diff --git a/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_help_draft.stdout b/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_help_draft.stdout
index d678a0bc007da374e67f45beb3f265322dfda090..fb663ff8fe2598508611210b3013886cd07fc012 100644
--- a/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_help_draft.stdout
+++ b/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_help_draft.stdout
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ Options:
     --reset-hpcdirs               empty the list of hpcdir's
                                   [rarely used]
     --output=FILE                 output FILE
+    --verbosity=[0-2]             verbosity level, 0-2
+                                  default 1
 
diff --git a/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_help_markup.stdout b/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_help_markup.stdout
index 5d39d5078183d978be21815630b7eb0bfe7d4fb0..947d18b4907880633f536706f738f4da6b33577b 100644
--- a/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_help_markup.stdout
+++ b/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_help_markup.stdout
@@ -15,4 +15,6 @@ Options:
     --fun-entry-count             show top-level function entry counts
     --highlight-covered           highlight covered code, rather that code gaps
     --destdir=DIR                 path to write output to
+    --verbosity=[0-2]             verbosity level, 0-2
+                                  default 1
 
diff --git a/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_help_overlay.stdout b/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_help_overlay.stdout
index facba2b70dc3e3e21ba537ea7b2c11747e8f1ea8..ea4859c8c8cf011c3578cf90fd8d9a8b2f0ce443 100644
--- a/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_help_overlay.stdout
+++ b/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_help_overlay.stdout
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ Generate a .tix file from an overlay file
 
 Options:
 
-    --srcdir=DIR     path to source directory of .hs files
-                     multi-use of srcdir possible
-    --hpcdir=DIR     append sub-directory that contains .mix files
-                     default .hpc [rarely used]
-    --reset-hpcdirs  empty the list of hpcdir's
-                     [rarely used]
-    --output=FILE    output FILE
+    --srcdir=DIR       path to source directory of .hs files
+                       multi-use of srcdir possible
+    --hpcdir=DIR       append sub-directory that contains .mix files
+                       default .hpc [rarely used]
+    --reset-hpcdirs    empty the list of hpcdir's
+                       [rarely used]
+    --output=FILE      output FILE
+    --verbosity=[0-2]  verbosity level, 0-2
+                       default 1
 
diff --git a/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_help_report.stdout b/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_help_report.stdout
index 4526705b2414017656f790ecac1cef75f8387618..5d73a49ad421477ff9ba2ac9f337ef959fc22d0c 100644
--- a/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_help_report.stdout
+++ b/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_help_report.stdout
@@ -15,4 +15,6 @@ Options:
     --reset-hpcdirs               empty the list of hpcdir's
                                   [rarely used]
     --xml-output                  show output in XML
+    --verbosity=[0-2]             verbosity level, 0-2
+                                  default 1
 
diff --git a/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_help_show.stdout b/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_help_show.stdout
index 85ec2d3a096adedf8c8118c9cf0b21414f6f5ee4..1302178b03b8493e849067158054adbe7ce329e0 100644
--- a/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_help_show.stdout
+++ b/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_help_show.stdout
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ Options:
     --reset-hpcdirs               empty the list of hpcdir's
                                   [rarely used]
     --output=FILE                 output FILE
+    --verbosity=[0-2]             verbosity level, 0-2
+                                  default 1
 
