diff --git a/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp b/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
index 39c6eb916..3f1467475 100644
--- a/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
+++ b/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
@@ -610,8 +610,9 @@ void CmdLineParser::PrintHelp()
               "    cppcheck [--append=file] [-D<ID>] [--enable=<id>] [--error-exitcode=[n]]\n"
               "             [--exitcode-suppressions file] [--file-list=file.txt] [--force]\n"
               "             [--help] [-Idir] [--inline-suppr] [-j [jobs]] [--quiet]\n"
-              "             [--report-progress] [--style] [--suppressions-list=file.txt]\n"
-              "             [--verbose] [--version] [--xml] [file or path1] [file or path]\n"
+              "             [--report-progress] [--rule=<rule>] [--rule-file=<file>]\n"
+              "             [--style] [--suppressions-list=file.txt] [--verbose]\n"
+              "             [--version] [--xml] [file or path1] [file or path]\n"
               "\n"
               "If path is given instead of filename, *.cpp, *.cxx, *.cc, *.c++ and *.c files\n"
               "are checked recursively from given directory.\n\n"
@@ -655,6 +656,8 @@ void CmdLineParser::PrintHelp()
               "    -j [jobs]            Start [jobs] threads to do the checking simultaneously.\n"
               "    -q, --quiet          Only print error messages\n"
               "    --report-progress    Report progress messages while checking a file.\n"
+              "    --rule=<rule>        match regular expression\n"
+              "    --rule-file=<file>   use given rule file\n"
               "    -s, --style          deprecated, use --enable=style\n"
               "    --suppressions-list=file\n"
               "                         Suppress warnings listed in the file. Filename and line\n"