diff --git a/main/cli.c b/main/cli.c
index 57f936b09dafa4047affaf570f4f156575140a9b..d04124429837fa1bad2b3e85a5ef70a56e538e12 100644
--- a/main/cli.c
+++ b/main/cli.c
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ static char *handle_verbose(struct ast_cli_entry *e, int cmd, struct ast_cli_arg
 	 * we are guaranteed to be called with argc >= e->args;
 	 */
 
-	if (argc < e->args)
+	if (argc <= e->args)
 		return CLI_SHOWUSAGE;
 	if (!strcasecmp(argv[e->args - 1], "debug")) {
 		dst = &option_debug;