diff --git a/lib/prism/ffi.rb b/lib/prism/ffi.rb
index 931e277ef5..96102201b3 100644
--- a/lib/prism/ffi.rb
+++ b/lib/prism/ffi.rb
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ module Prism
       values << (options.fetch(:frozen_string_literal, false) ? 1 : 0)
 
       template << "C"
-      values << (options.fetch(:suppress_warnings, false) ? 1 : 0)
+      values << (options[:verbose] ? 0 : 1)
 
       template << "L"
       if (scopes = options[:scopes])
diff --git a/prism/extension.c b/prism/extension.c
index 1f6e199d2f..0cc365132a 100644
--- a/prism/extension.c
+++ b/prism/extension.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ ID rb_option_id_filepath;
 ID rb_option_id_encoding;
 ID rb_option_id_line;
 ID rb_option_id_frozen_string_literal;
-ID rb_option_id_suppress_warnings;
+ID rb_option_id_verbose;
 ID rb_option_id_scopes;
 
 /******************************************************************************/
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ build_options_i(VALUE key, VALUE value, VALUE argument) {
         if (!NIL_P(value)) pm_options_line_set(options, NUM2UINT(value));
     } else if (key_id == rb_option_id_frozen_string_literal) {
         if (!NIL_P(value)) pm_options_frozen_string_literal_set(options, value == Qtrue);
-    } else if (key_id == rb_option_id_suppress_warnings) {
-        if (!NIL_P(value)) pm_options_suppress_warnings_set(options, value == Qtrue);
+    } else if (key_id == rb_option_id_verbose) {
+        pm_options_suppress_warnings_set(options, value != Qtrue);
     } else if (key_id == rb_option_id_scopes) {
         if (!NIL_P(value)) build_options_scopes(options, value);
     } else {
@@ -626,8 +626,8 @@ parse_input(pm_string_t *input, const pm_options_t *options) {
  *       integer or nil. Note that this is 1-indexed.
  * * `frozen_string_literal` - whether or not the frozen string literal pragma
  *       has been set. This should be a boolean or nil.
- * * `suppress_warnings` - whether or not warnings should be suppressed. This
- *       should be a boolean or nil.
+ * * `verbose` - the current level of verbosity. This controls whether or not
+ *       the parser emits warnings. This should be a boolean or nil.
  * * `scopes` - the locals that are in scope surrounding the code that is being
  *       parsed. This should be an array of arrays of symbols or nil.
  */
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ Init_prism(void) {
     rb_option_id_encoding = rb_intern_const("encoding");
     rb_option_id_line = rb_intern_const("line");
     rb_option_id_frozen_string_literal = rb_intern_const("frozen_string_literal");
-    rb_option_id_suppress_warnings = rb_intern_const("suppress_warnings");
+    rb_option_id_verbose = rb_intern_const("verbose");
     rb_option_id_scopes = rb_intern_const("scopes");
 
     /**