diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner.rb b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner.rb
index c0388121b..1d06a4a18 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         if config.verbose
           if config.verbose.is_a? String
             if config.verbose =~ /v+$/
-              options << "--#{config.verbose}"
+              options << "-#{config.verbose}"
             end
           else
             options << "--verbose"