diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/outdated.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/outdated.rb
index d50ebb2836..a8fb33cd08 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/outdated.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/outdated.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ require 'keg'
 module Homebrew extend self
   def outdated
     outdated_brews do |f, versions|
-      if $stdout.tty? and not ARGV.flag? '--quiet'
+      if ($stdout.tty? || ARGV.verbose?) and not ARGV.flag? '--quiet'
         puts "#{f.name} (#{versions*', '} < #{f.pkg_version})"
       else
         puts f.name