diff --git a/components/ideintf/compoptsintf.pas b/components/ideintf/compoptsintf.pas
index cef3ea661f..86dbb60163 100644
--- a/components/ideintf/compoptsintf.pas
+++ b/components/ideintf/compoptsintf.pas
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ type
     property ShowWarn: Boolean read fShowWarn write SetShowWarn; // -vw
     property ShowNotes: Boolean read fShowNotes write SetShowNotes; // -vn
     property ShowHints: Boolean read fShowHints write SetShowHints; // -vh
-    property ShowGenInfo: Boolean read fShowGenInfo write SetShowGenInfo; // -vi
+    property ShowGenInfo: Boolean read fShowGenInfo write SetShowGenInfo; deprecated; // -vi, always needed to resolve filenames in fpc messages without path
     property ShowLineNum: Boolean read fShowLineNum write SetShowLineNum; // -vl
     property ShowAll: Boolean read fShowAll write SetShowAll; // -va
     property ShowDebugInfo: Boolean read fShowDebugInfo write SetShowDebugInfo; // -vd
diff --git a/ide/compileroptions.pp b/ide/compileroptions.pp
index 496dde2e49..beef46722c 100644
--- a/ide/compileroptions.pp
+++ b/ide/compileroptions.pp
@@ -1644,7 +1644,7 @@ begin
   ShowWarn := aXMLConfig.GetValue(p+'Verbosity/ShowWarn/Value', true);
   ShowNotes := aXMLConfig.GetValue(p+'Verbosity/ShowNotes/Value', true);
   ShowHints := aXMLConfig.GetValue(p+'Verbosity/ShowHints/Value', true);
-  ShowGenInfo := aXMLConfig.GetValue(p+'Verbosity/ShowGenInfo/Value', true);
+  ShowGenInfo {%H-}:= aXMLConfig.GetValue(p+'Verbosity/ShowGenInfo/Value', true);
   ShowLineNum := aXMLConfig.GetValue(p+'Verbosity/ShoLineNum/Value', false);
   ShowAll := aXMLConfig.GetValue(p+'Verbosity/ShowAll/Value', false);
   ShowDebugInfo := aXMLConfig.GetValue(p+'Verbosity/ShowDebugInfo/Value', false);
@@ -1827,7 +1827,7 @@ begin
   aXMLConfig.SetDeleteValue(p+'Verbosity/ShowWarn/Value', ShowWarn,true);
   aXMLConfig.SetDeleteValue(p+'Verbosity/ShowNotes/Value', ShowNotes,true);
   aXMLConfig.SetDeleteValue(p+'Verbosity/ShowHints/Value', ShowHints,true);
-  aXMLConfig.SetDeleteValue(p+'Verbosity/ShowGenInfo/Value', ShowGenInfo,true);
+  aXMLConfig.SetDeleteValue(p+'Verbosity/ShowGenInfo/Value', ShowGenInfo{%H-},true);
   aXMLConfig.SetDeleteValue(p+'Verbosity/ShoLineNum/Value', ShowLineNum,false);
   aXMLConfig.SetDeleteValue(p+'Verbosity/ShowAll/Value', ShowAll,false);
   aXMLConfig.SetDeleteValue(p+'Verbosity/ShowDebugInfo/Value', ShowDebugInfo,false);
@@ -2969,7 +2969,7 @@ begin
   EnableDisableVerbosityFlag(ShowWarn,'w');
   EnableDisableVerbosityFlag(ShowNotes,'n');
   EnableDisableVerbosityFlag(ShowHints,'h');
-  EnableDisableVerbosityFlag(ShowGenInfo,'i');
+  tempsw := tempsw + 'i'; // always pass -vi, needed to resolve filenames in fpc messages without path
   if ShowLineNum then
     tempsw := tempsw + 'l';
   if ShowDebugInfo then
@@ -2987,7 +2987,7 @@ begin
 
   if ShowAll or (ccloAddVerboseAll in Flags) then
     tempsw := 'a';
-  tempsw := tempsw + 'bq'; // full file names and message ids
+  tempsw := tempsw + 'bq'; // b = full file names, q = message ids
 
   if (tempsw <> '') then begin
     tempsw := '-v' + tempsw;
diff --git a/ide/frames/compiler_verbosity_options.pas b/ide/frames/compiler_verbosity_options.pas
index 451b58d5f2..ea223c1246 100644
--- a/ide/frames/compiler_verbosity_options.pas
+++ b/ide/frames/compiler_verbosity_options.pas
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ begin
     Items.Add(dlgShowUsedFiles + ' (-vu)');
     Items.Add(dlgShowHint + ' (-vh)');
     Items.Add(dlgShowTriedFiles + ' (-vt)');
-    Items.Add(dlgShowGeneralInfo + ' (-vi)');
+    //Items.Add(dlgShowGeneralInfo + ' (-vi)'); always passed, see compileroptions.pp
     Items.Add(dlgShowCompilingLineNumbers + ' (-vl)');
     Items.Add(dlgShowCompiledProcedures + ' (-vp)');
     Items.Add(dlgShowConditionals + ' (-vc)');
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ begin
     Checked[i] := ShowUsedFiles; i+=1;
     Checked[i] := ShowHints; i+=1;
     Checked[i] := ShowTriedFiles; i+=1;
-    Checked[i] := ShowGenInfo; i+=1;
     Checked[i] := ShowLineNum; i+=1;
     Checked[i] := ShowCompProc; i+=1;
     Checked[i] := ShowCond; i+=1;
@@ -109,8 +108,6 @@ begin
     ShowUsedFiles := Checked[i]; i+=1;
     ShowHints := Checked[i]; i+=1;
     ShowTriedFiles := Checked[i]; i+=1;
-    ShowGenInfo := Checked[i]; i+=1;
-    ShowLineNum := Checked[i]; i+=1;
     ShowCompProc := Checked[i]; i+=1;
     ShowCond := Checked[i]; i+=1;
     ShowAll := Checked[i]; i+=1;