diff --git a/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py b/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py
--- a/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py
+++ b/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ def overrideverify(orig, ui, repo, *pats
     contents = opts.pop('lfc', False)
 
     result = orig(ui, repo, *pats, **opts)
-    if large:
+    if large or all or contents:
         result = result or lfcommands.verifylfiles(ui, repo, all, contents)
     return result
 
diff --git a/hgext/largefiles/uisetup.py b/hgext/largefiles/uisetup.py
--- a/hgext/largefiles/uisetup.py
+++ b/hgext/largefiles/uisetup.py
@@ -52,11 +52,12 @@ def uisetup(ui):
     entry = extensions.wrapcommand(commands.table, 'verify',
                                    overrides.overrideverify)
 
-    verifyopt = [('', 'large', None, _('verify largefiles')),
+    verifyopt = [('', 'large', None,
+                  _('verify that all largefiles in current revision exists')),
                  ('', 'lfa', None,
-                     _('verify all revisions of largefiles not just current')),
+                  _('verify largefiles in all revisions, not just current')),
                  ('', 'lfc', None,
-                     _('verify largefile contents not just existence'))]
+                  _('verify local largefile contents, not just existence'))]
     entry[1].extend(verifyopt)
 
     entry = extensions.wrapcommand(commands.table, 'debugstate',
diff --git a/tests/test-largefiles.t b/tests/test-largefiles.t
--- a/tests/test-largefiles.t
+++ b/tests/test-largefiles.t
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ revert some files to an older revision
 
 - verifying all revisions will fail because we didn't clone all largefiles to d:
   $ echo 'T-shirt' > $TESTTMP/d/.hg/largefiles/eb7338044dc27f9bc59b8dd5a246b065ead7a9c4
-  $ hg verify -q --large --lfa --lfc
+  $ hg verify -q --lfa --lfc
   changeset 0:30d30fe6a5be: large1 references missing $TESTTMP/d/.hg/largefiles/4669e532d5b2c093a78eca010077e708a071bb64
   changeset 0:30d30fe6a5be: sub/large2 references missing $TESTTMP/d/.hg/largefiles/1deebade43c8c498a3c8daddac0244dc55d1331d
   changeset 1:ce8896473775: large1 references missing $TESTTMP/d/.hg/largefiles/5f78770c0e77ba4287ad6ef3071c9bf9c379742f