diff --git a/Neos.Flow/Classes/Cli/RequestBuilder.php b/Neos.Flow/Classes/Cli/RequestBuilder.php
index f017f23677..df1ee24411 100644
--- a/Neos.Flow/Classes/Cli/RequestBuilder.php
+++ b/Neos.Flow/Classes/Cli/RequestBuilder.php
@@ -140,14 +140,23 @@ public function build($commandLine): Request
                 }
             }
         }
-        if (count($rawCommandLineArguments) === 0) {
+        $firstArgument = count($rawCommandLineArguments) ? trim(array_shift($rawCommandLineArguments)) : null;
+        if (
+            $firstArgument === null
+            || $firstArgument === '--help'
+        ) {
             $request->setControllerCommandName('helpStub');
 
             return $request;
         }
-        $commandIdentifier = trim(array_shift($rawCommandLineArguments));
+        if (in_array('--help', $rawCommandLineArguments, true)) {
+            $request->setControllerCommandName('help');
+            $request->setArguments(['commandIdentifier' => $firstArgument]);
+            return $request;
+        }
+
         try {
-            $command = $this->commandManager->getCommandByIdentifier($commandIdentifier);
+            $command = $this->commandManager->getCommandByIdentifier($firstArgument);
         } catch (CommandException $exception) {
             $request->setArgument('exception', $exception);
             $request->setControllerCommandName('error');
@@ -188,6 +197,9 @@ protected function parseRawCommandLineArguments(array $rawCommandLineArguments,
         $requiredArguments = [];
         $optionalArguments = [];
         foreach ($commandMethodParameters as $parameterName => $parameterInfo) {
+            if ($parameterName === 'help') {
+                throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('The option --help is reserved in %s::%s', $controllerObjectName, $commandMethodName), 1730715152);
+            }
             if ($parameterInfo['optional'] === false) {
                 $requiredArguments[strtolower($parameterName)] = [
                     'parameterName' => $parameterName,
diff --git a/Neos.Flow/Classes/Command/HelpCommandController.php b/Neos.Flow/Classes/Command/HelpCommandController.php
index 924c6670a8..e3eeadbdd3 100644
--- a/Neos.Flow/Classes/Command/HelpCommandController.php
+++ b/Neos.Flow/Classes/Command/HelpCommandController.php
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ protected function displayHelpIndex()
 
         $this->outputLine('* = compile time command');
         $this->outputLine();
-        $this->outputLine('See "%s help <commandidentifier>" for more information about a specific command.', [$this->getFlowInvocationString()]);
+        $this->outputLine('Use "%s [command] --help" for more information about a command.', [$this->getFlowInvocationString()]);
         $this->outputLine();
     }
 
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ protected function displayHelpForCommand(Command $command)
         if (count($optionDescriptions) > 0) {
             $this->outputLine();
             $this->outputLine('<b>OPTIONS:</b>');
+            $optionDescriptions[] = vsprintf('  %-20s %s', ['--help', 'Shows detailed information about this command']);
             foreach ($optionDescriptions as $optionDescription) {
                 $this->outputLine($optionDescription);
             }
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ public function errorCommand(CommandException $exception)
         }
         $this->outputLine();
         $this->outputLine('Enter "%s help" for an overview of all available commands', [$this->getFlowInvocationString()]);
-        $this->outputLine('or "%s help <commandIdentifier>" for a detailed description of the corresponding command.', [$this->getFlowInvocationString()]);
+        $this->outputLine('or "%s <commandIdentifier> --help" for a detailed description of the corresponding command.', [$this->getFlowInvocationString()]);
         $this->quit(1);
     }