Index: Lib/test/regrtest.py
===================================================================
--- Lib/test/regrtest.py	(revision 88219)
+++ Lib/test/regrtest.py	(working copy)
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
     sys.exit(2)
 
 
-def main(tests=None, testdir=None, verbose=0, quiet=False,
+def main(tests=None, testdir=None, verbose=False, quiet=False,
          exclude=False, single=False, randomize=False, fromfile=None,
          findleaks=False, use_resources=None, trace=False, coverdir='coverage',
          runleaks=False, huntrleaks=False, verbose2=False, print_slow=False,
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
             print(__doc__)
             return
         elif o in ('-v', '--verbose'):
-            verbose += 1
+            verbose = True
         elif o in ('-w', '--verbose2'):
             verbose2 = True
         elif o in ('-d', '--debug'):
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
             verbose3 = True
         elif o in ('-q', '--quiet'):
             quiet = True;
-            verbose = 0
+            verbose = False
         elif o in ('-x', '--exclude'):
             exclude = True
         elif o in ('-S', '--start'):
Index: Lib/test/support.py
===================================================================
--- Lib/test/support.py	(revision 88219)
+++ Lib/test/support.py	(working copy)
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
     else:
         return attribute
 
-verbose = 1              # Flag set to 0 by regrtest.py
+verbose = True           # Flag can be set to False by regrtest.py
 use_resources = None     # Flag set to [] by regrtest.py
 max_memuse = 0           # Disable bigmem tests (they will still be run with
                          # small sizes, to make sure they work.)