diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 05fb35e..219dcc0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## 1.1.0
 
 - Added -bom check flag to fix/work around issues where the BOM causes files to fail.
-- Added the -v/--verbose flag to print out all the files touched.
+- Added the --verbose flag to print out all the files touched.
 - Enabled arbitrary_precision in serde_json to keep large numbers intact when changing file.
 
 ## 1.0.0
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 98dacf3..c47e274 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pitufo"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "1.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "argh",
  "pretty_assertions",
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a8081cc..b6f1ae3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,17 +25,18 @@ cargo install pitufo
 ## Usage
 
 ```console
-Usage: pitufo [--follow] [--minify] [--bom] [-m <max-depth>] -p <path>
-
-usage of pitufo
+Usage: pitufo [--follow] [--verbose] [--minify] [--bom] [-m <max-depth>] -p <path>
 
 Options:
   --follow          follow symbolic links, the default is to not follow.
+  --verbose         verbose mode, output the path of every file found, defaults
+                    to silent
   --minify          minify the json, the default is to prettify.
   --bom             look for leading BOM in json files and remove if found, the
                     default is to take the file as-is.
   -m, --max-depth   set the maximum depth to recurse
-  -p, --path        the path to search for json fi
+  -p, --path        the path to search for json files.
+  --help            display usage information
 ```
 
 ## Example
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f32aad1..660b0fd 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ pub struct Opts {
     #[argh(switch, long = "follow")]
     follow_links: bool,
 
+    /// verbose mode, output the path of every file found,
+    /// defaults to silent
+    #[argh(switch)]
+    verbose: bool,
+
     /// minify the json, the default is to prettify.
     #[argh(switch)]
     minify: bool,
@@ -45,6 +50,8 @@ fn main() {
     {
         if let Err(e) = process_file(&entry, options.minify, options.bom) {
             eprintln!("error {} {}", e, entry.path().display());
+        } else if options.verbose {
+            println!("{}", entry.path().display());
         }
     }
 }