diff --git a/src/bin/main.rs b/src/bin/main.rs
index 9577d041388f..dba319f44af3 100644
--- a/src/bin/main.rs
+++ b/src/bin/main.rs
@@ -130,11 +130,6 @@ fn make_opts() -> Options {
         "Format specified line ranges. See README for more detail on the JSON format.",
         "JSON",
     );
-    opts.optflag(
-        "",
-        "verbose-diff",
-        "Emit a more verbose diff, indicating the end of lines.",
-    );
     opts.optflag("h", "help", "Show this message");
     opts.optflag("", "skip-children", "Don't reformat child modules");
     opts.optflag(
diff --git a/src/config/mod.rs b/src/config/mod.rs
index 5f6d9082ce87..ac81ded5f76f 100644
--- a/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ create_config! {
 
     // Not user-facing
     verbose: Verbosity, Verbosity::Normal, false, "How much to information to emit to the user";
-    verbose_diff: bool, false, false, "Emit verbose diffs";
     file_lines: FileLines, FileLines::all(), false,
         "Lines to format; this is not supported in rustfmt.toml, and can only be specified \
          via the --file-lines option";
diff --git a/src/config/options.rs b/src/config/options.rs
index e18c88c30273..a11e1f01eaf6 100644
--- a/src/config/options.rs
+++ b/src/config/options.rs
@@ -330,7 +330,6 @@ pub struct CliOptions {
     skip_children: Option<bool>,
     quiet: bool,
     verbose: bool,
-    verbose_diff: bool,
     pub(super) config_path: Option<PathBuf>,
     write_mode: Option<WriteMode>,
     color: Option<Color>,
@@ -347,7 +346,6 @@ impl CliOptions {
         if options.verbose && options.quiet {
             return Err(format_err!("Can't use both `--verbose` and `--quiet`"));
         }
-        options.verbose_diff = matches.opt_present("verbose-diff");
 
         let unstable_features = matches.opt_present("unstable-features");
         let rust_nightly = option_env!("CFG_RELEASE_CHANNEL")
@@ -404,7 +402,6 @@ impl CliOptions {
         } else {
             config.set().verbose(Verbosity::Normal);
         }
-        config.set().verbose_diff(self.verbose_diff);
         config.set().file_lines(self.file_lines);
         config.set().unstable_features(self.unstable_features);
         if let Some(skip_children) = self.skip_children {
diff --git a/src/rustfmt_diff.rs b/src/rustfmt_diff.rs
index 178ed99f6960..f2acc96a8deb 100644
--- a/src/rustfmt_diff.rs
+++ b/src/rustfmt_diff.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
 // except according to those terms.
 
-use config::{Color, Config};
+use config::{Color, Config, Verbosity};
 use diff;
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::io;
@@ -154,7 +154,11 @@ where
     F: Fn(u32) -> String,
 {
     let color = config.color();
-    let line_terminator = if config.verbose_diff() { "⏎" } else { "" };
+    let line_terminator = if config.verbose() == Verbosity::Verbose {
+        "⏎"
+    } else {
+        ""
+    };
 
     let mut writer = OutputWriter::new(color);