diff --git a/platform/migrate.provision.inc b/platform/migrate.provision.inc
index b3fec3a..d47413f 100644
--- a/platform/migrate.provision.inc
+++ b/platform/migrate.provision.inc
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ function drush_provision_drupal_provision_migrate($platform, $new_name = NULL) {
   // If the site is migrated between platforms and not just renamed,
   // we should update the info collected about source and target platform first.
   // Note that we have to exclude Hostmaster platform from this extra verify.
-  if (!provision_is_hostmaster_site()) {
+  if (!provision_is_hostmaster_site() && drush_get_option('provision_verify_platforms_before_migrate', TRUE)) {
     if (!is_null(d($platform)->name) && (d($platform)->name != d()->platform->name)) {
       provision_backend_invoke('@hostmaster', 'hosting-task', array(d()->platform->name, 'verify'), array('force' => TRUE));
       sleep(5); // A small trick to avoid high load and race conditions.
diff --git a/provision.api.php b/provision.api.php
index 436cbcd..3f491ff 100644
--- a/provision.api.php
+++ b/provision.api.php
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@
  * @see drush_command_invoke_all()
  */
 
+/**
+ * Possible variables to set in local.drushrc.php or another drushrc location Drush supports.
+ *
+ * usage:
+ *   $options['provision_backup_suffix'] = '.tar.bz2';
+ *
+ * provision_verify_platforms_before_migrate - When migrating many sites turning this off can save time, default TRUE.
+ * provision_backup_suffix - Method to set the compression used for backups... e.g. '.tar.bz2' or '.tar.', defaults to '.tar.gz'.
+ *
+ */
 
 /**
  * Implements hook_drush_load(). Deprecated. Removed in Drush 7.x.