diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/FeatureHandler.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/FeatureHandler.java
index 7054afe91009..740fbf5f226f 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/FeatureHandler.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/FeatureHandler.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 
 import com.oracle.svm.core.annotate.AutomaticFeature;
 import com.oracle.svm.core.graal.GraalFeature;
+import com.oracle.svm.core.option.APIOption;
 import com.oracle.svm.core.option.HostedOptionKey;
 import com.oracle.svm.core.util.UserError;
 import com.oracle.svm.core.util.VMError;
@@ -47,7 +48,8 @@
 public class FeatureHandler {
 
     public static class Options {
-        @Option(help = "Comma-separate list of fully qualified Feature implementation classes")//
+        @APIOption(name = "features") //
+        @Option(help = "A comma-separated list of fully qualified Feature implementation classes")//
         public static final HostedOptionKey<String> Features = new HostedOptionKey<>("");
     }