diff --git a/src/borg/archiver.py b/src/borg/archiver.py
index 85a7d8e81..dfdffc7d7 100644
--- a/src/borg/archiver.py
+++ b/src/borg/archiver.py
@@ -617,20 +617,20 @@ class Archiver:
                     self.print_error("Got Ctrl-C / SIGINT.")
                 else:
                     archive.save(comment=args.comment, timestamp=args.timestamp, stats=archive.stats)
-                args.stats |= args.json
-                if args.stats:
-                    if args.json:
-                        json_print(basic_json_data(manifest, cache=cache, extra={
-                            'archive': archive,
-                        }))
-                    else:
-                        log_multi(DASHES,
-                                  str(archive),
-                                  DASHES,
-                                  STATS_HEADER,
-                                  str(archive.stats),
-                                  str(cache),
-                                  DASHES, logger=logging.getLogger('borg.output.stats'))
+                    args.stats |= args.json
+                    if args.stats:
+                        if args.json:
+                            json_print(basic_json_data(manifest, cache=cache, extra={
+                                'archive': archive,
+                            }))
+                        else:
+                            log_multi(DASHES,
+                                      str(archive),
+                                      DASHES,
+                                      STATS_HEADER,
+                                      str(archive.stats),
+                                      str(cache),
+                                      DASHES, logger=logging.getLogger('borg.output.stats'))
 
         self.output_filter = args.output_filter
         self.output_list = args.output_list
diff --git a/src/borg/helpers/manifest.py b/src/borg/helpers/manifest.py
index a8061aaaa..0703b4123 100644
--- a/src/borg/helpers/manifest.py
+++ b/src/borg/helpers/manifest.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class Archives(abc.MutableMapping):
         name = safe_encode(name)
         del self._archives[name]
 
-    def list(self, *, glob=None, match_end=r'\Z', sort_by=(), consider_checkpoints=False, first=None, last=None, reverse=False):
+    def list(self, *, glob=None, match_end=r'\Z', sort_by=(), consider_checkpoints=True, first=None, last=None, reverse=False):
         """
         Return list of ArchiveInfo instances according to the parameters.
 
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ class Archives(abc.MutableMapping):
         Apply *first* and *last* filters, and then possibly *reverse* the list.
 
         *sort_by* is a list of sort keys applied in reverse order.
+
+        Note: for better robustness, all filtering / limiting parameters must default to
+              "not limit / not filter", so a FULL archive list is produced by a simple .list().
+              some callers EXPECT to iterate over all archives in a repo for correct operation.
         """
         if isinstance(sort_by, (str, bytes)):
             raise TypeError('sort_by must be a sequence of str')