diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c
index 2bc9e70df7e2..1caf7b9a01ee 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c
@@ -339,10 +339,10 @@ int parse_options_step(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx,
 		if (arg[1] != '-') {
 			ctx->opt = arg + 1;
 			if (internal_help && *ctx->opt == 'h')
-				return parse_options_usage(usagestr, options);
+				return usage_with_options_internal(usagestr, options, 0);
 			switch (parse_short_opt(ctx, options)) {
 			case -1:
-				return parse_options_usage(usagestr, options);
+				return parse_options_usage(usagestr, options, arg + 1, 1);
 			case -2:
 				goto unknown;
 			default:
@@ -352,10 +352,11 @@ int parse_options_step(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx,
 				check_typos(arg + 1, options);
 			while (ctx->opt) {
 				if (internal_help && *ctx->opt == 'h')
-					return parse_options_usage(usagestr, options);
+					return usage_with_options_internal(usagestr, options, 0);
+				arg = ctx->opt;
 				switch (parse_short_opt(ctx, options)) {
 				case -1:
-					return parse_options_usage(usagestr, options);
+					return parse_options_usage(usagestr, options, arg, 1);
 				case -2:
 					/* fake a short option thing to hide the fact that we may have
 					 * started to parse aggregated stuff
@@ -383,12 +384,12 @@ int parse_options_step(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx,
 		if (internal_help && !strcmp(arg + 2, "help-all"))
 			return usage_with_options_internal(usagestr, options, 1);
 		if (internal_help && !strcmp(arg + 2, "help"))
-			return parse_options_usage(usagestr, options);
+			return usage_with_options_internal(usagestr, options, 0);
 		if (!strcmp(arg + 2, "list-opts"))
 			return PARSE_OPT_LIST;
 		switch (parse_long_opt(ctx, arg + 2, options)) {
 		case -1:
-			return parse_options_usage(usagestr, options);
+			return parse_options_usage(usagestr, options, arg + 2, 0);
 		case -2:
 			goto unknown;
 		default:
@@ -445,6 +446,89 @@ int parse_options(int argc, const char **argv, const struct option *options,
 #define USAGE_OPTS_WIDTH 24
 #define USAGE_GAP         2
 
+static void print_option_help(const struct option *opts, int full)
+{
+	size_t pos;
+	int pad;
+
+	if (opts->type == OPTION_GROUP) {
+		fputc('\n', stderr);
+		if (*opts->help)
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", opts->help);
+		return;
+	}
+	if (!full && (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN))
+		return;
+
+	pos = fprintf(stderr, "    ");
+	if (opts->short_name)
+		pos += fprintf(stderr, "-%c", opts->short_name);
+	else
+		pos += fprintf(stderr, "    ");
+
+	if (opts->long_name && opts->short_name)
+		pos += fprintf(stderr, ", ");
+	if (opts->long_name)
+		pos += fprintf(stderr, "--%s", opts->long_name);
+
+	switch (opts->type) {
+	case OPTION_ARGUMENT:
+		break;
+	case OPTION_LONG:
+	case OPTION_U64:
+	case OPTION_INTEGER:
+	case OPTION_UINTEGER:
+		if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG)
+			if (opts->long_name)
+				pos += fprintf(stderr, "[=<n>]");
+			else
+				pos += fprintf(stderr, "[<n>]");
+		else
+			pos += fprintf(stderr, " <n>");
+		break;
+	case OPTION_CALLBACK:
+		if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_NOARG)
+			break;
+		/* FALLTHROUGH */
+	case OPTION_STRING:
+		if (opts->argh) {
+			if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG)
+				if (opts->long_name)
+					pos += fprintf(stderr, "[=<%s>]", opts->argh);
+				else
+					pos += fprintf(stderr, "[<%s>]", opts->argh);
+			else
+				pos += fprintf(stderr, " <%s>", opts->argh);
+		} else {
+			if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG)
+				if (opts->long_name)
+					pos += fprintf(stderr, "[=...]");
+				else
+					pos += fprintf(stderr, "[...]");
+			else
+				pos += fprintf(stderr, " ...");
+		}
+		break;
+	default: /* OPTION_{BIT,BOOLEAN,SET_UINT,SET_PTR} */
+	case OPTION_END:
+	case OPTION_GROUP:
+	case OPTION_BIT:
+	case OPTION_BOOLEAN:
+	case OPTION_INCR:
+	case OPTION_SET_UINT:
+	case OPTION_SET_PTR:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	if (pos <= USAGE_OPTS_WIDTH)
+		pad = USAGE_OPTS_WIDTH - pos;
+	else {
+		fputc('\n', stderr);
+		pad = USAGE_OPTS_WIDTH;
+	}
+	fprintf(stderr, "%*s%s\n", pad + USAGE_GAP, "", opts->help);
+}
+
 int usage_with_options_internal(const char * const *usagestr,
 				const struct option *opts, int full)
 {
@@ -464,87 +548,9 @@ int usage_with_options_internal(const char * const *usagestr,
 	if (opts->type != OPTION_GROUP)
 		fputc('\n', stderr);
 
-	for (; opts->type != OPTION_END; opts++) {
-		size_t pos;
-		int pad;
+	for (  ; opts->type != OPTION_END; opts++)
+		print_option_help(opts, full);
 
-		if (opts->type == OPTION_GROUP) {
-			fputc('\n', stderr);
-			if (*opts->help)
-				fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", opts->help);
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!full && (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN))
-			continue;
-
-		pos = fprintf(stderr, "    ");
-		if (opts->short_name)
-			pos += fprintf(stderr, "-%c", opts->short_name);
-		else
-			pos += fprintf(stderr, "    ");
-
-		if (opts->long_name && opts->short_name)
-			pos += fprintf(stderr, ", ");
-		if (opts->long_name)
-			pos += fprintf(stderr, "--%s", opts->long_name);
-
-		switch (opts->type) {
-		case OPTION_ARGUMENT:
-			break;
-		case OPTION_LONG:
-		case OPTION_U64:
-		case OPTION_INTEGER:
-		case OPTION_UINTEGER:
-			if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG)
-				if (opts->long_name)
-					pos += fprintf(stderr, "[=<n>]");
-				else
-					pos += fprintf(stderr, "[<n>]");
-			else
-				pos += fprintf(stderr, " <n>");
-			break;
-		case OPTION_CALLBACK:
-			if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_NOARG)
-				break;
-			/* FALLTHROUGH */
-		case OPTION_STRING:
-			if (opts->argh) {
-				if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG)
-					if (opts->long_name)
-						pos += fprintf(stderr, "[=<%s>]", opts->argh);
-					else
-						pos += fprintf(stderr, "[<%s>]", opts->argh);
-				else
-					pos += fprintf(stderr, " <%s>", opts->argh);
-			} else {
-				if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG)
-					if (opts->long_name)
-						pos += fprintf(stderr, "[=...]");
-					else
-						pos += fprintf(stderr, "[...]");
-				else
-					pos += fprintf(stderr, " ...");
-			}
-			break;
-		default: /* OPTION_{BIT,BOOLEAN,SET_UINT,SET_PTR} */
-		case OPTION_END:
-		case OPTION_GROUP:
-		case OPTION_BIT:
-		case OPTION_BOOLEAN:
-		case OPTION_INCR:
-		case OPTION_SET_UINT:
-		case OPTION_SET_PTR:
-			break;
-		}
-
-		if (pos <= USAGE_OPTS_WIDTH)
-			pad = USAGE_OPTS_WIDTH - pos;
-		else {
-			fputc('\n', stderr);
-			pad = USAGE_OPTS_WIDTH;
-		}
-		fprintf(stderr, "%*s%s\n", pad + USAGE_GAP, "", opts->help);
-	}
 	fputc('\n', stderr);
 
 	return PARSE_OPT_HELP;
@@ -559,9 +565,44 @@ void usage_with_options(const char * const *usagestr,
 }
 
 int parse_options_usage(const char * const *usagestr,
-			const struct option *opts)
+			const struct option *opts,
+			const char *optstr, bool short_opt)
 {
-	return usage_with_options_internal(usagestr, opts, 0);
+	if (!usagestr)
+		return PARSE_OPT_HELP;
+
+	fprintf(stderr, "\n usage: %s\n", *usagestr++);
+	while (*usagestr && **usagestr)
+		fprintf(stderr, "    or: %s\n", *usagestr++);
+	while (*usagestr) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s%s\n",
+				**usagestr ? "    " : "",
+				*usagestr);
+		usagestr++;
+	}
+	fputc('\n', stderr);
+
+	for (  ; opts->type != OPTION_END; opts++) {
+		if (short_opt) {
+			if (opts->short_name == *optstr)
+				break;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (opts->long_name == NULL)
+			continue;
+
+		if (!prefixcmp(optstr, opts->long_name))
+			break;
+		if (!prefixcmp(optstr, "no-") &&
+		    !prefixcmp(optstr + 3, opts->long_name))
+			break;
+	}
+
+	if (opts->type != OPTION_END)
+		print_option_help(opts, 0);
+
+	return PARSE_OPT_HELP;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-options.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-options.h
index 7bb5999940ca..b0241e28eaf7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-options.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-options.h
@@ -158,7 +158,9 @@ struct parse_opt_ctx_t {
 };
 
 extern int parse_options_usage(const char * const *usagestr,
-			       const struct option *opts);
+			       const struct option *opts,
+			       const char *optstr,
+			       bool short_opt);
 
 extern void parse_options_start(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx,
 				int argc, const char **argv, int flags);