diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
index c5d141c..969489b 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 `OPT__QUIET(&int_var)`::
 	Add `-q, \--quiet`.
 
-`OPT__VERBOSE(&int_var)`::
+`OPT__VERBOSE(&int_var, description)`::
 	Add `-v, \--verbose`.
 
 `OPT_GROUP(description)`::
diff --git a/archive.c b/archive.c
index f59afda..78a67f0 100644
--- a/archive.c
+++ b/archive.c
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
 			"write the archive to this file"),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "worktree-attributes", &worktree_attributes,
 			"read .gitattributes in working directory"),
-		OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose),
+		OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, "be verbose"),
 		OPT__COMPR('0', &compression_level, "store only", 0),
 		OPT__COMPR('1', &compression_level, "compress faster", 1),
 		OPT__COMPR_HIDDEN('2', &compression_level, 2),
diff --git a/builtin/add.c b/builtin/add.c
index 56a4e0a..fbf1403 100644
--- a/builtin/add.c
+++ b/builtin/add.c
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
 
 static struct option builtin_add_options[] = {
 	OPT__DRY_RUN(&show_only),
-	OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose),
+	OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, "be verbose"),
 	OPT_GROUP(""),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('i', "interactive", &add_interactive, "interactive picking"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('p', "patch", &patch_interactive, "interactive patching"),
diff --git a/builtin/apply.c b/builtin/apply.c
index 23c18c5..e1e9ecc 100644
--- a/builtin/apply.c
+++ b/builtin/apply.c
@@ -3843,7 +3843,7 @@
 			"don't expect at least one line of context"),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "reject", &apply_with_reject,
 			"leave the rejected hunks in corresponding *.rej files"),
-		OPT__VERBOSE(&apply_verbosely),
+		OPT__VERBOSE(&apply_verbosely, "be verbose"),
 		OPT_BIT(0, "inaccurate-eof", &options,
 			"tolerate incorrectly detected missing new-line at the end of file",
 			INACCURATE_EOF),
diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index 87976f0..10788fc 100644
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@
 
 	struct option options[] = {
 		OPT_GROUP("Generic options"),
-		OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose),
+		OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, "be verbose"),
 		OPT_SET_INT('t', "track",  &track, "set up tracking mode (see git-pull(1))",
 			BRANCH_TRACK_EXPLICIT),
 		OPT_SET_INT( 0, "set-upstream",  &track, "change upstream info",
diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 66fdd22..9cbc4ea 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 
 static struct option builtin_commit_options[] = {
 	OPT__QUIET(&quiet),
-	OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose),
+	OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, "be verbose"),
 
 	OPT_GROUP("Commit message options"),
 	OPT_FILENAME('F', "file", &logfile, "read log from file"),
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@
 	int fd;
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
 	static struct option builtin_status_options[] = {
-		OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose),
+		OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, "be verbose"),
 		OPT_SET_INT('s', "short", &status_format,
 			    "show status concisely", STATUS_FORMAT_SHORT),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN('b', "branch", &status_show_branch,
diff --git a/builtin/count-objects.c b/builtin/count-objects.c
index 2bdd8eb..c37cb98 100644
--- a/builtin/count-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/count-objects.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 	unsigned long loose = 0, packed = 0, packed_loose = 0, garbage = 0;
 	off_t loose_size = 0;
 	struct option opts[] = {
-		OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose),
+		OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, "be verbose"),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
 
diff --git a/builtin/fsck.c b/builtin/fsck.c
index 0929c7f..6d5ebca 100644
--- a/builtin/fsck.c
+++ b/builtin/fsck.c
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@
 };
 
 static struct option fsck_opts[] = {
-	OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose),
+	OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, "be verbose"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "unreachable", &show_unreachable, "show unreachable objects"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "tags", &show_tags, "report tags"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "root", &show_root, "report root nodes"),
diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
index 22d1290..d0297a1 100644
--- a/builtin/log.c
+++ b/builtin/log.c
@@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@
 
 	struct option options[] = {
 		OPT__ABBREV(&abbrev),
-		OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose),
+		OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, "be verbose"),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
diff --git a/builtin/notes.c b/builtin/notes.c
index 6d07aac..e0a1f62 100644
--- a/builtin/notes.c
+++ b/builtin/notes.c
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@
 	struct option options[] = {
 		OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "dry-run", &show_only,
 			    "do not remove, show only"),
-		OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &verbose, "report pruned notes"),
+		OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, "report pruned notes"),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
diff --git a/builtin/prune.c b/builtin/prune.c
index 99218ba..8b770af 100644
--- a/builtin/prune.c
+++ b/builtin/prune.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 	const struct option options[] = {
 		OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "dry-run", &show_only,
 			    "do not remove, show only"),
-		OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &verbose, "report pruned objects"),
+		OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, "report pruned objects"),
 		OPT_DATE(0, "expire", &expire,
 			 "expire objects older than <time>"),
 		OPT_END()
diff --git a/builtin/read-tree.c b/builtin/read-tree.c
index eb1e3e7..73c89ed 100644
--- a/builtin/read-tree.c
+++ b/builtin/read-tree.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 		  PARSE_OPT_NONEG, index_output_cb },
 		OPT_SET_INT(0, "empty", &read_empty,
 			    "only empty the index", 1),
-		OPT__VERBOSE(&opts.verbose_update),
+		OPT__VERBOSE(&opts.verbose_update, "be verbose"),
 		OPT_GROUP("Merging"),
 		OPT_SET_INT('m', NULL, &opts.merge,
 			    "perform a merge in addition to a read", 1),
diff --git a/builtin/remote.c b/builtin/remote.c
index e9a6e09..b944b91 100644
--- a/builtin/remote.c
+++ b/builtin/remote.c
@@ -1512,7 +1512,7 @@
 int cmd_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	struct option options[] = {
-		OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &verbose, "be verbose; must be placed before a subcommand"),
+		OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, "be verbose; must be placed before a subcommand"),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 	int result;
diff --git a/builtin/verify-tag.c b/builtin/verify-tag.c
index 9f482c2..6784846 100644
--- a/builtin/verify-tag.c
+++ b/builtin/verify-tag.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 {
 	int i = 1, verbose = 0, had_error = 0;
 	const struct option verify_tag_options[] = {
-		OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose),
+		OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, "be verbose"),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
diff --git a/parse-options.h b/parse-options.h
index d982f0f..14918b1 100644
--- a/parse-options.h
+++ b/parse-options.h
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
 extern int parse_opt_with_commit(const struct option *, const char *, int);
 extern int parse_opt_tertiary(const struct option *, const char *, int);
 
-#define OPT__VERBOSE(var)  OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", (var), "be verbose")
+#define OPT__VERBOSE(var, h)  OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", (var), (h))
 #define OPT__QUIET(var)    OPT_BOOLEAN('q', "quiet",   (var), "be quiet")
 #define OPT__VERBOSITY(var) \
 	{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 'v', "verbose", (var), NULL, "be more verbose", \
diff --git a/test-parse-options.c b/test-parse-options.c
index acd1a2b..bd7b8a4 100644
--- a/test-parse-options.c
+++ b/test-parse-options.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 		  "negative ambiguity", PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG },
 		OPT_GROUP("Standard options"),
 		OPT__ABBREV(&abbrev),
-		OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose),
+		OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, "be verbose"),
 		OPT__DRY_RUN(&dry_run),
 		OPT__QUIET(&quiet),
 		OPT_END(),