diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b9064b3..53339cb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ You need to **relogin** if you install virt-manager (libvirt) first time.
 
 ## Run application
 
-    $ appvm start chromium --verbose
+    $ appvm start chromium
     $ # ... long wait for first time, because we need to collect a lot of packages
 
 You can customize local settings in **~/.config/appvm/nix/local.nix**.
diff --git a/appvm.go b/appvm.go
index 56405ec..dc30725 100644
--- a/appvm.go
+++ b/appvm.go
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	startCommand := kingpin.Command("start", "Start application")
 	startName := startCommand.Arg("name", "Application name").Required().String()
-	startVerbose := startCommand.Flag("verbose", "Increase verbosity").Default("False").Bool()
+	startQuiet := startCommand.Flag("quiet", "Less verbosity").Bool()
 
 	stopName := kingpin.Command("stop", "Stop application").Arg("name", "Application name").Required().String()
 	dropName := kingpin.Command("drop", "Remove application data").Arg("name", "Application name").Required().String()
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ func main() {
 	case "generate":
 		generate(l, *generateName, *generateBin, *generateVMName)
 	case "start":
-		start(l, *startName, *startVerbose)
+		start(l, *startName, !*startQuiet)
 	case "stop":
 		stop(l, *stopName)
 	case "drop":