diff --git a/_pytest/__init__.py b/_pytest/__init__.py
index ec646814a..db2f0b9cb 100644
--- a/_pytest/__init__.py
+++ b/_pytest/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #
-__version__ = '2.3.0.dev25'
+__version__ = '2.3.0.dev26'
diff --git a/_pytest/python.py b/_pytest/python.py
index aeba647f8..46d31755d 100644
--- a/_pytest/python.py
+++ b/_pytest/python.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def pyobj_property(name):
 
 def pytest_addoption(parser):
     group = parser.getgroup("general")
-    group.addoption('--fixtures', '--fixtures',
+    group.addoption('--fixtures', '--funcargs',
                action="store_true", dest="showfixtures", default=False,
                help="show available fixtures, sorted by plugin appearance")
     parser.addini("usefixtures", type="args", default=[],
@@ -746,15 +746,24 @@ def _showfixtures_main(config, session):
         fixturedef = fixturedefs[-1]
         loc = getlocation(fixturedef.func, curdir)
         available.append((len(fixturedef.baseid),
+                          fixturedef.func.__module__,
                           curdir.bestrelpath(loc),
                           fixturedef.argname, fixturedef))
 
     available.sort()
-    for baseid, bestrel, argname, fixturedef in available:
+    currentmodule = None
+    for baseid, module, bestrel, argname, fixturedef in available:
+        if currentmodule != module:
+            if not module.startswith("_pytest."):
+                tw.line()
+                tw.sep("-", "fixtures defined from %s" %(module,))
+                currentmodule = module
+        if verbose <= 0 and argname[0] == "_":
+            continue
         if verbose > 0:
-            funcargspec = "%s -- %s" %(name, loc,)
+            funcargspec = "%s -- %s" %(argname, loc,)
         else:
-            funcargspec = argname  # "%s %s" %(baseid, argname)
+            funcargspec = argname
         tw.line(funcargspec, green=True)
         loc = getlocation(fixturedef.func, curdir)
         doc = fixturedef.func.__doc__ or ""
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 017c0b134..725609580 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def main():
         name='pytest',
         description='py.test: simple powerful testing with Python',
         long_description = long_description,
-        version='2.3.0.dev25',
+        version='2.3.0.dev26',
         url='http://pytest.org',
         license='MIT license',
         platforms=['unix', 'linux', 'osx', 'cygwin', 'win32'],
diff --git a/testing/test_python.py b/testing/test_python.py
index f737063c0..860b1db0f 100644
--- a/testing/test_python.py
+++ b/testing/test_python.py
@@ -1575,6 +1575,10 @@ class TestReportInfo:
        """
 
 class TestShowFixtures:
+    def test_funcarg_compat(self, testdir):
+        config = testdir.parseconfigure("--funcargs")
+        assert config.option.showfixtures
+
     def test_show_fixtures(self, testdir):
         result = testdir.runpytest("--fixtures")
         result.stdout.fnmatch_lines([
@@ -1583,19 +1587,32 @@ class TestShowFixtures:
             ]
         )
 
+    def test_show_fixtures_verbose(self, testdir):
+        result = testdir.runpytest("--fixtures", "-v")
+        result.stdout.fnmatch_lines([
+                "*tmpdir*",
+                "*temporary directory*",
+            ]
+        )
+
     def test_show_fixtures_testmodule(self, testdir):
         p = testdir.makepyfile('''
             import pytest
             @pytest.fixture
+            def _arg0():
+                """ hidden """
+            @pytest.fixture
             def arg1():
                 """  hello world """
         ''')
         result = testdir.runpytest("--fixtures", p)
         result.stdout.fnmatch_lines("""
-            *tmpdir*
+            *tmpdir
+            *fixtures defined from*
             *arg1*
             *hello world*
         """)
+        assert "arg0" not in result.stdout.str()
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("testmod", [True, False])
     def test_show_fixtures_conftest(self, testdir, testmod):
@@ -1613,6 +1630,7 @@ class TestShowFixtures:
         result = testdir.runpytest("--fixtures")
         result.stdout.fnmatch_lines("""
             *tmpdir*
+            *fixtures defined from*conftest*
             *arg1*
             *hello world*
         """)