diff --git a/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_markup_001.stdout b/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_markup_001.stdout
index 42da970d11edebffa982f1a5f4592e27e7f82d11..6f80922e4fb83d56ec503d85566d8b5e487ee3d7 100644
--- a/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_markup_001.stdout
+++ b/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_markup_001.stdout
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-Writing: Main.hs.html
-Writing: hpc_index.html
-Writing: hpc_index_fun.html
-Writing: hpc_index_alt.html
-Writing: hpc_index_exp.html
 <html>
 <head>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
diff --git a/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_markup_002.stdout b/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_markup_002.stdout
index 1225aeaa9c9f6b15f8ad482b52886d6d68ca33d9..ad7e017f3a8610f1350fd7fd2cd8baed61c7bef2 100644
--- a/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_markup_002.stdout
+++ b/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_markup_002.stdout
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-Writing: Main.hs.html
-Writing: hpc_index.html
-Writing: hpc_index_fun.html
-Writing: hpc_index_alt.html
-Writing: hpc_index_exp.html
 <html>
 <head>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
diff --git a/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_markup_error_001.stdout b/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_markup_error_001.stdout
index 6373f650dc8a9dcc04dd5b3cbb04f570fedf6b44..a68a5dcf646b3e15427937ca533991e51652abf3 100644
--- a/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_markup_error_001.stdout
+++ b/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_markup_error_001.stdout
@@ -16,4 +16,6 @@ Options:
     --fun-entry-count             show top-level function entry counts
     --highlight-covered           highlight covered code, rather that code gaps
     --destdir=DIR                 path to write output to
+    --verbosity=[0-2]             verbosity level, 0-2
+                                  default 1
 
diff --git a/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_markup_error_002.stdout b/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_markup_error_002.stdout
index b867b798a27582e0aca5d736793424f026381330..43748603db95339588bfe74169777fb537b5679d 100644
--- a/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_markup_error_002.stdout
+++ b/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_markup_error_002.stdout
@@ -16,4 +16,6 @@ Options:
     --fun-entry-count             show top-level function entry counts
     --highlight-covered           highlight covered code, rather that code gaps
     --destdir=DIR                 path to write output to
+    --verbosity=[0-2]             verbosity level, 0-2
+                                  default 1
 
diff --git a/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_report_error_001.stdout b/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_report_error_001.stdout
index c365d887ba3a7dd1d3db02bbd1dace511ea21cb8..4878dd712cbb429aab9eb5e4283a6361cc84c680 100644
--- a/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_report_error_001.stdout
+++ b/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_report_error_001.stdout
@@ -16,4 +16,6 @@ Options:
     --reset-hpcdirs               empty the list of hpcdir's
                                   [rarely used]
     --xml-output                  show output in XML
+    --verbosity=[0-2]             verbosity level, 0-2
+                                  default 1
 
diff --git a/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_report_error_002.stdout b/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_report_error_002.stdout
index 8592a3c9e7d6d349bc17ac03fcaf6429c359f159..0c95a0a30319774e42b4775da12a19d30591bffd 100644
--- a/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_report_error_002.stdout
+++ b/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_report_error_002.stdout
@@ -16,4 +16,6 @@ Options:
     --reset-hpcdirs               empty the list of hpcdir's
                                   [rarely used]
     --xml-output                  show output in XML
+    --verbosity=[0-2]             verbosity level, 0-2
+                                  default 1
 
diff --git a/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_show_error_001.stdout b/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_show_error_001.stdout
index 93c2e4d0e1fe139eb30958c5ebb6d8888bd4f163..184957b17c1ca2bf146bd3b72bfbab72801f5fba 100644
--- a/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_show_error_001.stdout
+++ b/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_show_error_001.stdout
@@ -14,4 +14,6 @@ Options:
     --reset-hpcdirs               empty the list of hpcdir's
                                   [rarely used]
     --output=FILE                 output FILE
+    --verbosity=[0-2]             verbosity level, 0-2
+                                  default 1
 
diff --git a/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_show_error_002.stdout b/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_show_error_002.stdout
index 9c0f6c52d38696b815cf266611e409c98c9f981d..50f6a250a1e9bbf3eeb2c5ccc5893946bbe6e35a 100644
--- a/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_show_error_002.stdout
+++ b/tests/simple/tixs/hpc_show_error_002.stdout
@@ -14,4 +14,6 @@ Options:
     --reset-hpcdirs               empty the list of hpcdir's
                                   [rarely used]
     --output=FILE                 output FILE
+    --verbosity=[0-2]             verbosity level, 0-2
+                                  default 1