diff --git a/contrib/completion/bash/docker b/contrib/completion/bash/docker
index 28123ae731..faff614fb9 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/bash/docker
+++ b/contrib/completion/bash/docker
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ __docker_signals() {
 _docker_docker() {
 	local boolean_options="
 		$global_boolean_options
-		--help -h
+		--help
 		--version -v
 	"
 
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ _docker_create() {
 _docker_daemon() {
 	local boolean_options="
 		$global_boolean_options
-		--help -h
+		--help
 		--icc=false
 		--ip-forward=false
 		--ip-masq=false
diff --git a/docker/docker.go b/docker/docker.go
index 236742debf..8ad0d13c05 100644
--- a/docker/docker.go
+++ b/docker/docker.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func main() {
 	flag.Merge(flag.CommandLine, clientFlags.FlagSet, commonFlags.FlagSet)
 
 	flag.Usage = func() {
-		fmt.Fprint(os.Stdout, "Usage: docker [OPTIONS] COMMAND [arg...]\n"+daemonUsage+"       docker [ -h | --help | -v | --version ]\n\n")
+		fmt.Fprint(os.Stdout, "Usage: docker [OPTIONS] COMMAND [arg...]\n"+daemonUsage+"       docker [ --help | -v | --version ]\n\n")
 		fmt.Fprint(os.Stdout, "A self-sufficient runtime for containers.\n\nOptions:\n")
 
 		flag.CommandLine.SetOutput(os.Stdout)
diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/cli.md b/docs/reference/commandline/cli.md
index 2766bb4dac..a07fc8b333 100644
--- a/docs/reference/commandline/cli.md
+++ b/docs/reference/commandline/cli.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ or execute `docker help`:
     $ docker
       Usage: docker [OPTIONS] COMMAND [arg...]
              docker daemon [ --help | ... ]
-             docker [ -h | --help | -v | --version ]
+             docker [ --help | -v | --version ]
 
         -H, --host=[]: The socket(s) to bind to in daemon mode, specified using one or more tcp://host:port, unix:///path/to/socket, fd://* or fd://socketfd.
 
diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/daemon.md b/docs/reference/commandline/daemon.md
index 2f2010941e..cea4cc68d6 100644
--- a/docs/reference/commandline/daemon.md
+++ b/docs/reference/commandline/daemon.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ parent = "smn_cli"
       -G, --group="docker"                   Group for the unix socket
       -g, --graph="/var/lib/docker"          Root of the Docker runtime
       -H, --host=[]                          Daemon socket(s) to connect to
-      -h, --help=false                       Print usage
+      --help=false                           Print usage
       --icc=true                             Enable inter-container communication
       --insecure-registry=[]                 Enable insecure registry communication
       --ip=0.0.0.0                           Default IP when binding container ports
diff --git a/man/docker.1.md b/man/docker.1.md
index 898ff08a56..40b7bd65ee 100644
--- a/man/docker.1.md
+++ b/man/docker.1.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ its own man page which explain usage and arguments.
 To see the man page for a command run **man docker <command>**.
 
 # OPTIONS
-**-h**, **--help**
+**--help**
   Print usage statement
 
 **--api-cors-header**=""