diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/ScalaSettings.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/ScalaSettings.scala
index 6f5337f813c8..0bace6d2e75b 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/ScalaSettings.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/ScalaSettings.scala
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ trait CommonScalaSettings:
   val color: Setting[String] = ChoiceSetting("-color", "mode", "Colored output", List("always", "never"/*, "auto"*/), "always"/* "auto"*/, aliases = List("--color"))
   val verbose: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting("-verbose", "Output messages about what the compiler is doing.", aliases = List("--verbose"))
   val version: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting("-version", "Print product version and exit.", aliases = List("--version"))
-  val help: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting("-help", "Print a synopsis of standard options.", aliases = List("--help"))
+  val help: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting("-help", "Print a synopsis of standard options.", aliases = List("--help", "-h"))
   val pageWidth: Setting[Int] = IntSetting("-pagewidth", "Set page width", ScalaSettings.defaultPageWidth, aliases = List("--page-width"))
   val silentWarnings: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting("-nowarn", "Silence all warnings.", aliases = List("--no-warnings"))