diff --git a/lib/pact_broker/client/cli/publish.rb b/lib/pact_broker/client/cli/publish.rb
index 0f741a75..3c5dd7da 100644
--- a/lib/pact_broker/client/cli/publish.rb
+++ b/lib/pact_broker/client/cli/publish.rb
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ class PactPublicationError < ::Thor::Error; end
 
       class Publish < CustomThor
         desc 'PACT_DIRS_OR_FILES ...', "Publish pacts to a Pact Broker."
-        method_option :consumer_version, required: true, aliases: "-v", desc: "The consumer application version"
+        method_option :consumer_app_version, required: true, aliases: "-a", desc: "The consumer application version"
         method_option :broker_base_url, required: true, aliases: "-b", desc: "The base URL of the Pact Broker"
-        method_option :username, aliases: "-u", desc: "Basic auth username for Pact Broker"
-        method_option :password, aliases: "-p", desc: "Basic auth password for Pact Broker"
+        method_option :broker_username, aliases: "-n", desc: "Pact Broker basic auth username"
+        method_option :broker_password, aliases: "-p", desc: "Pact Broker basic auth password"
         method_option :tag, aliases: "-t", type: :array, banner: "TAG", desc: "Tag name for consumer version. Can be specified multiple times."
+        method_option :verbose, aliases: "-v", desc: "Verbose output", :required => false
 
         def broker(*pact_files)
           validate(pact_files)
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ def publish_pacts pact_files
             PactBroker::Client::PublishPacts.call(
               options[:broker_base_url],
               file_list(pact_files),
-              options[:consumer_version],
+              options[:consumer_app_version],
               tags,
               pact_broker_client_options
             )
diff --git a/spec/lib/pact_broker/client/cli/publish_spec.rb b/spec/lib/pact_broker/client/cli/publish_spec.rb
index d37484a1..86267e75 100644
--- a/spec/lib/pact_broker/client/cli/publish_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/pact_broker/client/cli/publish_spec.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module PactBroker::Client::CLI
       let(:minimum_valid_options) do
         {
           pact_dir: 'spec/pacts',
-          consumer_version: '1.2.3',
+          consumer_app_version: '1.2.3',
           broker_base_url: 'http://pact-broker'
         }
       end