diff --git a/doc/src/man/linkchecker.rst b/doc/src/man/linkchecker.rst
index ef4fbb09..b9a2476b 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/linkchecker.rst
+++ b/doc/src/man/linkchecker.rst
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ URL checking results
 
 .. option:: -v, --verbose   
 
-    Log all checked URLs. Default is to log only errors and warnings.
+    Log all checked URLs, overriding :option:`--no-warnings`.
+    Default is to log only errors and warnings.
 
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diff --git a/doc/src/man/linkcheckerrc.rst b/doc/src/man/linkcheckerrc.rst
index f5b8cb90..e1e54493 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/linkcheckerrc.rst
+++ b/doc/src/man/linkcheckerrc.rst
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ URL checking results
     https://docs.python.org/library/codecs.html#standard-encodings.
     Command line option: :option:`--output`
 **verbose=**\ [**0**\ \|\ **1**]
-    If set log all checked URLs once. Default is to log only errors and
-    warnings.
+    If set log all checked URLs once, overriding **warnings**.
+    Default is to log only errors and warnings.
     Command line option: :option:`--verbose`
 **warnings=**\ [**0**\ \|\ **1**]
     If set log warnings. Default is to log warnings.