diff --git a/dcompiler.dd b/dcompiler.dd
index 4f78ff0d3c..6c53d5fd9a 100644
--- a/dcompiler.dd
+++ b/dcompiler.dd
@@ -888,8 +888,8 @@ dmd -cov -unittest myprog.d
         compile in $(LINK2 spec/unittest.html, unittest) code, turns on asserts, and sets the
         $(D unittest) $(LINK2 spec/version.html#PredefinedVersions, version identifier)
       )
-      $(SWITCH $(SWNAME -v),
-        enable verbose output for each compiler pass
+      $(SWITCH $(SWNAME -v[=file]),
+        enable verbose output for each compiler pass with the option to write the output to a file
       )
       $(SWITCH $(SWNAME -vcolumns),
         print character (column) numbers in diagnostics