diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5bbd52cbe2a..531c5865d81 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ Please see _'Development Status'_ for a listing of all crates and their capabili
             for consumption by **pack-receive** or _git-receive-pack_
       * [x] [index from data](https://asciinema.org/a/352941) - create an index file by streaming a pack file as done during clone
           * [ ] support for thin packs (as needed for fetch/pull)
-    * **commit-graph**
-      * [x] **verify** - assure that a commit-graph is consistent
+    * **commitgraph**
+      * [x] **verify** - assure that a commitgraph is consistent
     * [remote-ref-list](https://asciinema.org/a/359320)
       * [x] list all (or given) references from a remote at the given URL
 
diff --git a/src/plumbing/main.rs b/src/plumbing/main.rs
index 9967edad6cf..71c82408896 100644
--- a/src/plumbing/main.rs
+++ b/src/plumbing/main.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use gitoxide_core as core;
 use gitoxide_core::pack::verify;
 
 use crate::{
-    plumbing::options::{Args, Subcommands},
+    plumbing::options::{commitgraph, Args, Subcommands},
     shared::pretty::prepare_and_run,
 };
 
@@ -307,25 +307,27 @@ pub fn main() -> Result<()> {
             },
         )
         .map(|_| ()),
-        Subcommands::CommitGraphVerify { path, statistics } => prepare_and_run(
-            "commit-graph-verify",
-            verbose,
-            progress,
-            progress_keep_open,
-            None,
-            move |_progress, out, err| {
-                let output_statistics = if statistics { Some(format) } else { None };
-                core::commitgraph::verify::graph_or_file(
-                    path,
-                    core::commitgraph::verify::Context {
-                        err,
-                        out,
-                        output_statistics,
-                    },
-                )
-            },
-        )
-        .map(|_| ()),
+        Subcommands::Commitgraph(subcommands) => match subcommands {
+            commitgraph::Subcommands::Verify { path, statistics } => prepare_and_run(
+                "commit-graph-verify",
+                verbose,
+                progress,
+                progress_keep_open,
+                None,
+                move |_progress, out, err| {
+                    let output_statistics = if statistics { Some(format) } else { None };
+                    core::commitgraph::verify::graph_or_file(
+                        path,
+                        core::commitgraph::verify::Context {
+                            err,
+                            out,
+                            output_statistics,
+                        },
+                    )
+                },
+            )
+            .map(|_| ()),
+        },
     }?;
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/plumbing/options.rs b/src/plumbing/options.rs
index 7c2fb3d02f5..6a7922b8838 100644
--- a/src/plumbing/options.rs
+++ b/src/plumbing/options.rs
@@ -250,14 +250,26 @@ pub enum Subcommands {
         #[clap(parse(from_os_str))]
         path: PathBuf,
     },
-    /// Verify the integrity of a commit graph
-    #[clap(setting = AppSettings::DisableVersionFlag)]
-    CommitGraphVerify {
-        /// The path to '.git/objects/info/', '.git/objects/info/commit-graphs/', or '.git/objects/info/commit-graph' to validate.
-        #[clap(parse(from_os_str))]
-        path: PathBuf,
-        /// output statistical information about the pack
-        #[clap(long, short = 's')]
-        statistics: bool,
-    },
+    /// Subcommands for interacting with commitgraphs
+    #[clap(subcommand)]
+    Commitgraph(commitgraph::Subcommands),
+}
+
+///
+pub mod commitgraph {
+    use clap::AppSettings;
+    use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+    #[derive(Debug, clap::Parser)]
+    pub enum Subcommands {
+        #[clap(setting = AppSettings::DisableVersionFlag)]
+        Verify {
+            /// The path to '.git/objects/info/', '.git/objects/info/commit-graphs/', or '.git/objects/info/commit-graph' to validate.
+            #[clap(parse(from_os_str))]
+            path: PathBuf,
+            /// output statistical information about the pack
+            #[clap(long, short = 's')]
+            statistics: bool,
+        },
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/journey/gix.sh b/tests/journey/gix.sh
index c34aff7b713..d41724ac066 100644
--- a/tests/journey/gix.sh
+++ b/tests/journey/gix.sh
@@ -493,26 +493,32 @@ title "gix pack-verify"
     )
   )
 )
-title "gix commit-graph-verify"
-(when "running 'commit-graph-verify'"
-  snapshot="$snapshot/commit-graph-verify"
-  (small-repo-in-sandbox
-    (with "a valid and complete commit-graph file"
-      git commit-graph write --reachable
-      (with "statistics"
-        it "generates the correct output" && {
-          WITH_SNAPSHOT="$snapshot/statistics-success" \
-          expect_run $SUCCESSFULLY "$exe_plumbing" commit-graph-verify -s .git/objects/info
-        }
-      )
-      if test "$kind" = "max"; then
-      (with "statistics --format json"
-        it "generates the correct output" && {
-          WITH_SNAPSHOT="$snapshot/statistics-json-success" \
-          expect_run $SUCCESSFULLY "$exe_plumbing" --format json commit-graph-verify -s .git/objects/info
-        }
+
+title "gix commitgraph"
+(when "running 'commitgraph'"
+  snapshot="$snapshot/commitgraph"
+  title "gix commitgraph verify"
+  (with "the 'verify' sub-command"
+    snapshot="$snapshot/verify"
+
+    (small-repo-in-sandbox
+      (with "a valid and complete commit-graph file"
+        git commit-graph write --reachable
+        (with "statistics"
+          it "generates the correct output" && {
+            WITH_SNAPSHOT="$snapshot/statistics-success" \
+            expect_run $SUCCESSFULLY "$exe_plumbing" commitgraph verify -s .git/objects/info
+          }
+        )
+        if test "$kind" = "max"; then
+        (with "statistics --format json"
+          it "generates the correct output" && {
+            WITH_SNAPSHOT="$snapshot/statistics-json-success" \
+            expect_run $SUCCESSFULLY "$exe_plumbing" --format json commitgraph verify -s .git/objects/info
+          }
+        )
+        fi
       )
-      fi
     )
   )
 )
diff --git a/tests/snapshots/plumbing/commit-graph-verify/statistics-json-success b/tests/snapshots/plumbing/commitgraph/verify/statistics-json-success
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/snapshots/plumbing/commit-graph-verify/statistics-json-success
rename to tests/snapshots/plumbing/commitgraph/verify/statistics-json-success
diff --git a/tests/snapshots/plumbing/commit-graph-verify/statistics-success b/tests/snapshots/plumbing/commitgraph/verify/statistics-success
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/snapshots/plumbing/commit-graph-verify/statistics-success
rename to tests/snapshots/plumbing/commitgraph/verify/statistics-success