diff --git a/cmd/tools/vdoc.v b/cmd/tools/vdoc.v
index b8c8a1d335..78a7064931 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/vdoc.v
+++ b/cmd/tools/vdoc.v
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ fn (cfg DocConfig) get_resource(name string, minify bool) string {
 
 fn main() {
 	args := os.args[2..]
-	if args.len == 0 || args[0] == 'help' {
+	if args.len == 0 || args[0] in ['help', '-h', '--help'] {
 		os.system('${@VEXE} help doc')
 		exit(0)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/v/help/doc.txt b/cmd/v/help/doc.txt
index 4345a53320..dc359684d5 100644
--- a/cmd/v/help/doc.txt
+++ b/cmd/v/help/doc.txt
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ and prints or saves them to its desired format. It can generate HTML, JSON,
 or Markdown format.
 
 Options:
-  -all    Includes private and public functions/methods/structs/consts/enums.
-  -f      Specifies the output format to be used.
-  -inline-assets
-          Embeds the contents of the CSS and JS assets into the webpage directly.
-  -l      Show the locations of the generated signatures. (For plaintext only)
-  -m      Generate docs for modules listed in that folder.
-  -o      Specifies the output file/folder path where to store the generated docs.
-  -s      Serve HTML-generated docs via HTTP.
-  -r      Include README.md to docs if present.
-  -v      Enables verbose logging. For debugging purposes.
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+  -all            Includes private and public functions/methods/structs/consts/enums.
+  -f              Specifies the output format to be used.
+  -inline-assets  Embeds the contents of the CSS and JS assets into the webpage directly.
+  -l              Show the locations of the generated signatures. (For plaintext only)
+  -m              Generate docs for modules listed in that folder.
+  -o              Specifies the output file/folder path where to store the generated docs.
+  -s              Serve HTML-generated docs via HTTP.
+  -r              Include README.md to docs if present.
+  -v              Enables verbose logging. For debugging purposes.
+  -h, -help       Prints this help text.
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