diff --git a/jeepyb/cmd/update_bug.py b/jeepyb/cmd/update_bug.py
index 3868651..5a351e4 100644
--- a/jeepyb/cmd/update_bug.py
+++ b/jeepyb/cmd/update_bug.py
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
     Our regular expression is composed of three major parts:
     part1: Matches only at start-of-line (required). Optionally matches any
            word or hyphen separated words.
-    part2: Matches the words 'bug' or 'lp' on a word boundry (required).
+    part2: Matches the words 'bug' or 'lp' on a word boundary (required).
     part3: Matches a whole number (required).
 
     The following patterns will be matched properly:
diff --git a/jeepyb/cmd/welcome_message.py b/jeepyb/cmd/welcome_message.py
index e031ff7..b791088 100644
--- a/jeepyb/cmd/welcome_message.py
+++ b/jeepyb/cmd/welcome_message.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
     # Don't actually post the message
     parser.add_argument('--dryrun', dest='dryrun', action='store_true')
     parser.add_argument('--no-dryrun', dest='dryrun', action='store_false')
-    parser.add_argument('-v', dest='verbose', action='store_true',
+    parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', dest='verbose', action='store_true',
                         help='verbose output')
     parser.set_defaults(dryrun=False)