diff --git a/src/usercmd.c b/src/usercmd.c
index e73f6f6..1d9c86f 100644
--- a/src/usercmd.c
+++ b/src/usercmd.c
@@ -1492,10 +1492,23 @@
 			(cmod->cmod_flags & CMOD_ERRSILENT) ? "silent!"
 						      : "silent", &multi_mods);
     // :verbose
-    if (p_verbose > 0)
-	result += add_cmd_modifier(buf, "verbose", &multi_mods);
+    if (cmod->cmod_verbose > 0)
+    {
+	int verbose_value = cmod->cmod_verbose - 1;
+
+	if (verbose_value == 1)
+	    result += add_cmd_modifier(buf, "verbose", &multi_mods);
+	else
+	{
+	    char verbose_buf[NUMBUFLEN];
+
+	    sprintf(verbose_buf, "%dverbose", verbose_value);
+	    result += add_cmd_modifier(buf, verbose_buf, &multi_mods);
+	}
+    }
     // flags from cmod->cmod_split
     result += add_win_cmd_modifers(buf, cmod, &multi_mods);
+
     if (quote && buf != NULL)
     {
 	buf += result - 2;