diff --git a/api/maven-api-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/api/cli/Options.java b/api/maven-api-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/api/cli/Options.java
index 5a486bf2152f..ecb6ab17afc9 100644
--- a/api/maven-api-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/api/cli/Options.java
+++ b/api/maven-api-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/api/cli/Options.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public interface Options {
     Optional<Boolean> verbose();
 
     /**
-     * Indicates whether to show error messages.
+     * Indicates whether to show error stack traces.
      *
      * @return an {@link Optional} containing the boolean flag, or empty if not set
      */
diff --git a/maven-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cling/invoker/CommonsCliOptions.java b/maven-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cling/invoker/CommonsCliOptions.java
index c3adcb5ee10f..8315266cef8a 100644
--- a/maven-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cling/invoker/CommonsCliOptions.java
+++ b/maven-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cling/invoker/CommonsCliOptions.java
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public Optional<Boolean> verbose() {
 
     @Override
     public Optional<Boolean> showErrors() {
-        if (commandLine.hasOption(CLIManager.SHOW_ERRORS)) {
+        if (commandLine.hasOption(CLIManager.SHOW_ERRORS) || verbose().orElse(false)) {
             return Optional.of(Boolean.TRUE);
         }
         return Optional.empty();