diff --git a/@commitlint/cli/src/cli.js b/@commitlint/cli/src/cli.js
index 49afd482582..36735235cfc 100755
--- a/@commitlint/cli/src/cli.js
+++ b/@commitlint/cli/src/cli.js
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ const flags = {
 		description: 'toggle console output',
 		type: 'boolean'
 	},
+	verbose: {
+		alias: 'vb',
+		default: false,
+		description: 'show console output even on success',
+		type: 'boolean'
+	},
 	to: {
 		alias: 't',
 		default: null,
@@ -198,7 +204,9 @@ async function main(options) {
 	const output = format(report, {color: flags.color});
 
 	if (!flags.quiet) {
-		console.log(output);
+		if (!report.valid || report.warningCount > 0 || flags.verbose) {
+			console.log(output);
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (!report.valid) {
diff --git a/foo.txt b/foo.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d