diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index cf42cab2..4131e93c 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@
 #   Defaults to '/var/lib/tempest'
 #  [*debug*]
 #   Defaults to false
-#  [*verbose*]
-#   Defaults to false
 #  [*use_stderr*]
 #   Defaults to true
 #  [*use_syslog*]
@@ -155,6 +153,9 @@
 #  [*manage_tests_packages*]
 #   Defaults to false
 #
+# DEPREACTED PARAMETERS
+#  [*verbose*]
+#   Defaults to false
 class tempest(
   $install_from_source           = true,
   $git_clone                     = true,
@@ -191,7 +192,6 @@ class tempest(
   $cli_dir                       = undef,
   $lock_path                     = '/var/lib/tempest',
   $debug                         = false,
-  $verbose                       = false,
   $use_stderr                    = true,
   $use_syslog                    = false,
   $log_file                      = undef,
@@ -256,8 +256,14 @@ class tempest(
   # scenario options
   $img_dir                       = '/var/lib/tempest',
   $img_file                      = 'cirros-0.3.4-x86_64-disk.img',
+  # DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
+  $verbose                       = false,
 ) {
 
+  if $verbose {
+    warning('verbose is deprecated and does nothing. Will be remove in a future release.')
+  }
+
   include ::tempest::params
 
   include ::openstacklib::openstackclient
@@ -372,7 +378,6 @@ class tempest(
     'cli/cli_dir':                                 value => $cli_dir;
     'oslo_concurrency/lock_path':                  value => $lock_path;
     'DEFAULT/debug':                               value => $debug;
-    'DEFAULT/verbose':                             value => $verbose;
     'DEFAULT/use_stderr':                          value => $use_stderr;
     'DEFAULT/use_syslog':                          value => $use_syslog;
     'DEFAULT/log_file':                            value => $log_file;
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/verbose_deprecated-199b555f384fb0fc.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/verbose_deprecated-199b555f384fb0fc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3567c0bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/verbose_deprecated-199b555f384fb0fc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - verbose parameter is deprecated and does nothing. It will be removed
+    in a future release.
diff --git a/spec/classes/tempest_spec.rb b/spec/classes/tempest_spec.rb
index d6bb78f3..0f35e13d 100644
--- a/spec/classes/tempest_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/tempest_spec.rb
@@ -220,7 +220,6 @@ describe 'tempest' do
           is_expected.to contain_tempest_config('cli/cli_dir').with(:value => nil)
           is_expected.to contain_tempest_config('oslo_concurrency/lock_path').with(:value => '/var/lib/tempest')
           is_expected.to contain_tempest_config('DEFAULT/debug').with(:value => false)
-          is_expected.to contain_tempest_config('DEFAULT/verbose').with(:value => false)
           is_expected.to contain_tempest_config('DEFAULT/use_stderr').with(:value => true)
           is_expected.to contain_tempest_config('DEFAULT/use_syslog').with(:value => false)
           is_expected.to contain_tempest_config('DEFAULT/log_file').with(:value => nil)