char buf[80];
 
        struct option builtin_gc_options[] = {
-               OPT__QUIET(&quiet),
+               OPT__QUIET(&quiet, "suppress progress reporting"),
                { OPTION_STRING, 0, "prune", &prune_expire, "date",
                        "prune unreferenced objects",
                        PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, NULL, (intptr_t)prune_expire },
                OPT_END()
        };
 
+       if (argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "-h"))
+               usage_with_options(builtin_gc_usage, builtin_gc_options);
+
        git_config(gc_config, NULL);
 
        if (pack_refs < 0)