diff --git a/Lib/pdb.py b/Lib/pdb.py
index 29746d7..a6355ec 100755
--- a/Lib/pdb.py
+++ b/Lib/pdb.py
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@
         print('along the Python search path')
 
 def main():
-    if not sys.argv[1:]:
+    if not sys.argv[1:] or sys.argv[1] in ("--help", "-h"):
         print("usage: pdb.py scriptfile [arg] ...")
         sys.exit(2)