diff --git a/source/dub/commandline.d b/source/dub/commandline.d
index 7da2883..ec445b7 100644
--- a/source/dub/commandline.d
+++ b/source/dub/commandline.d
@@ -268,10 +268,11 @@
 		args.getopt("root", &root_path, ["Path to operate in instead of the current working dir"]);
 		args.getopt("registry", &registry_urls, ["Search the given DUB registry URL first when resolving dependencies. Can be specified multiple times."]);
 		args.getopt("skip-registry", &skipRegistry, [
-			"Skips searching certain package registries for dependencies:",
-			"  none: Search all configured registries (default)",
-			"  standard: Don't search on "~defaultRegistryURL,
-			"  all: Search none of the configured registries",
+			"Sets a mode for skipping the search on certain package registry types:",
+			"  none: Search all configured or default registries (default)",
+			"  standard: Don't search the main registry (e.g. "~defaultRegistryURL~")",
+			"  configured: Skip all default and user configured registries",
+			"  all: Only search registries specified with --registry",
 			]);
 		args.getopt("annotate", &annotate, ["Do not perform any action, just print what would be done"]);
 		args.getopt("bare", &bare, ["Read only packages contained in the current directory"]);
diff --git a/source/dub/dub.d b/source/dub/dub.d
index 0c1b072..c236d3d 100644
--- a/source/dub/dub.d
+++ b/source/dub/dub.d
@@ -142,7 +142,15 @@
 
 		if (skip_registry < SkipPackageSuppliers.all)
 		{
-			ps ~= (environment.get("DUB_REGISTRY", null).split(";") ~ m_config.registryURLs)
+			ps ~= environment.get("DUB_REGISTRY", null)
+				.splitter(";")
+				.map!(url => cast(PackageSupplier)new RegistryPackageSupplier(URL(url)))
+				.array;
+		}
+
+		if (skip_registry < SkipPackageSuppliers.configured)
+		{
+			ps ~= m_config.registryURLs
 				.map!(url => cast(PackageSupplier)new RegistryPackageSupplier(URL(url)))
 				.array;
 		}
@@ -158,16 +166,16 @@
 	unittest
 	{
 		scope (exit) environment.remove("DUB_REGISTRY");
-		auto dub = new Dub(".", null, SkipPackageSuppliers.standard);
+		auto dub = new Dub(".", null, SkipPackageSuppliers.configured);
 		assert(dub.m_packageSuppliers.length == 0);
 		environment["DUB_REGISTRY"] = "http://example.com/";
-		dub = new Dub(".", null, SkipPackageSuppliers.standard);
+		dub = new Dub(".", null, SkipPackageSuppliers.configured);
 		logInfo("%s", dub.m_packageSuppliers);
 		assert(dub.m_packageSuppliers.length == 1);
 		environment["DUB_REGISTRY"] = "http://example.com/;http://foo.com/";
-		dub = new Dub(".", null, SkipPackageSuppliers.standard);
+		dub = new Dub(".", null, SkipPackageSuppliers.configured);
 		assert(dub.m_packageSuppliers.length == 2);
-		dub = new Dub(".", [new RegistryPackageSupplier(URL("http://bar.com/"))], SkipPackageSuppliers.standard);
+		dub = new Dub(".", [new RegistryPackageSupplier(URL("http://bar.com/"))], SkipPackageSuppliers.configured);
 		assert(dub.m_packageSuppliers.length == 3);
 	}
 
@@ -1220,9 +1228,10 @@
 
 /// Determines which of the default package suppliers are queried for packages.
 enum SkipPackageSuppliers {
-	none,     /// Uses all configured package suppliers.
-	standard, /// Does not use the default package suppliers (`defaultPackageSuppliers`).
-	all       /// Uses only manually specified package suppliers.
+	none,       /// Uses all configured package suppliers.
+	standard,   /// Does not use the default package suppliers (`defaultPackageSuppliers`).
+	configured, /// Does not use default suppliers or suppliers configured in DUB's configuration file
+	all         /// Uses only manually specified package suppliers.
 }
 
 private class DependencyVersionResolver : DependencyResolver!(Dependency, Dependency) {