diff --git a/doc/benchmarking.md b/doc/benchmarking.md
index c6dc75dc5cd..8f836219c92 100644
--- a/doc/benchmarking.md
+++ b/doc/benchmarking.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ The output will look similar to:
 Help
 ---------------------
 
-    build/src/bench/bench_bitcoin -?
+    build/src/bench/bench_bitcoin -h
 
 To print the various options, like listing the benchmarks without running them
 or using a regex filter to only run certain benchmarks.
diff --git a/src/common/args.cpp b/src/common/args.cpp
index f8283b12885..3029625ff72 100644
--- a/src/common/args.cpp
+++ b/src/common/args.cpp
@@ -688,8 +688,8 @@ bool HelpRequested(const ArgsManager& args)
 
 void SetupHelpOptions(ArgsManager& args)
 {
-    args.AddArg("-?", "Print this help message and exit", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
-    args.AddHiddenArgs({"-h", "-help"});
+    args.AddArg("-help", "Print this help message and exit (also -h or -?)", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
+    args.AddHiddenArgs({"-h", "-?"});
 }
 
 static const int screenWidth = 79;
diff --git a/test/lint/check-doc.py b/test/lint/check-doc.py
index f55d0f8cb7b..3e9e5ba230a 100755
--- a/test/lint/check-doc.py
+++ b/test/lint/check-doc.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 CMD_GREP_WALLET_HIDDEN_ARGS = r"git grep --function-context 'void DummyWalletInit::AddWalletOptions' -- {}".format(CMD_ROOT_DIR)
 CMD_GREP_DOCS = r"git grep --perl-regexp '{}' {}".format(REGEX_DOC, CMD_ROOT_DIR)
 # list unsupported, deprecated and duplicate args as they need no documentation
-SET_DOC_OPTIONAL = set(['-h', '-help', '-dbcrashratio', '-forcecompactdb'])
+SET_DOC_OPTIONAL = set(['-h', '-?', '-dbcrashratio', '-forcecompactdb'])
 
 
 def lint_missing_argument_documentation():