diff --git a/README b/README
index 6dc775ba..9cb98df2 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ LICENSE.JQUERY and LICENSE.NICEDIT for their respective license terms.
    the dates manually via the Admin, or setup a cronjob to run 
    scripts/create_escalation_exclusions.py on a regular basis:
 
-   0 0 * * 0 /path/to/helpdesksite/manage.py create_escalation_exclusions.py --days saturday,sunday --verbose
+   0 0 * * 0 /path/to/helpdesksite/manage.py create_escalation_exclusions.py --days saturday,sunday --escalate-verbosely
 
    This will, on a weekly basis, create exclusions for the coming weekend.
 
diff --git a/management/commands/create_escalation_exclusions.py b/management/commands/create_escalation_exclusions.py
index 3e83c7d1..63e56202 100644
--- a/management/commands/create_escalation_exclusions.py
+++ b/management/commands/create_escalation_exclusions.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                 '--queues', '-q',
                 help='Queues to include (default: all). Use queue slugs'),
             make_option(
-                '--verbose', '-v',
+                '--escalate-verbosely', '-x',
                 action='store_true',
                 default=False,
                 help='Display a list of dates excluded'),
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         queue_slugs = options['queues']
         queues = []
 
-        if options['verbose']:
+        if options['escalate-verbosely']:
             verbose = True
 
         # this should already be handled by optparse
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     queues = []
 
     for o, a in opts:
-        if o in ('-v', '--verbose'):
+        if o in ('-x', '--escalate-verbosely'):
             verbose = True
         if o in ('-d', '--days'):
             days = a