diff --git a/scripts/verify.py b/scripts/verify.py
index 09947723..c3981c3f 100644
--- a/scripts/verify.py
+++ b/scripts/verify.py
@@ -1465,7 +1465,7 @@ def _format_ground_truth_aggregate(ground_truth: list[dict]) -> str:
 def _format_ground_truth_verbose(ground_truth: list[dict]) -> list[str]:
     """Format ground truth as one line per core with expected values and source ref.
 
-    Example: handy validates size=512,crc32=0d973c9d [rom.h:48-49]
+    Example: handy validates crc32=0d973c9d,size=512 [lynx/rom.h:48-49]
     """
     lines = []
     for gt in ground_truth:
diff --git a/tests/test_doc_pages.py b/tests/test_doc_pages.py
index f7cf0260..30903f5c 100644
--- a/tests/test_doc_pages.py
+++ b/tests/test_doc_pages.py
@@ -478,5 +478,24 @@ class DeriveFiguresLiveWithTheTool(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIn("derivable.json", paragraph)
 
 
+class EmulatorVerboseSample(unittest.TestCase):
+    """advanced-usage.md showed `handy validates size=512 crc32=0x0d973c9d
+    [src/handy/system.h:45]`, a format verify.py does not print and a
+    reference handy.yml does not cite."""
+
+    def test_every_sample_line_is_printed(self):
+        import subprocess
+
+        section = _section(_page("advanced-usage.md"), "Per-emulator checks")
+        sample = [body for lang, body in re.findall(r"(?ms)^```(\w*)\n(.*?)^```", section) if not lang][-1]
+        printed = subprocess.run(
+            [sys.executable, "scripts/verify.py", "--emulator", "handy", "--verbose"],
+            cwd=ROOT, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True,
+        ).stdout.splitlines()
+        for line in sample.splitlines():
+            with self.subTest(line=line):
+                self.assertIn(line, printed)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/wiki/advanced-usage.md b/wiki/advanced-usage.md
index 0379e491..97a88376 100644
--- a/wiki/advanced-usage.md
+++ b/wiki/advanced-usage.md
@@ -377,13 +377,16 @@ python scripts/verify.py --emulator handy
 python scripts/verify.py --emulator handy --verbose
 ```
 
-Default output shows aggregate results per file: the core name and which checks apply.
-With `--verbose`, each file expands to one line per core with the exact validation
-parameters and source code reference:
+The first line counts the files the profile declares and names the checks they
+carry. A file that is missing or fails a check gets a line of its own, followed by
+the cores that check it. `--verbose` also lists the files that pass, each followed
+by one line per core with the values it expects and the source reference the
+profile cites:
 
 ```
-lynxboot.img
-  handy validates size=512 crc32=0x0d973c9d [src/handy/system.h:45]
+handy: 2/2 OK [crc32+existence+size]
+  OK (optional): lynxboot.img
+    handy validates crc32=0d973c9d,size=512 [lynx/rom.h:48-49 (ROM_SIZE=0x200, ROM_CRC32=0x0D973C9D), lynx/rom.cpp:76-129 (CRom constructor), libretro/libretro.cpp:1231-1258 (bios path + CSystem init)]
 ```
 
 ### Per-system checks