diff --git a/src/tail/README.md b/src/tail/README.md
index a31dd0702..f5c890ad2 100644
--- a/src/tail/README.md
+++ b/src/tail/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Rudimentary tail implementation.
 * `--pid` : with `-f`, terminate after process ID, PID dies
 * `--quiet` : never output headers giving file names
 * `--retry` : keep trying to open a file even when it is or becomes inaccessible; useful when follow‐ing by name, i.e., with `--follow=name`
-* `--verbose` : always output headers giving file names
 
 ### Others
 The current implementation does not handle `-` as an alias for stdin.
diff --git a/src/tail/tail.rs b/src/tail/tail.rs
index 05651a25d..7661ec76c 100755
--- a/src/tail/tail.rs
+++ b/src/tail/tail.rs
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     opts.optflag("z", "zero-terminated", "Line delimiter is NUL, not newline");
     opts.optflag("h", "help", "help");
     opts.optflag("V", "version", "version");
+    opts.optflag("v", "verbose", "always output headers giving file names");
 
     let given_options = match opts.parse(&args) {
         Ok (m) => { m }
@@ -140,6 +141,8 @@ pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
         }
     }
 
+    let verbose = given_options.opt_present("v");
+
     let files = given_options.free;
 
     if files.is_empty() {
@@ -155,7 +158,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
         }
 
         for filename in &files {
-            if multiple {
+            if multiple || verbose {
                 if !first_header { println!(""); }
                 println!("==> {} <==", filename);
             }