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@@ -116,6 +116,14 @@ Specify the number of threads sosreport will use for concurrency. Defaults to 4.
.B \-v, \--verbose
Increase logging verbosity. May be specified multiple times to enable
additional debugging messages.
+
+The following table summarizes the effects of different verbosity levels:
+
+ 1 (-v) : Enable debug messages for sos.log. Show individual plugins starting.
+ 2 (-vv) : Also print debug messages to console.
+ 3 (-vvv) : Enable debug messages for archive file operations. Note this will dramatically
+ increase the amount of logging.
+
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.B \-q, \--quiet
Only log fatal errors to stderr.