-and the conversion script can be reasonably chatty, but on some not very
-scientific tests it averaged about twenty revisions per second, so a
-medium-sized project should not take more than a couple of minutes. For
-larger projects or remote repositories, the process may take longer.
+and the conversion script is reasonably chatty unless you omit the '-v'
+option, but on some not very scientific tests it averaged about twenty
+revisions per second, so a medium-sized project should not take more
+than a couple of minutes. For larger projects or remote repositories,
+the process may take longer.