diff --git a/tmuxp/cli.py b/tmuxp/cli.py
index 74f5142c067..8fa9e2cfb59 100644
--- a/tmuxp/cli.py
+++ b/tmuxp/cli.py
@@ -749,8 +749,7 @@ def load_workspace(
     return _setup_plugins(builder)
 
 
-
-@click.group(context_settings={'obj': {}})
+@click.group(context_settings={'obj': {}, 'help_option_names':['-h', '--help']})
 @click.version_option(__version__, '-V', '--version', message='%(prog)s %(version)s')
 @click.option(
     '--log-level',