diff --git a/aider/coder.py b/aider/coder.py
index 426537f0b..fc96e8210 100755
--- a/aider/coder.py
+++ b/aider/coder.py
@@ -281,7 +281,8 @@ class Coder:
         messages += self.get_files_messages()
         messages += self.cur_messages
 
-        # utils.show_messages(messages, "all")
+        if self.verbose:
+            utils.show_messages(messages)
 
         content, interrupted = self.send(messages)
         if interrupted:
diff --git a/aider/utils.py b/aider/utils.py
index 0bfe0f06c..e1734ab40 100644
--- a/aider/utils.py
+++ b/aider/utils.py
@@ -186,12 +186,11 @@ def do_replace(fname, before_text, after_text, dry_run=False):
     return True
 
 
-def show_messages(messages, title):
-    print(title.upper(), "*" * 50)
+def show_messages(messages, title=None):
+    if title:
+        print(title.upper(), "*" * 50)
 
     for msg in messages:
-        print()
-        print("-" * 50)
         role = msg["role"].upper()
         content = msg["content"].splitlines()
         for line in content: