diff --git a/aioping/__init__.py b/aioping/__init__.py
index d594d62..8642a64 100644
--- a/aioping/__init__.py
+++ b/aioping/__init__.py
@@ -289,26 +289,34 @@ async def ping(dest_addr, timeout=10, family=None):
     return delay
 
 
-async def verbose_ping(dest_addr, timeout=2, count=3, family=None):
+async def verbose_ping(dest_addr, timeout=2, count=3, family=None, stop_ping=False):
     """
     Send >count< ping to >dest_addr< with the given >timeout< and display
-    the result.
+    the result. Set stop_ping to True, if you want to check just 1 echo reply from
+    several requests.
     :param dest_addr:
     :param timeout:
     :param count:
     :param family:
+    :param stop_ping:
     """
     for i in range(count):
         delay = None
-
+        result = ''
         try:
             delay = await ping(dest_addr, timeout, family)
+            result = True
+            if stop_ping:
+                break
         except TimeoutError as e:
+            result = False
             logger.error("%s timed out after %ss" % (dest_addr, timeout))
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error("%s failed: %s" % (dest_addr, str(e)))
+            result = False
             break
 
         if delay is not None:
             delay *= 1000
             logger.info("%s get ping in %0.4fms" % (dest_addr, delay))
+    return result