diff --git a/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt
index dada21242c..711219749c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ Validates the gpg signature created by 'git tag'.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
+-v::
+--verbose::
+	Print the contents of the tag object before validating it.
+
 <tag>...::
 	SHA1 identifiers of git tag objects.
 
diff --git a/builtin/verify-tag.c b/builtin/verify-tag.c
index 6784846ec9..8136dba7a1 100644
--- a/builtin/verify-tag.c
+++ b/builtin/verify-tag.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ int cmd_verify_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	int i = 1, verbose = 0, had_error = 0;
 	const struct option verify_tag_options[] = {
-		OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, "be verbose"),
+		OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, "print tag contents"),
 		OPT_END()
 	};