diff --git a/changelog/445.add.md b/changelog/445.add.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3a7eedc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/445.add.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+verbose option to flake8 plugin
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docsig/plugin.py b/docsig/plugin.py
index e2c55635..498616d1 100644
--- a/docsig/plugin.py
+++ b/docsig/plugin.py
@@ -112,6 +112,12 @@ def add_options(cls, parser) -> None:
             parse_from_config=True,
             help="ignore checking return values",
         )
+        parser.add_option(
+            "--sig-verbose",
+            action="store_true",
+            parse_from_config=True,
+            help="increase output verbosity",
+        )
 
     @classmethod
     def parse_options(cls, options: Namespace) -> None:
@@ -134,6 +140,7 @@ def parse_options(cls, options: Namespace) -> None:
             "ignore_args": options.sig_ignore_args,
             "ignore_kwargs": options.sig_ignore_kwargs,
             "ignore_typechecker": options.sig_ignore_typechecker,
+            "verbose": options.sig_verbose,
         }
 
     def run(self) -> t.Generator[Flake8Error, None, None]:
@@ -168,6 +175,7 @@ def run(self) -> t.Generator[Flake8Error, None, None]:
             ignore_kwargs=p.args.ignore_kwargs,
             ignore_typechecker=p.args.ignore_typechecker,
             no_ansi=p.args.no_ansi,
+            verbose=p.args.verbose,
         )[0]
         for result in results:
             for info in result:
diff --git a/whitelist.py b/whitelist.py
index b4d706bd..af8226e7 100644
--- a/whitelist.py
+++ b/whitelist.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Docsig  # unused class (docsig/plugin.py:16)
 off_by_default  # unused variable (docsig/plugin.py:24)
 _.add_options  # unused method (docsig/plugin.py:37)
-_.parse_options  # unused method (docsig/plugin.py:116)
-_.run  # unused method (docsig/plugin.py:139)
+_.parse_options  # unused method (docsig/plugin.py:122)
+_.run  # unused method (docsig/plugin.py:146)
 __call__  # unused function (tests/__init__.py:28)
 content  # unused variable (tests/__init__.py:28)
 _PParamS  # unused class (tests/__init__.py:1487)