diff --git a/Documentation/git-p4.txt b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
index 8228f33e3f..4b03356a3a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-p4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ All commands except clone accept these options.
 --git-dir <dir>::
 	Set the 'GIT_DIR' environment variable.  See linkgit:git[1].
 
---verbose::
+--verbose, -v::
 	Provide more progress information.
 
 Sync options
diff --git a/git-p4.py b/git-p4.py
index 60012bc63c..464f64da95 100755
--- a/git-p4.py
+++ b/git-p4.py
@@ -3028,7 +3028,7 @@ def main():
 
     args = sys.argv[2:]
 
-    options.append(optparse.make_option("--verbose", dest="verbose", action="store_true"))
+    options.append(optparse.make_option("--verbose", "-v", dest="verbose", action="store_true"))
     if cmd.needsGit:
         options.append(optparse.make_option("--git-dir", dest="gitdir"))