on gnupg-users, Werner notes:
Actually --list-sigs is more of a debug command than a command users should use to verify a key. The real command is --check-sigs and it does what you suggested. Unfortunately the man pages describes --list-sigs in detail and only in the next paragraph --check-sigs is explained in terms of --list-sigs. it might be better to merge them into one description with a focus on --check-sigs.
Andrew Gallagher notes:
Or just describe --check-sigs and have --list-sigs tucked away in an "experts only, beware" section.