diff --git a/bin/freebsd-version/freebsd-version.sh.in b/bin/freebsd-version/freebsd-version.sh.in
index be1be366f652..f22264c597fa 100644
--- a/bin/freebsd-version/freebsd-version.sh.in
+++ b/bin/freebsd-version/freebsd-version.sh.in
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ LOADER_RE2='^\([A-Z_a-z][0-9A-Z_a-z]*="[-./0-9A-Z_a-z]\{1,\}"\).*$'
 KERNEL_RE='^@@TYPE@@ \([-.0-9A-Za-z]\{1,\}\) .*$'
 
 progname=${0##*/}
+progverb=0
 
 #
 # Print an error message and exit.
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@ kernel_version() {
 	if [ ! -f "$kernfile" -o ! -r "$kernfile" ] ; then
 		error "unable to locate kernel"
 	fi
+	[ $progverb -gt 0 ] && \
+		what -qs "$kernfile" || \
 	what -qs "$kernfile" | sed -n "s/$KERNEL_RE/\\1/p"
 }
 
@@ -74,6 +77,8 @@ kernel_version() {
 # Print the version of the currently running kernel.
 #
 running_version() {
+	[ $progverb -gt 0 ] && \
+ 		echo `sysctl -n kern.osrelease kern.osreldate` || \
 	sysctl -n kern.osrelease
 }
 
@@ -81,6 +86,8 @@ running_version() {
 # Print the hardcoded userland version.
 #
 userland_version() {
+	[ $progverb -gt 0 ] && \
+		echo $USERLAND_VERSION `uname -U` || \
 	echo $USERLAND_VERSION
 }
 
@@ -97,7 +104,7 @@ jail_version() {
 # Print a usage string and exit.
 #
 usage() {
-	echo "usage: $progname [-kru] [-j jail]" >&2
+	echo "usage: $progname [-kruv] [-j jail]" >&2
 	exit 1
 }
 
@@ -107,7 +114,7 @@ usage() {
 main() {
 	# parse command-line arguments
 	local OPTIND=1 OPTARG option
-	while getopts "kruj:" option ; do
+	while getopts "kruvj:" option ; do
 		case $option in
 		k)
 			opt_k=1
@@ -118,6 +125,9 @@ main() {
 		u)
 			opt_u=1
 			;;
+		v)
+			progverb=1
+			;;
 		j)
 			if [ $opt_j ] ; then
 				jail="$jail $OPTARG"