diff -r 11052e067192 Lib/doctest.py
--- a/Lib/doctest.py	Thu Apr 07 00:16:22 2011 -0400
+++ b/Lib/doctest.py	Thu Apr 07 03:11:07 2011 -0400
@@ -2656,6 +2656,7 @@
 
 def _test():
     testfiles = [arg for arg in sys.argv[1:] if arg and arg[0] != '-']
+    verbose = '-v' in sys.argv[1:]
     if not testfiles:
         name = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
         if '__loader__' in globals():          # python -m
@@ -2671,9 +2672,10 @@
             sys.path.insert(0, dirname)
             m = __import__(filename[:-3])
             del sys.path[0]
-            failures, _ = testmod(m)
+            failures, _ = testmod(m, verbose=verbose)
         else:
-            failures, _ = testfile(filename, module_relative=False)
+            failures, _ = testfile(filename, module_relative=False,
+                                   verbose=verbose)
         if failures:
             return 1
     return 0