diff --git a/common/common.cpp b/common/common.cpp
index 56e86a07a..faaea88cd 100644
--- a/common/common.cpp
+++ b/common/common.cpp
@@ -1707,39 +1707,38 @@ void gpt_params_print_usage(int /*argc*/, char ** argv, const gpt_params & param
     options.push_back({ "*",           "-co,   --color",                "colorise output to distinguish prompt and user input from generations (default: %s)", params.use_color ? "true" : "false" });
     options.push_back({ "*",           "-s,    --seed SEED",            "RNG seed (default: %d, use random seed for < 0)", params.seed });
     options.push_back({ "*",           "-t,    --threads N",            "number of threads to use during generation (default: %d)", params.cpuparams.n_threads });
-    options.push_back({ "*",           "-C,    --cpu-mask M",           "CPU affinity mask: arbitrarily long hex. Complements cpu-range (default: \"\")"});
-    options.push_back({ "*",           "-Cr,   --cpu-range lo-hi",      "range of CPUs for affinity. Complements --cpu-mask"});
-    options.push_back({ "*",           "       --cpu-strict <0|1>",     "use strict CPU placement (default: %u)\n", (unsigned) params.cpuparams.strict_cpu});
-    options.push_back({ "*",           "       --priority N",           "set process/thread priority : 0-normal, 1-medium, 2-high, 3-realtime (default: %d)\n", params.cpuparams.priority});
-    options.push_back({ "*",           "       --poll <0...100>",       "use polling level to wait for work (0 - no polling, default: %u)\n", (unsigned) params.cpuparams.poll});
     options.push_back({ "*",           "-tb,   --threads-batch N",      "number of threads to use during batch and prompt processing (default: same as --threads)" });
-    options.push_back({ "*",           "-Cb,   --cpu-mask-batch M",     "CPU affinity mask: arbitrarily long hex. Complements cpu-range-batch (default: same as --cpu-mask)"});
-    options.push_back({ "*",           "-Crb,  --cpu-range-batch lo-hi",
-                                                                        "ranges of CPUs for affinity. Complements --cpu-mask-batch"});
-    options.push_back({ "*",           "       --cpu-strict-batch <0|1>",
-                                                                        "use strict CPU placement (default: same as --cpu-strict)"});
-    options.push_back({ "*",           "       --priority-batch N",     "set process/thread priority : 0-normal, 1-medium, 2-high, 3-realtime (default: --priority)"});
-    options.push_back({ "*",           "       --poll-batch <0|1>",     "use polling to wait for work (default: same as --poll"});
     options.push_back({ "speculative", "-td,   --threads-draft N",      "number of threads to use during generation (default: same as --threads)" });
-    options.push_back({ "speculative", "-Cd,   --cpu-mask-draft M",     "Draft model CPU affinity mask. Complements cpu-range-draft (default: same as --cpu-mask)"});
-    options.push_back({ "speculative", "-Crd,  --cpu-range-draft lo-hi",
-                                                                        "Ranges of CPUs for affinity. Complements --cpu-mask-draft"});
-    options.push_back({ "speculative", "       --cpu-strict-draft <0|1>",
-                                                                        "Use strict CPU placement for draft model (default: same as --cpu-strict)"});
-    options.push_back({ "speculative", "       --priority-draft N",     "Set draft process/thread priority : 0-normal, 1-medium, 2-high, 3-realtime (default: same as --priority)"});
-    options.push_back({ "speculative", "       --poll-draft <0|1>",     "Use polling to wait for draft model work (default: same as --poll])"});
-    options.push_back({ "speculative", "-tbd,  --threads-batch-draft N",
-                                                                        "number of threads to use during batch and prompt processing (default: same as --threads-draft)" });
-    options.push_back({ "speculative", "-Cbd,  --cpu-mask-batch-draft M",
-                                                                        "Draft model CPU affinity mask. Complements cpu-range-draft-batch (default: same as --cpu-mask-draft)"});
+    options.push_back({ "speculative", "-tbd,  --threads-batch-draft N","number of threads to use during batch and prompt processing (default: same as --threads-draft)" });
+
+#ifndef GGML_USE_OPENMP
+    // these options are available only with the internal threadpool
