diff --git a/trm.rst b/trm.rst
index 6e124fa..5e55437 100644
--- a/trm.rst
+++ b/trm.rst
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
   -i            interactive removal/copy
   -s            don't generate serial number suffixes
   -t            test mode, just show what would be done
-  -v            noisy output - verbose mode
+  -v            verbose mode - be noisy
   -x            execute, overrides previous -t
 
 
diff --git a/trm.sh b/trm.sh
index d2ebb48..9bcaef1 100755
--- a/trm.sh
+++ b/trm.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   echo "              -i            interactive removal/copy"
   echo "              -s            don't generate serial number suffixes"
   echo "              -t            test mode, just show what would be done"
-  echo "              -v            noisy output - verbose mode"
+  echo "              -v            verbose mode - be noisy"
   echo "              -x            execute, overrides previous -t"
 }