diff --git a/bash_aliases b/bash_aliases
index 9529f08a088eaad96b71b0ff9d2eda4be261edf3..2c8f0cca4e21ffc70fe8e43ecdfa3fa0fe5f106d 100644
--- a/bash_aliases
+++ b/bash_aliases
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ alias mv='mv -i'
 alias cp='cp -i'
 alias ln='ln -i'
 
-# Make parent directories with mkdir
-alias mkdir='mkdir -pv'
+# Make mkdir verbose
+alias mkdir='mkdir -v'
 
 # Continue downloads in case of problems
 alias wget='wget -c'