diff --git a/bin/next b/bin/next
index e0d4c3e3..b18cae54 100755
--- a/bin/next
+++ b/bin/next
@@ -6,15 +6,29 @@ import { watchFile } from 'fs'
 
 const defaultCommand = 'dev'
 const commands = new Set([
-  defaultCommand,
   'init',
   'build',
-  'start'
+  'start',
+  defaultCommand
 ])
 
 let cmd = process.argv[2]
 let args
 
+if (new Set(['--help', '-h']).has(cmd)) {
+  console.log(`
+    Usage
+      $ next <command>
+
+    Available commands
+      ${Array.from(commands).join(', ')}
+
+    For more information run a command with the --help flag
+      $ next init --help
+  `)
+  process.exit(0)
+}
+
 if (commands.has(cmd)) {
   args = process.argv.slice(3)
 } else {
diff --git a/bin/next-build b/bin/next-build
index e9ef694a..4e119889 100755
--- a/bin/next-build
+++ b/bin/next-build
@@ -11,6 +11,20 @@ const argv = parseArgs(process.argv.slice(2), {
   boolean: ['h']
 })
 
+if (argv.help) {
+  console.log(`
+    Description
+      Compiles the application for production deployment
+
+    Usage
+      $ next build <dir>
+
+    <dir> represents where the compiled .next folder should go.
+    If no directory is provided, .next will be created in the current directory
+  `)
+  process.exit(0)
+}
+
 const dir = resolve(argv._[0] || '.')
 
 build(dir)
diff --git a/bin/next-dev b/bin/next-dev
index e66dc94d..748307c7 100755
--- a/bin/next-dev
+++ b/bin/next-dev
@@ -16,6 +16,25 @@ const argv = parseArgs(process.argv.slice(2), {
   }
 })
 
+if (argv.help) {
+  console.log(`
+    Description
+      Starts the application in development mode (hot-code reloading, error
+      reporting, etc)
+
+    Usage
+      $ next dev <dir> -p <port number>
+
+    <dir> represents where the compiled .next folder should go.
+    If no directory is provided, .next will be created in the current directory
+
+    Options
+      --port, -p      A port number on which to start the application
+      --help, -p      Displays this message
+  `)
+  process.exit(0)
+}
+
 const dir = resolve(argv._[0] || '.')
 
 const srv = new Server({ dir, dev: true })
diff --git a/bin/next-init b/bin/next-init
index 37ad31f3..a0938d20 100755
--- a/bin/next-init
+++ b/bin/next-init
@@ -11,6 +11,23 @@ const argv = parseArgs(process.argv.slice(2), {
   boolean: ['h']
 })
 
+if (argv.help) {
+  console.log(`
+    Description
+      Scaffolds a simple project structure to get started quickly
+
+    Usage
+      $ next init <dir>
+
+      If no directory is provided the current directory will be used.
+
+    Options
+      --help, -p      Displays this message
+  `)
+
+  process.exit(0)
+}
+
 const dir = resolve(argv._[0] || '.')
 
 if (basename(dir) === 'pages') {
diff --git a/bin/next-start b/bin/next-start
index db5273ee..85d9eb81 100755
--- a/bin/next-start
+++ b/bin/next-start
@@ -15,6 +15,26 @@ const argv = parseArgs(process.argv.slice(2), {
   }
 })
 
+if (argv.help) {
+  console.log(`
+    Description
+      Starts the application in production mode.
+      The application should be compiled with \`next build\` first.
+
+    Usage
+      $ next start <dir> -p <port>
+
+    <dir> is the directory that contains the compiled .next folder
+    created by running \`next build\`.
+    If no directory is provided, the current directory will be assumed.
+
+    Options
+      --port, -p      A port number on which to start the application
+      --help, -p      Displays this message
+  `)
+  process.exit(0)
+}
+
 const dir = resolve(argv._[0] || '.')
 
 const srv = new Server({ dir })