+    options.push_back({ "*",           "-C,    --cpu-mask M",            "CPU affinity mask: arbitrarily long hex. Complements cpu-range (default: \"\")"});
+    options.push_back({ "*",           "-Cr,   --cpu-range lo-hi",       "range of CPUs for affinity. Complements --cpu-mask"});
+    options.push_back({ "*",           "       --cpu-strict <0|1>",      "use strict CPU placement (default: %u)\n", (unsigned) params.cpuparams.strict_cpu});
+    options.push_back({ "*",           "       --priority N",            "set process/thread priority : 0-normal, 1-medium, 2-high, 3-realtime (default: %d)\n", params.cpuparams.priority});
+    options.push_back({ "*",           "       --poll <0...100>",        "use polling level to wait for work (0 - no polling, default: %u)\n", (unsigned) params.cpuparams.poll});
+
+    options.push_back({ "*",           "-Cb,   --cpu-mask-batch M",      "CPU affinity mask: arbitrarily long hex. Complements cpu-range-batch (default: same as --cpu-mask)"});
+    options.push_back({ "*",           "-Crb,  --cpu-range-batch lo-hi", "ranges of CPUs for affinity. Complements --cpu-mask-batch"});
+    options.push_back({ "*",           "       --cpu-strict-batch <0|1>","use strict CPU placement (default: same as --cpu-strict)"});
+    options.push_back({ "*",           "       --priority-batch N",      "set process/thread priority : 0-normal, 1-medium, 2-high, 3-realtime (default: --priority)"});
+    options.push_back({ "*",           "       --poll-batch <0|1>",      "use polling to wait for work (default: same as --poll"});
+
+    options.push_back({ "speculative", "-Cd,   --cpu-mask-draft M",      "Draft model CPU affinity mask. Complements cpu-range-draft (default: same as --cpu-mask)"});
+    options.push_back({ "speculative", "-Crd,  --cpu-range-draft lo-hi", "Ranges of CPUs for affinity. Complements --cpu-mask-draft"});
+    options.push_back({ "speculative", "       --cpu-strict-draft <0|1>","Use strict CPU placement for draft model (default: same as --cpu-strict)"});
+    options.push_back({ "speculative", "       --priority-draft N",      "Set draft process/thread priority : 0-normal, 1-medium, 2-high, 3-realtime (default: same as --priority)"});
+    options.push_back({ "speculative", "       --poll-draft <0|1>",      "Use polling to wait for draft model work (default: same as --poll])"});
+
+    options.push_back({ "speculative", "-Cbd,  --cpu-mask-batch-draft M","Draft model CPU affinity mask. Complements cpu-range-draft-batch (default: same as --cpu-mask-draft)"});
     options.push_back({ "speculative", "-Crbd, --cpu-range-batch-draft lo-hi",
-                                                                        "Ranges of CPUs for affinity. Complements --cpu-mask-draft-batch)"});
+                                                                         "Ranges of CPUs for affinity. Complements --cpu-mask-draft-batch)"});
     options.push_back({ "speculative", "       --cpu-strict-batch-draft <0|1>",
-                                                                        "Use strict CPU placement for draft model (default: --cpu-strict-draft)"});
-    options.push_back({ "speculative", "       --priority-batch-draft N",
-                                                                        "Set draft process/thread priority : 0-normal, 1-medium, 2-high, 3-realtime (default: --priority-draft)"});
-    options.push_back({ "speculative", "       --poll-batch-draft <0|1>",
-                                                                        "Use polling to wait for draft model work (default: --poll-draft)"});
+                                                                         "Use strict CPU placement for draft model (default: --cpu-strict-draft)"});
+    options.push_back({ "speculative", "       --priority-batch-draft N","Set draft process/thread priority : 0-normal, 1-medium, 2-high, 3-realtime (default: --priority-draft)"});
+    options.push_back({ "speculative", "       --poll-batch-draft <0|1>","Use polling to wait for draft model work (default: --poll-draft)"});
+#endif // GGML_USE_OPENMP
 
     options.push_back({ "speculative", "       --draft N",              "number of tokens to draft for speculative decoding (default: %d)", params.n_draft });
     options.push_back({ "speculative", "-ps,   --p-split N",            "speculative decoding split probability (default: %.1f)", (double)params.p_split });