diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/9270-zypper-add-simple_errors.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/9270-zypper-add-simple_errors.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9fcdf3403c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/9270-zypper-add-simple_errors.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - zypper - add ``simple_errors`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9270).
+  - zypper - add ``quiet`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9270).
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diff --git a/plugins/modules/zypper.py b/plugins/modules/zypper.py
index ac5b6657ba..5bc6c766a0 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/zypper.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/zypper.py
@@ -142,6 +142,20 @@ options:
     description:
       - Adds C(--clean-deps) option to I(zypper) remove command.
     version_added: '4.6.0'
+  simple_errors:
+    type: bool
+    required: false
+    default: false
+    description:
+      - When set to V(true), provide a simplified error output (parses only the C(<message>) tag text in the XML output).
+    version_added: '10.2.0'
+  quiet:
+    type: bool
+    required: false
+    default: true
+    description:
+      - Adds C(--quiet) option to I(zypper) install/update command.
+    version_added: '10.2.0'
 notes:
   - When used with a C(loop:) each package will be processed individually, it is much more efficient to pass the list directly to the O(name)
     option.
@@ -190,6 +204,13 @@ EXAMPLES = r"""
     name: '*'
     state: latest
 
+- name: Install latest packages but dump error messages in a simplified format
+  community.general.zypper:
+    name: '*'
+    state: latest
+    simple_errors: true
+    quiet: false
+
 - name: Apply all available patches
   community.general.zypper:
     name: '*'
@@ -347,15 +368,38 @@ def parse_zypper_xml(m, cmd, fail_not_found=True, packages=None):
             # run zypper again with the same command to complete update
             return parse_zypper_xml(m, cmd, fail_not_found=fail_not_found, packages=packages)
 
+        # apply simple_errors logic to rc 0,102,103,106
+        if m.params['simple_errors']:
+            stdout = get_simple_errors(dom) or stdout
+
         return packages, rc, stdout, stderr
+
+    # apply simple_errors logic to rc other than 0,102,103,106
+    if m.params['simple_errors']:
+        stdout = get_simple_errors(dom) or stdout
+
     m.fail_json(msg='Zypper run command failed with return code %s.' % rc, rc=rc, stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr, cmd=cmd)
 
 
+def get_simple_errors(dom):
+    simple_errors = []
+    message_xml_tags = dom.getElementsByTagName('message')
+
+    if message_xml_tags is None:
+        return None
+
+    for x in message_xml_tags:
+        simple_errors.append(x.firstChild.data)
+    return " \n".join(simple_errors)
+
+
 def get_cmd(m, subcommand):
     "puts together the basic zypper command arguments with those passed to the module"
     is_install = subcommand in ['install', 'update', 'patch', 'dist-upgrade']
     is_refresh = subcommand == 'refresh'
-    cmd = [m.get_bin_path('zypper', required=True), '--quiet', '--non-interactive', '--xmlout']
+    cmd = [m.get_bin_path('zypper', required=True), '--non-interactive', '--xmlout']
+    if m.params['quiet']:
+        cmd.append('--quiet')
     if transactional_updates():
         cmd = [m.get_bin_path('transactional-update', required=True), '--continue', '--drop-if-no-change', '--quiet', 'run'] + cmd
     if m.params['extra_args_precommand']:
@@ -555,6 +599,8 @@ def main():
             allow_vendor_change=dict(required=False, default=False, type='bool'),
             replacefiles=dict(required=False, default=False, type='bool'),
             clean_deps=dict(required=False, default=False, type='bool'),
+            simple_errors=dict(required=False, default=False, type='bool'),
+            quiet=dict(required=False, default=True, type='bool'),
         ),
         supports_check_mode=True
     )