diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 206e4dd5..7ac21cf0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 - Added support for the `NO_COLOR` environment variable, see #1021 and #1031 (@eth-p)
 - Added `-P` short flag to disable paging, revised man page description, see #1075 and #1082 (@LordFlashmeow) 
+- Added `--force-colorization` flag & `-f` short flag to provide an alias for forced colorization/decorization, \
+revised man page description, see #1141 (@alexanderkarlis)
 
 ## Bugfixes
 
diff --git a/assets/manual/bat.1.in b/assets/manual/bat.1.in
index 740d69e4..d4951de7 100644
--- a/assets/manual/bat.1.in
+++ b/assets/manual/bat.1.in
@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ Specify when to use the decorations that have been specified via '\-\-style'. Th
 automatic mode only enables decorations if an interactive terminal is detected. Possible
 values: *auto*, never, always.
 .HP
+\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\-colorization\fR
+.IP
+Alias for '--decorations=always --color=always'. This is useful \
+if the output of bat is piped to another program, but you want \
+to keep the colorization/decorations.
+.HP
 \fB\-\-paging\fR <when>
 .IP
 Specify when to use the pager. To disable the pager, use \&'\-\-paging=never' or its alias,
diff --git a/src/bin/bat/app.rs b/src/bin/bat/app.rs
index 9e4d0f75..b1122f0b 100644
--- a/src/bin/bat/app.rs
+++ b/src/bin/bat/app.rs
@@ -288,7 +288,6 @@ impl App {
 
     fn style_components(&self) -> Result<StyleComponents> {
         let matches = &self.matches;
-        println!("{:#?}", matches);
         Ok(StyleComponents(
             if matches.value_of("decorations") == Some("never") {
                 HashSet::new()
diff --git a/src/bin/bat/main.rs b/src/bin/bat/main.rs
index 373712b3..65129fa7 100644
--- a/src/bin/bat/main.rs
+++ b/src/bin/bat/main.rs
@@ -209,7 +209,6 @@ fn run() -> Result<bool> {
             } else {
                 let inputs = vec![Input::ordinary_file(OsStr::new("cache"))];
                 let config = app.config(&inputs)?;
-                println!("{:#?}", config);
 
                 run_controller(inputs, &config)
             }
@@ -218,8 +217,6 @@ fn run() -> Result<bool> {
             let inputs = app.inputs()?;
             let config = app.config(&inputs)?;
 
-            println!("{:#?}", config);
-
             if app.matches.is_present("list-languages") {
                 list_languages(&config)?;
                 Ok(true)