diff --git a/fail2ban-regex b/fail2ban-regex
index ffaca6ecb..041ee8a66 100755
--- a/fail2ban-regex
+++ b/fail2ban-regex
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ class Fail2banRegex:
 		self.__filter = Filter(None)
 		self.__ignoreregex = list()
 		self.__failregex = list()
+		self.__verbose = False
 		# Setup logging
 		logging.getLogger("fail2ban").handlers = []
 		self.__hdlr = logging.StreamHandler(Fail2banRegex.test)
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ class Fail2banRegex:
 		formatter = logging.Formatter("%(message)s")
 		# tell the handler to use this format
 		self.__hdlr.setFormatter(formatter)
+		self.__logging_level = self.__verbose and logging.DEBUG or logging.WARN
 		logging.getLogger("fail2ban").addHandler(self.__hdlr)
 		logging.getLogger("fail2ban").setLevel(logging.ERROR)
 	
@@ -106,6 +108,7 @@ class Fail2banRegex:
 		print "Options:"
 		print "    -h, --help              display this help message"
 		print "    -V, --version           print the version"
+		print "    -v, --verbose           verbose output"
 		print
 		print "Log:"
 		print "    string                  a string representing a log line"
@@ -132,6 +135,8 @@ class Fail2banRegex:
 			elif opt[0] in ["-V", "--version"]:
 				self.dispVersion()
 				sys.exit(0)
+			elif opt[0] in ["-v", "--verbose"]:
+				self.__verbose = True
 
 	#@staticmethod
 	def logIsFile(value):
@@ -199,7 +204,7 @@ class Fail2banRegex:
 	def testIgnoreRegex(self, line):
 		found = False
 		for regex in self.__ignoreregex:
-			logging.getLogger("fail2ban").setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+			logging.getLogger("fail2ban").setLevel(self.__logging_level)
 			try:
 				self.__filter.addIgnoreRegex(regex.getFailRegex())
 				try:
@@ -211,7 +216,7 @@ class Fail2banRegex:
 					return False
 			finally:
 				self.__filter.delIgnoreRegex(0)
-				logging.getLogger("fail2ban").setLevel(logging.CRITICAL)
+				logging.getLogger("fail2ban").setLevel(self.__logging_level)
 	
 	def testRegex(self, line):
 		found = False
@@ -251,30 +256,28 @@ class Fail2banRegex:
 
 		def print_failregexes(title, failregexes):
 			# Print title
-			print title
-			print "|- Regular expressions:"
-			for cnt, failregex in enumerate(failregexes):
-				print "|  [%d] %s" % (cnt+1, failregex.getFailRegex())
-			print "|"
-
-			# Print stats
-			total = 0
-			print "`- Number of matches:"
+			total, out = 0, []
 			for cnt, failregex in enumerate(failregexes):
 				match = failregex.getStats()
 				total += match
-				print "   [%d] %s match(es)" % (cnt+1, match)
+				if (match or self.__verbose):
+					out.append("|  %d) [%d] %s" % (cnt+1, match, failregex.getFailRegex()))
+			print "%s: %d total" % (title, total)
+			if len(out):
+				print "|- #) [# of hits] regular expression"
+				print '\n'.join(out)
+				print '`-'
 			print
 			return total
 
 		# Print title
 		total = print_failregexes("Failregex", self.__failregex)
 		_ = print_failregexes("Ignoreregex", self.__ignoreregex)
-		
+
 		print "Summary"
 		print "======="
 		print
-		
+
 		if total == 0:
 			print "Sorry, no match"
 			print
@@ -285,17 +288,19 @@ class Fail2banRegex:
 			# Print stats
 			print "Addresses found:"
 			for cnt, failregex in enumerate(self.__failregex):
-				print "[%d]" % (cnt+1)
-				for ip in failregex.getIPList():
-					timeTuple = time.localtime(ip[1])
-					timeString = time.strftime("%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y", timeTuple)
-					print "    %s (%s)%s" % (
-                        ip[0], timeString, ip[2] and " (already matched)" or "")
+				if self.__verbose or len(failregex.getIPList()):
+					print "[%d]" % (cnt+1)
+					for ip in failregex.getIPList():
+						timeTuple = time.localtime(ip[1])
+						timeString = time.strftime("%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y", timeTuple)
+						print "    %s (%s)%s" % (
+							ip[0], timeString, ip[2] and " (already matched)" or "")
 			print
 			
 			print "Date template hits:"
 			for template in self.__filter.dateDetector.getTemplates():
-				print `template.getHits()` + " hit(s): " + template.getName()
+				if self.__verbose or template.getHits():
+					print `template.getHits()` + " hit(s): " + template.getName()
 			print
 			
 			print "Success, the total number of match is " + str(total)
@@ -309,16 +314,17 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 	fail2banRegex = Fail2banRegex()
 	# Reads the command line options.
 	try:
-		cmdOpts = 'hV'
-		cmdLongOpts = ['help', 'version']
+		cmdOpts = 'hVc'
+		cmdLongOpts = ['help', 'version', 'verbose']
 		optList, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], cmdOpts, cmdLongOpts)
 	except getopt.GetoptError:
 		fail2banRegex.dispUsage()
 		sys.exit(-1)
 	# Process command line
 	fail2banRegex.getCmdLineOptions(optList)
-	# We need exactly 3 parameters
-	if not len(sys.argv) in (3, 4):
+
+	# We need 2 or 3 parameters
+	if not len(args) in (2, 3):
 		fail2banRegex.dispUsage()
 		sys.exit(-1)
 	else:
@@ -327,17 +333,17 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 		print "============="
 		print
 
-		if len(sys.argv) == 4:
-			if fail2banRegex.readIgnoreRegex(sys.argv[3]) == False:
-				sys.exit(-1)
+		cmd_log, cmd_regex = args[:2]
 
-		if fail2banRegex.readRegex(sys.argv[2]) == False:
-			sys.exit(-1)
+		if len(args) == 3:
+			fail2banRegex.readIgnoreRegex(args[2]) or sys.exit(-1)
 
-		if fail2banRegex.logIsFile(sys.argv[1]):
+		fail2banRegex.readRegex(cmd_regex) or sys.exit(-1)
+
+		if fail2banRegex.logIsFile(cmd_log):
 			try:
-				hdlr = open(sys.argv[1])
-				print "Use log file   : " + sys.argv[1]
+				hdlr = open(cmd_log)
+				print "Use log file   : " + cmd_log
 				print
 				for line in hdlr:
 					fail2banRegex.testIgnoreRegex(line)
@@ -348,15 +354,12 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 				sys.exit(-1)
 		else:
 			if len(sys.argv[1]) > 53:
-				stripLog = sys.argv[1][0:50] + "..."
+				stripLog = cmd_log[0:50] + "..."
 			else:
-				stripLog = sys.argv[1]
+				stripLog = cmd_log
 			print "Use single line: " + stripLog
 			print
-			fail2banRegex.testIgnoreRegex(sys.argv[1])
-			fail2banRegex.testRegex(sys.argv[1])
-		
-		if fail2banRegex.printStats():
-			sys.exit(0)
-		else:
-			sys.exit(-1)
+			fail2banRegex.testIgnoreRegex(cmd_log)
+			fail2banRegex.testRegex(cmd_log)
+
+		fail2banRegex.printStats() or sys.exit(-1)