diff --git a/cli/internal/cmd/verify.go b/cli/internal/cmd/verify.go
index 3f10ad7762..fd0eb00cdb 100644
--- a/cli/internal/cmd/verify.go
+++ b/cli/internal/cmd/verify.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func NewVerifyCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	}
 	cmd.Flags().String("cluster-id", "", "expected cluster identifier")
 	cmd.Flags().Bool("raw", false, "print raw attestation document")
-	cmd.Flags().String("output", "", "print the attestation document in the output format {json}")
+	cmd.Flags().StringP("output", "o", "", "print the attestation document in the output format {json}")
 	cmd.Flags().StringP("node-endpoint", "e", "", "endpoint of the node to verify, passed as HOST[:PORT]")
 	return cmd
 }
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func (c *verifyCmd) verify(cmd *cobra.Command, fileHandler file.Handler, verifyC
 		return fmt.Errorf("printing attestation document: %w", err)
 	}
 	cmd.Println(attDocOutput)
-	cmd.Println("Verification OK")
+	cmd.PrintErrln("Verification OK")
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -217,11 +217,11 @@ func (c *verifyCmd) parseVerifyFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, fileHandler file.Handle
 	if emptyEndpoint || emptyIDs {
 		c.log.Debugf("Trying to supplement empty flag values from %q", pf.PrefixPrintablePath(constants.ClusterIDsFilename))
 		if emptyEndpoint {
-			cmd.Printf("Using endpoint from %q. Specify --node-endpoint to override this.\n", pf.PrefixPrintablePath(constants.ClusterIDsFilename))
+			cmd.PrintErrf("Using endpoint from %q. Specify --node-endpoint to override this.\n", pf.PrefixPrintablePath(constants.ClusterIDsFilename))
 			endpoint = idFile.IP
 		}
 		if emptyIDs {
-			cmd.Printf("Using ID from %q. Specify --cluster-id to override this.\n", pf.PrefixPrintablePath(constants.ClusterIDsFilename))
+			cmd.PrintErrf("Using ID from %q. Specify --cluster-id to override this.\n", pf.PrefixPrintablePath(constants.ClusterIDsFilename))
 			ownerID = idFile.OwnerID
 			clusterID = idFile.ClusterID
 		}
diff --git a/cli/internal/cmd/verify_test.go b/cli/internal/cmd/verify_test.go
index 37ff14a4c4..c9d53bdea2 100644
--- a/cli/internal/cmd/verify_test.go
+++ b/cli/internal/cmd/verify_test.go
@@ -167,8 +167,7 @@ func TestVerify(t *testing.T) {
 			cmd.Flags().String("workspace", "", "") // register persistent flag manually
 			cmd.Flags().Bool("force", true, "")     // register persistent flag manually
 			out := &bytes.Buffer{}
-			cmd.SetOut(out)
-			cmd.SetErr(&bytes.Buffer{})
+			cmd.SetErr(out)
 			if tc.clusterIDFlag != "" {
 				require.NoError(cmd.Flags().Set("cluster-id", tc.clusterIDFlag))
 			}
diff --git a/docs/docs/reference/cli.md b/docs/docs/reference/cli.md
index fb10b1c8e6..292aa11664 100644
--- a/docs/docs/reference/cli.md
+++ b/docs/docs/reference/cli.md
@@ -391,8 +391,8 @@ constellation verify [flags]
 ```
       --cluster-id string      expected cluster identifier
   -h, --help                   help for verify
-      --json                   print the attestation document as parsed json
   -e, --node-endpoint string   endpoint of the node to verify, passed as HOST[:PORT]
+  -o, --output string          print the attestation document in the output format {json}
       --raw                    print raw attestation document
 ```
 
diff --git a/internal/verify/verify.go b/internal/verify/verify.go
index 28f0133a76..7371325e98 100644
--- a/internal/verify/verify.go
+++ b/internal/verify/verify.go
@@ -38,15 +38,16 @@ type Certificate struct {
 
 // TCBVersion contains the TCB version data.
 type TCBVersion struct {
-	Bootloader uint8
-	TEE        uint8
-	SNP        uint8
-	Microcode  uint8
-	Spl4       uint8
-	Spl5       uint8
-	Spl6       uint8
-	Spl7       uint8
-	UcodeSpl   uint8 // UcodeSpl is the microcode security patch level.
+	Bootloader uint8 `json:"bootloader"`
+	TEE        uint8 `json:"tee"`
+	SNP        uint8 `json:"snp"`
+	Microcode  uint8 `json:"microcode"`
+	Spl4       uint8 `json:"spl4"`
+	Spl5       uint8 `json:"spl5"`
+	Spl6       uint8 `json:"spl6"`
+	Spl7       uint8 `json:"spl7"`
+	// UcodeSpl is the microcode security patch level.
+	UcodeSpl uint8 `json:"ucode_spl"`
 }
 
 // PlatformInfo contains the platform information.