diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 8efb7efd..37f7e5bd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ This project adheres to `Semantic Versioning <http://semver.org/>`_.
 
 `1.0.0-dev`_ (unreleased)
 -------------------------
+* ``--verify`` now accepts ``true``/``false`` in addition to ``yes``/``no``
+  and the boolean value is case-insensitive.
 
 `0.9.8`_ (2016-12-08)
 ---------------------
diff --git a/httpie/__init__.py b/httpie/__init__.py
index 18a7fd91..abed9a91 100644
--- a/httpie/__init__.py
+++ b/httpie/__init__.py
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 HTTPie - a CLI, cURL-like tool for humans.
 
 """
-__author__ = 'Jakub Roztocil'
 __version__ = '1.0.0-dev'
+__author__ = 'Jakub Roztocil'
 __licence__ = 'BSD'
 
 
diff --git a/httpie/cli.py b/httpie/cli.py
index 94f09a8c..7d13972f 100644
--- a/httpie/cli.py
+++ b/httpie/cli.py
@@ -544,10 +544,10 @@ ssl.add_argument(
     '--verify',
     default='yes',
     help="""
-    Set to "no" to skip checking the host's SSL certificate. You can also pass
-    the path to a CA_BUNDLE file for private certs. You can also set the
-    REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE environment variable. Defaults to "yes".
-
+    Set to "no" (or "false") to skip checking the host's SSL certificate.
+    Defaults to "yes" ("true"). You can also pass the path to a CA_BUNDLE file
+    for private certs. (Or you can set the REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE environment
+    variable instead.)
     """
 )
 ssl.add_argument(
diff --git a/tests/test_ssl.py b/tests/test_ssl.py
index b226186e..50f34d4c 100644
--- a/tests/test_ssl.py
+++ b/tests/test_ssl.py
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ class TestServerCert:
         r = http(httpbin_secure.url + '/get', '--verify=no')
         assert HTTP_OK in r
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('verify_value', ['false', 'fALse'])
+    def test_verify_false_OK(self, httpbin_secure, verify_value):
+        r = http(httpbin_secure.url + '/get', '--verify', verify_value)
+        assert HTTP_OK in r
+
     def test_verify_custom_ca_bundle_path(
             self, httpbin_secure_untrusted):
         r = http(httpbin_secure_untrusted + '/get', '--verify', CA_BUNDLE)