"verbose 1" is working. It will print the help message, usage and options. If you want the SYNOPSIS printed, then "verbose 2" is the way to go, but it won't print out the help message:) 
#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Getopt::Long;
use Pod::Usage;

my $help;
GetOptions( "help" => \$help ) or pod2usage( -input => \*DATA );
pod2usage( -message => "help------------------------\n",
           -exitval => 0,
           -verbose => 2
);

__DATA__

=head1 NAME

yourscript.pl

=head1 SYNOPSIS

Print help message and manual

=head1 OPTIONS

=over

=item B<--help>

    Prints a brief help message

=item B<--man>

    Prints man

=cut

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In reply to Re: pod2usage does not work for verbose level 1. by Khen1950fx
in thread pod2usage does not work for verbose level 1. by isha

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