diff --git a/Documentation/git-p4.txt b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
index 01cc97bb11..51955a5f7c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-p4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
@@ -158,11 +158,14 @@ OPTIONS
 
 General options
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-All commands except clone accept this option.
+All commands except clone accept these options.
 
 --git-dir <dir>::
 	Set the 'GIT_DIR' environment variable.  See linkgit:git[1].
 
+--verbose::
+	Provide more progress information.
+
 Sync options
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 These options can be used in the initial 'clone' as well as in
@@ -193,9 +196,6 @@ git repository:
 --silent::
 	Do not print any progress information.
 
---verbose::
-	Provide more progress information.
-
 --detect-labels::
 	Query p4 for labels associated with the depot paths, and add
 	them as tags in git. Limited usefulness as only imports labels
@@ -249,9 +249,6 @@ Submit options
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 These options can be used to modify 'git p4 submit' behavior.
 
---verbose::
-	Provide more progress information.
-
 --origin <commit>::
 	Upstream location from which commits are identified to submit to
 	p4.  By default, this is the most recent p4 commit reachable
diff --git a/git-p4.py b/git-p4.py
index 6ce88ffb51..eab69590c4 100755
--- a/git-p4.py
+++ b/git-p4.py
@@ -662,6 +662,7 @@ class Command:
     def __init__(self):
         self.usage = "usage: %prog [options]"
         self.needsGit = True
+        self.verbose = False
 
 class P4UserMap:
     def __init__(self):
@@ -727,13 +728,9 @@ def loadUserMapFromCache(self):
 class P4Debug(Command):
     def __init__(self):
         Command.__init__(self)
-        self.options = [
-            optparse.make_option("--verbose", dest="verbose", action="store_true",
-                                 default=False),
-            ]
+        self.options = []
         self.description = "A tool to debug the output of p4 -G."
         self.needsGit = False
-        self.verbose = False
 
     def run(self, args):
         j = 0
@@ -747,11 +744,9 @@ class P4RollBack(Command):
     def __init__(self):
         Command.__init__(self)
         self.options = [
-            optparse.make_option("--verbose", dest="verbose", action="store_true"),
             optparse.make_option("--local", dest="rollbackLocalBranches", action="store_true")
         ]
         self.description = "A tool to debug the multi-branch import. Don't use :)"
-        self.verbose = False
         self.rollbackLocalBranches = False
 
     def run(self, args):
@@ -809,7 +804,6 @@ def __init__(self):
         Command.__init__(self)
         P4UserMap.__init__(self)
         self.options = [
-                optparse.make_option("--verbose", dest="verbose", action="store_true"),
                 optparse.make_option("--origin", dest="origin"),
                 optparse.make_option("-M", dest="detectRenames", action="store_true"),
                 # preserve the user, requires relevant p4 permissions
@@ -821,7 +815,6 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.interactive = True
         self.origin = ""
         self.detectRenames = False
-        self.verbose = False
         self.preserveUser = gitConfig("git-p4.preserveUser").lower() == "true"
         self.isWindows = (platform.system() == "Windows")
         self.exportLabels = False
@@ -1644,7 +1637,6 @@ def __init__(self):
                 optparse.make_option("--silent", dest="silent", action="store_true"),
                 optparse.make_option("--detect-labels", dest="detectLabels", action="store_true"),
                 optparse.make_option("--import-labels", dest="importLabels", action="store_true"),
-                optparse.make_option("--verbose", dest="verbose", action="store_true"),
                 optparse.make_option("--import-local", dest="importIntoRemotes", action="store_false",
                                      help="Import into refs/heads/ , not refs/remotes"),
                 optparse.make_option("--max-changes", dest="maxChanges"),
@@ -1671,7 +1663,6 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.importLabels = False
         self.changesFile = ""
         self.syncWithOrigin = True
-        self.verbose = False
         self.importIntoRemotes = True
         self.maxChanges = ""
         self.isWindows = (platform.system() == "Windows")
@@ -2712,9 +2703,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         Command.__init__(self)
         self.options = [
                 optparse.make_option("--import-labels", dest="importLabels", action="store_true"),
-                optparse.make_option("--verbose", dest="verbose", action="store_true"),
         ]
-        self.verbose = False
         self.importLabels = False
         self.description = ("Fetches the latest revision from perforce and "
                             + "rebases the current work (branch) against it")
@@ -2911,16 +2900,16 @@ def main():
 
     args = sys.argv[2:]
 
-    if len(options) > 0:
-        if cmd.needsGit:
-            options.append(optparse.make_option("--git-dir", dest="gitdir"))
+    options.append(optparse.make_option("--verbose", dest="verbose", action="store_true"))
+    if cmd.needsGit:
+        options.append(optparse.make_option("--git-dir", dest="gitdir"))
 
-        parser = optparse.OptionParser(cmd.usage.replace("%prog", "%prog " + cmdName),
-                                       options,
-                                       description = cmd.description,
-                                       formatter = HelpFormatter())
+    parser = optparse.OptionParser(cmd.usage.replace("%prog", "%prog " + cmdName),
+                                   options,
+                                   description = cmd.description,
+                                   formatter = HelpFormatter())
 
-        (cmd, args) = parser.parse_args(sys.argv[2:], cmd);
+    (cmd, args) = parser.parse_args(sys.argv[2:], cmd);
     global verbose
     verbose = cmd.verbose
     if cmd.needsGit: