diff --git a/crates/aura-cli/src/main.rs b/crates/aura-cli/src/main.rs
index 1a78f8f..3de1f1d 100644
--- a/crates/aura-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/aura-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ fn main() {
     let mut args = std::env::args().skip(1);
     match args.next().as_deref() {
         Some("run") => println!("{}", run_sample().to_json()),
+        Some("--help") | Some("-h") => println!("usage: aura run"),
         _ => {
             eprintln!("aura: usage: aura run");
             std::process::exit(2);