diff --git a/lib/log.js b/lib/log.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/log.js
+++ b/lib/log.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ log.addLevel('debug', 999, {fg: 'grey'}, 'debu');
 // monkey patch npmlog…
 log.heading = '';
 log.headingStyle.fg = 'blue';
-log.disp.verbose = 'verbose';
+log.disp.verbose = 'verb';
 log.disp.error = 'err!';
 log.disp.warn = 'warn';
 log.style.error.bold = true;
normalize verbose level output to 4 char