diff --git a/src/app/app_options.cpp b/src/app/app_options.cpp
index 8fb0ee677..5912eac49 100644
--- a/src/app/app_options.cpp
+++ b/src/app/app_options.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ AppOptions::AppOptions(int argc, const char* argv[])
   , m_trim(m_po.add("trim").description("Trim all images before exporting"))
   , m_crop(m_po.add("crop").requiresValue("x,y,width,height").description("Crop all the images to the given rectangle"))
   , m_filenameFormat(m_po.add("filename-format").requiresValue("<fmt>").description("Special format to generate filenames"))
-  , m_verbose(m_po.add("verbose").description("Explain what is being done"))
+  , m_verbose(m_po.add("verbose").mnemonic('v').description("Explain what is being done"))
   , m_help(m_po.add("help").mnemonic('?').description("Display this help and exits"))
   , m_version(m_po.add("version").description("Output version information and exit"))
 {