5b47a1 100644
--- a/TECHNICAL.md
+++ b/TECHNICAL.md
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ tools write to the conf.d fragment into the base config.
   installs `/usr/local/bin/sync-steamos-session.sh` plus
   `sync-steamos-session.path`/`.service`;
 - `KWIN_IM_SHOW_ALWAYS=1` for the virtual keyboard; the sub-option `silent`
-  ("Start Steam silently in desktop mode", on by default, always shown) writes
+  ("Start Steam silently in desktop mode", opt-in, always shown) writes
   `~/.config/autostart/steam.desktop` (the system steam.desktop with `-silent` in its Exec line). That is the
   file Steam's own setting "Run Steam when my computer starts" creates and removes, so the setting shows it. An older
   `steam-desktop-autostart` user unit is removed;
diff --git a/lib/menu.sh b/lib/menu.sh
index ce65dcb..20a01b5 100644
--- a/lib/menu.sh
+++ b/lib/menu.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ declare -A PARENT=([boot]=gaming [silent]=gaming [glyphs]=gaming [bigpicture]=nv
 # which has CEC like on SteamOS. HDMI refresh boost needs someone at the
 # screen to confirm each step. Extended controller support builds kernel modules for
 # every installed kernel: opt-in.
-NO_PRESELECT=(boot nvsilent cec kpin hdmi extended_controller_support)
+NO_PRESELECT=(boot silent nvsilent cec kpin hdmi extended_controller_support)
 # Feature versions: the Steamify version in which what a component's enable
 # sets up last changed; set it to the new VERSION whenever you change one.
 # Each successful run records it (state "features"); a component that's on
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ NO_PRESELECT=(boot nvsilent cec kpin hdmi extended_controller_support)
 # FEATURE_BASELINE.
 FEATURE_BASELINE=2.1.0
 declare -A FEATURE_VERSION=(
-    [gaming]=2.9.0 [boot]=2.1.0 [silent]=2.1.0 [nvidia]=2.10.0 [bigpicture]=2.10.0 [nvsilent]=2.11.0 [theme]=2.1.0 [glyphs]=2.1.0 [single]=2.1.0
+    [gaming]=2.9.0 [boot]=2.1.0 [silent]=2.11.0 [nvidia]=2.10.0 [bigpicture]=2.10.0 [nvsilent]=2.11.0 [theme]=2.1.0 [glyphs]=2.1.0 [single]=2.1.0
     [launcher]=2.1.0 [cec]=2.7.0 [machine]=2.9.0 [poweroff]=2.2.0 [vram]=2.3.0 [notify]=2.5.0 [steamgame]=2.5.1 [extended_controller_support]=2.10.0
     [kpin]=2.1.0 [hdmi]=2.1.0
 )
diff --git a/lib/steam-desktop.sh b/lib/steam-desktop.sh
index 5026856..3c04561 100644
--- a/lib/steam-desktop.sh
+++ b/lib/steam-desktop.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ STEAM_AUTOSTART="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/autostart/steam.desktop"
 STEAM_SYSTEM_DESKTOP=/usr/share/applications/steam.desktop
 
 silent_status() {
-    grep -qs '^Exec=.*-silent' "$STEAM_AUTOSTART"
+    # The old systemd unit counts as on too (until it is migrated by an update of this option).
+    grep -qs '^Exec=.*-silent' "$STEAM_AUTOSTART" ||
+        [[ -f "$HOME/.config/systemd/user/steam-desktop-autostart.service" ]]
 }
 
 silent_old_unit_remove() {