diff --git a/components/console/introduction.rst b/components/console/introduction.rst
index d332b326835..776bf749c41 100755
--- a/components/console/introduction.rst
+++ b/components/console/introduction.rst
@@ -163,16 +163,22 @@ You can also set these colors and options inside the tagname::
 Verbosity Levels
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-The console has 3 levels of verbosity. These are defined in the
+.. versionadded:: 2.3
+   The ``VERBOSITY_VERY_VERBOSE`` and ``VERBOSITY_DEBUG`` constants were introduced
+   in version 2.3
+
+The console has 5 levels of verbosity. These are defined in the
 :class:`Symfony\\Component\\Console\\Output\\OutputInterface`:
 
-==================================  ===============================
-Option                              Value
-==================================  ===============================
-OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_QUIET    Do not output any messages
-OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_NORMAL   The default verbosity level
-OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_VERBOSE  Increased verbosity of messages
-==================================  ===============================
+=======================================  ==================================
+Option                                   Value
+=======================================  ==================================
+OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_QUIET         Do not output any messages
+OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_NORMAL        The default verbosity level
+OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_VERBOSE       Increased verbosity of messages
+OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_VERY_VERBOSE  Informative non essential messages
+OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_DEBUG         Debug messages
+=======================================  ==================================
 
 You can specify the quiet verbosity level with the ``--quiet`` or ``-q``
 option. The ``--verbose`` or ``-v`` option is used when you want an increased
@@ -181,12 +187,12 @@ level of verbosity.
 .. tip::
 
     The full exception stacktrace is printed if the ``VERBOSITY_VERBOSE``
-    level is used.
+    level or above is used.
 
 It is possible to print a message in a command for only a specific verbosity
 level. For example::
 
-    if (OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_VERBOSE === $output->getVerbosity()) {
+    if (OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_VERBOSE <= $output->getVerbosity()) {
         $output->writeln(...);
     }
 
diff --git a/components/console/usage.rst b/components/console/usage.rst
index ac7f0b8a2c1..1a73c276ab5 100755
--- a/components/console/usage.rst
+++ b/components/console/usage.rst
@@ -77,6 +77,14 @@ with:
     $ php app/console list --verbose
     $ php app/console list -v
 
+The verbose flag can optionally take a value between 1 (default) and 3 to
+output even more verbose messages:
+
+    $ php app/console list --verbose=2
+    $ php app/console list -vv
+    $ php app/console list --verbose=3
+    $ php app/console list -vvv
+
 If you set the optional arguments to give your application a name and version::
 
     $application = new Application('Acme Console Application', '1.2');