diff --git a/ns3 b/ns3
index 92f69d1f8..d1f6b7efd 100755
--- a/ns3
+++ b/ns3
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def add_argument_to_subparsers(parsers: list,
 def parse_args(argv):
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="ns-3 wrapper for the CMake build system", add_help=False)
 
-    parser.add_argument('--help',
+    parser.add_argument('-h', '--help',
                         help="Print a summary of available commands",
                         action="store_true", default=None, dest="help")
     # parser.add_argument('--docset',