diff --git a/lib/rdoc/options.rb b/lib/rdoc/options.rb
index 5bc23f832e..141c9fdb04 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/options.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/options.rb
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ def parse(argv)
 
       opt.separator nil
 
-      opt.on("--visibility=VISIBILITY", "-V", RDoc::VISIBILITIES + [:nodoc],
+      opt.on("--visibility=VISIBILITY", RDoc::VISIBILITIES + [:nodoc],
              "Minimum visibility to document a method.",
              "One of 'public', 'protected' (the default),",
              "'private' or 'nodoc' (show everything)") do |value|
diff --git a/test/rdoc/rdoc_options_test.rb b/test/rdoc/rdoc_options_test.rb
index c884eb451e..d39ce81974 100644
--- a/test/rdoc/rdoc_options_test.rb
+++ b/test/rdoc/rdoc_options_test.rb
@@ -697,6 +697,15 @@ def test_parse_visibility
     assert_equal :nodoc, @options.visibility
   end
 
+  def test_parse_verbose
+    @options.parse %w[--verbose]
+    assert_equal 2, @options.verbosity
+
+    @options = RDoc::Options.new
+    @options.parse %w[-V]
+    assert_equal 2, @options.verbosity
+  end
+
   def test_parse_write_options
     tmpdir = File.join Dir.tmpdir, "test_rdoc_options_#{$$}"
     FileUtils.mkdir_p tmpdir