diff --git a/AdminStealth.cs b/AdminStealth.cs
index f4ee8fb..1351fd6 100644
--- a/AdminStealth.cs
+++ b/AdminStealth.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ namespace AdminStealth;
 public class AdminStealth : BasePlugin
 {
     public override string ModuleName => "AdminStealth";
-    public override string ModuleVersion => "0.3.14";
+    public override string ModuleVersion => "0.3.15";
     public override string ModuleAuthor => "astra";
     public override string ModuleDescription => "Makes CS2-SimpleAdmin's css_hide look like leaving, and keeps it";
 
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ public class AdminStealth : BasePlugin
         // without ever calling us.
         foreach (var alias in _hideAliases)
             AddCommandListener(alias, (player, command) => OnHideTyped(player, command));
+        // Players who may not hide get no reply at all, not even CSS's missing-permission one. Only
+        // a catch-all listener runs before every plugin's command handler, for console and chat.
+        AddCommandListener(null, OnAnyCommand);
         // Joining any team, spectators included, would make SimpleAdmin unhide them.
         AddCommandListener("jointeam", (player, command) => OnJoinTeam(player, command));
         AddCommandListener("spectate", (player, command) => OnJoinTeam(player, command));
@@ -123,6 +126,14 @@ public class AdminStealth : BasePlugin
         return player == null ? HookResult.Continue : HookResult.Stop;
     }
 
+    private HookResult OnAnyCommand(CCSPlayerController? player, CommandInfo command)
+    {
+        if (player is not { IsValid: true, IsBot: false } ||
+            !_hideAliases.Contains(command.GetArg(0), StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase) || CanHide(player))
+            return HookResult.Continue;
+        return HookResult.Stop;
+    }
+
     private HookResult OnHideTyped(CCSPlayerController? player, CommandInfo command)
     {
         if (player is { IsValid: true } && !_restoring.Contains(player.Slot))
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 19b1e81..edd38d6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ admin off the scoreboard. This plugin makes it look like they left the server:
   does (with `sv_disable_teamselect_menu` on around it), which closes it. The team events aren't
   broadcast; for about 0.15 s they're on the spectator list of anyone looking at the scoreboard.
 - Restoring runs `css_hide` at most once: it toggles, so a second run could unhide them.
+- Players who may not use `css_hide` (or its aliases) get no reply at all when they try it, from
+  console or chat: not even CSS's missing-permission message.
 
 Needs our SimpleAdmin fork (1.8.2b-zio2 or later), where moving to spectators doesn't unhide a
 hidden admin. Never hot-reload CS2-SimpleAdmin while this runs: CSS keeps handing out the old