diff --git a/git-codereview/doc.go b/git-codereview/doc.go
index a7b04b5..890cb9d 100644
--- a/git-codereview/doc.go
+++ b/git-codereview/doc.go
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@
 
 All commands accept these global flags:
 
-The -v flag prints all commands that make changes.
+The -v flag prints all commands that make changes. Multiple occurrences
+trigger more verbosity in some commands, including sync.
 
 The -n flag prints all commands that would be run, but does not run them.
 
diff --git a/git-codereview/sync.go b/git-codereview/sync.go
index 5cba5bc..dc03c61 100644
--- a/git-codereview/sync.go
+++ b/git-codereview/sync.go
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@
 	// We want to pull in the remote changes from the upstream branch
 	// and rebase the current pending commit (if any) on top of them.
 	// If there is no pending commit, the pull will do a fast-forward merge.
-	run("git", "pull", "-q", "-r", "origin", strings.TrimPrefix(b.OriginBranch(), "origin/"))
+	if *verbose > 1 {
+		run("git", "pull", "-q", "-r", "-v", "origin", strings.TrimPrefix(b.OriginBranch(), "origin/"))
+	} else {
+		run("git", "pull", "-q", "-r", "origin", strings.TrimPrefix(b.OriginBranch(), "origin/"))
+	}
 
 	// If the change commit has been submitted,
 	// roll back change leaving any changes unstaged.