diff --git a/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py b/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py
index 25d551da4..3a6530717 100644
--- a/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py
+++ b/tripleo_common/actions/ansible.py
@@ -523,8 +523,8 @@ class AnsiblePlaybookAction(base.TripleOAction):
         python_version = sys.version_info.major
         ansible_playbook_cmd = "ansible-playbook-{}".format(python_version)
 
-        if 0 < self.verbosity < 6:
-            verbosity_option = '-' + ('v' * self.verbosity)
+        if 1 < self.verbosity < 6:
+            verbosity_option = '-' + ('v' * (self.verbosity - 1))
             command = [ansible_playbook_cmd, verbosity_option,
                        self.playbook]
         else:
diff --git a/tripleo_common/tests/actions/test_ansible.py b/tripleo_common/tests/actions/test_ansible.py
index 04edf7cfb..ddaf5180c 100644
--- a/tripleo_common/tests/actions/test_ansible.py
+++ b/tripleo_common/tests/actions/test_ansible.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class AnsiblePlaybookActionTest(base.TestCase):
         self.become = True
         self.become_user = 'root'
         self.extra_vars = {"var1": True, "var2": 0}
-        self.verbosity = 1
+        self.verbosity = 2
         self.ctx = mock.MagicMock()
         self.max_message_size = 1024