diff --git a/libpathod/pathoc.py b/libpathod/pathoc.py
index e378e8632..c2abcaeb1 100644
--- a/libpathod/pathoc.py
+++ b/libpathod/pathoc.py
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@ import rparse
 class PathocError(Exception): pass
 
 
+def print_short(fp, httpversion, code, msg, headers, content):
+    print >> fp, "%s %s: %s bytes"%(code, msg, len(content))
+
+
+def print_full(fp, httpversion, code, msg, headers, content):
+    print >> fp, "HTTP%s/%s %s %s"%(httpversion[0], httpversion[1], code, msg)
+    print >> fp, headers
+    print >> fp, content
+
+
 class Pathoc(tcp.TCPClient):
     def __init__(self, ssl, host, port, clientcert):
         try:
@@ -15,7 +25,5 @@ class Pathoc(tcp.TCPClient):
         r = rparse.parse_request({}, spec)
         r.serve(self.wfile)
         self.wfile.flush()
-
-        line = self.rfile.readline()
-        print line
+        return http.read_response(self.rfile, r.method, None)
 
diff --git a/pathoc b/pathoc
index 0115516bb..e4fee2db6 100755
--- a/pathoc
+++ b/pathoc
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ from libpathod import pathoc, version
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='A perverse HTTP client.')
-    parser.add_argument('--port', type=int, default=None, help="Port. Defaults to 80, or 443 if SSL is active.")
-    parser.add_argument('--ssl', action="store_true", default=False, help="Connect with SSL.")
+    parser.add_argument('--port', "-p", type=int, default=None, help="Port. Defaults to 80, or 443 if SSL is active.")
+    parser.add_argument('--ssl', "-s", action="store_true", default=False, help="Connect with SSL.")
+    parser.add_argument('--verbose', '-v', action='count')
     parser.add_argument('host', type=str, help='Host to connect to')
     parser.add_argument('request', type=str, nargs="+", help='Request specification')
 
@@ -16,10 +17,16 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     else:
         port = args.port
 
+
     try:
         p = pathoc.Pathoc(args.ssl, args.host, port, None)
         for i in args.request:
-            p.request(i)
+            ret = p.request(i)
+            if args.verbose:
+                pathoc.print_full(sys.stdout, *ret)
+            else:
+                pathoc.print_short(sys.stdout, *ret)
+
     except pathoc.PathocError, v:
-        print >> sys.stderr, str(v) 
+        print >> sys.stderr, str(v)
         sys.exit(1)