diff --git a/cobraadaptor/adaptor.go b/cobraadaptor/adaptor.go
index cfa1b7f04c..db16166f09 100644
--- a/cobraadaptor/adaptor.go
+++ b/cobraadaptor/adaptor.go
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ func NewCobraAdaptor(clientFlags *cliflags.ClientFlags) CobraAdaptor {
 		volume.NewVolumeCommand(dockerCli),
 	)
 
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolP("help", "h", false, "Print usage")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().MarkShorthandDeprecated("help", "please use --help")
+
 	return CobraAdaptor{
 		rootCmd:   rootCmd,
 		dockerCli: dockerCli,