diff --git a/redbot/core/_cli.py b/redbot/core/_cli.py
index 333e78fe7..e1fbd9819 100644
--- a/redbot/core/_cli.py
+++ b/redbot/core/_cli.py
@@ -314,6 +314,19 @@ def parse_cli_flags(args):
         default=None,
         help="Forcefully disables the Rich logging handlers.",
     )
+    # DEP-WARN: use argparse.BooleanOptionalAction when we drop support for Python 3.8
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--rich-tracebacks",
+        action="store_true",
+        default=False,
+        help="Format the Python exception tracebacks using Rich (with syntax highlighting)."
+        " *May* be useful to increase traceback readability during development.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--no-rich-tracebacks",
+        action="store_false",
+        dest="rich_tracebacks",
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--rich-traceback-extra-lines",
         type=non_negative_int,
diff --git a/redbot/logging.py b/redbot/logging.py
index 0e21793e5..540a132c5 100644
--- a/redbot/logging.py
+++ b/redbot/logging.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import argparse
+import logging
 import logging.handlers
 import pathlib
 import re
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ from rich.traceback import PathHighlighter, Traceback  # DEP-WARN
 
 
 MAX_OLD_LOGS = 8
+log = logging.getLogger("red.logging")
 
 
 class RotatingFileHandler(logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler):
@@ -322,7 +324,7 @@ def init_logging(level: int, location: pathlib.Path, cli_flags: argparse.Namespa
         rich_formatter = logging.Formatter("{message}", datefmt="[%X]", style="{")
 
         stdout_handler = RedRichHandler(
-            rich_tracebacks=True,
+            rich_tracebacks=cli_flags.rich_tracebacks,
             show_path=False,
             highlighter=NullHighlighter(),
             tracebacks_extra_lines=cli_flags.rich_traceback_extra_lines,
@@ -379,3 +381,9 @@ def init_logging(level: int, location: pathlib.Path, cli_flags: argparse.Namespa
     for fhandler in (latest_fhandler, all_fhandler):
         fhandler.setFormatter(file_formatter)
         root_logger.addHandler(fhandler)
+
+    if not enable_rich_logging and cli_flags.rich_tracebacks:
+        log.warning(
+            "Rich tracebacks were requested but they will not be enabled"
+            " as Rich logging is not active."
+        )