diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d41773a..e2b0a3c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ composer sqllint
 ### Parameter
 | Name     | Values                   |
 |----------|--------------------------|
+| --help   |                          |
 | --report | "cli" (default), "junit" |
 
 [1]:https://github.com/phpmyadmin/sql-parser
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index f37268d..8d890cf 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"name": "liquipedia/sqllint",
 	"description": "A thin wrapper around the SqlParser from the phpMyAdmin project which can be used to lint any amount of sql files from the command line.",
-	"version": "1.1.2",
+	"version": "1.1.3",
 	"type": "library",
 	"license": "GPL-2.0-or-later",
 	"keywords": [ "sql", "lint", "junit" ],
diff --git a/src/Parameters.php b/src/Parameters.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..121a50d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Parameters.php
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+<?php
+
+declare( strict_types=1 );
+
+namespace Liquipedia\SqlLint;
+
+class Parameters {
+
+	private const PARAMETERS = [
+		'help' => [
+			'description' => 'Displays this help command',
+		],
+		'report' => [
+			'values' => [
+				'cli',
+				'junit',
+			],
+			'description' => 'Defines the output formatter',
+		],
+	];
+
+	/**
+	 * @var array<string, string>|null
+	 */
+	private static $stringParameters = null;
+
+	/**
+	 * @var array<string, bool>|null
+	 */
+	private static $boolParameters = null;
+
+	/**
+	 * @param string $parameter
+	 * @param string $default
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public static function get( string $parameter, string $default ): string {
+		self::initialiseCliParamsMaybe();
+
+		if ( self::$stringParameters !== null && array_key_exists( $parameter, self::$stringParameters ) ) {
+			if (
+				array_key_exists( 'values', self::PARAMETERS[ $parameter ] )
+				&& in_array( self::$stringParameters[ $parameter ], self::PARAMETERS[ $parameter ][ 'values' ] )
+			) {
+				return self::$stringParameters[ $parameter ];
+			} else {
+				$message =
+					PHP_EOL . 'ERROR: Unknown parameter "' . $parameter . '"';
+				if ( array_key_exists( 'values', self::PARAMETERS[ $parameter ] ) ) {
+					$message .= ', should be one of'
+						. ' "' . implode( '", "', self::PARAMETERS[ $parameter ][ 'values' ] ) . '"';
+				}
+				$message .= PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL;
+				die( $message );
+			}
+		} elseif ( array_key_exists( $parameter, self::PARAMETERS ) ) {
+			return $default;
+		} else {
+			die(
+				PHP_EOL . 'ERROR: Unknown parameter "' . $parameter . '"' . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL
+			);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param string $parameter
+	 * @param bool $default
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public static function getBool( string $parameter, bool $default ): bool {
+		self::initialiseCliParamsMaybe();
+
+		if ( self::$boolParameters !== null && array_key_exists( $parameter, self::$boolParameters ) ) {
+			return true;
+		} elseif ( array_key_exists( $parameter, self::PARAMETERS ) ) {
+			return $default;
+		} else {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	public static function displayHelp(): void {
+		$parameterMaxLength = max( array_map( 'strlen', array_keys( self::PARAMETERS ) ) );
+		$parameterSpacer = $parameterMaxLength + 6;
+		$help = 'Available parameters:' . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL;
+
+		foreach ( self::PARAMETERS as $key => $value ) {
+			$help .= ' --' . $key . str_repeat( ' ', $parameterMaxLength - strlen( $key ) + 3 )
+				. $value[ 'description' ] . PHP_EOL;
+			if ( array_key_exists( 'values', $value ) ) {
+				$help .= str_repeat( ' ', $parameterSpacer )
+					. 'Values: One of "' . implode( '", "', $value[ 'values' ] ) . '"' . PHP_EOL
+					. str_repeat( ' ', $parameterSpacer )
+					. 'Default: "' . $value[ 'values' ][ 0 ] . '"' . PHP_EOL;
+			}
+		}
+		echo $help;
+	}
+
+	private static function initialiseCliParamsMaybe(): void {
+		if ( self::$stringParameters === null ) {
+			$params = [];
+			foreach ( self::PARAMETERS as $key => $value ) {
+				$paramType = $key;
+				if ( array_key_exists( 'values', $value ) ) {
+					$paramType .= '::';
+				}
+				$params[] = $paramType;
+			}
+			$opts = getopt( '', $params );
+			foreach ( self::PARAMETERS as $key => $value ) {
+				if ( array_key_exists( $key, $opts ) ) {
+					if ( is_array( $opts[ $key ] ) ) {
+						die( PHP_EOL . 'ERROR: More than one value for "' . $key . '"' . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL );
+					} elseif ( is_string( $opts[ $key ] ) ) {
+						self::$stringParameters[ $key ] = $opts[ $key ];
+					} elseif ( is_bool( $opts[ $key ] ) ) {
+						self::$boolParameters[ $key ] = $opts[ $key ];
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/SqlLint.php b/src/SqlLint.php
index b08f4ea..2573717 100644
--- a/src/SqlLint.php
+++ b/src/SqlLint.php
@@ -12,24 +12,16 @@ class SqlLint {
 	 * @return int
 	 */
 	public static function lint(): int {
-		$args = getopt( '', [ 'report::' ] );
-		$reportType = 'cli';
-		if ( array_key_exists( 'report', $args ) ) {
-			if ( array_key_exists( strval( $args[ 'report' ] ), IReport::REPORT_TYPES ) ) {
-				$reportType = strval( $args[ 'report' ] );
-			} else {
-				die(
-					PHP_EOL . 'ERROR: Unknown report type "' . strval( $args[ 'report' ] ) . '",'
-					. ' should be one of "' . implode( '", "', array_keys( IReport::REPORT_TYPES ) ) . '"'
-					. PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL
-				 );
-			}
-		}
-		$reportClass = IReport::REPORT_TYPES[ $reportType ];
+		if ( Parameters::getBool( 'help', false ) ) {
+			Parameters::displayHelp();
+			return 0;
+		} else {
+			$reportClass = IReport::REPORT_TYPES[ Parameters::get( 'report', 'cli' ) ];
 
-		$report = new $reportClass;
-		$runner = new Runner( $report );
-		return $runner->run();
+			$report = new $reportClass;
+			$runner = new Runner( $report );
+			return $runner->run();
+		}
 	}
 
 }