commit - e9f0b46746ab1311a17ca5270941e67640710ec7
commit + b500fe861c6b21ef262e6e867d7eb5cae61ac698
blob - 04b51536edefac28f478e91734e51cdc7593d318
blob + 8abc957166eab82c7d2d1f8afc5f6f7d470131a2
--- mymenu.1
+++ mymenu.1
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ on exit.
 .Sh OPTIONS
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .It Fl a
-The first completion (if any) is always selected. This is like dmenu
+The first completion (if any) is always selected. This is like dmenu.
+.It Fl h
+Print a small usage message to stderr.
+.It Fl v
+Print version and exit.
 .El
 .Sh RESOURCES
 
@@ -113,8 +117,9 @@ whole UTF-8 support is still kinda naïve and should b
 
 .Sh EXIT STATUS
 
-0 when the user select an entry, 1 when the user press Esc and
-EX_UNAVAILABLE if the connection to X fails.
+0 when the user select an entry, 1 when the user press Esc, EX_USAGE
+if used with wrong flags and EX_UNAVAILABLE if the connection to X
+fails.
 
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr dmenu 1
blob - eb15fa7216d49f57891354c550d1defa2790f9d4
blob + 56685a8550857da3ec780b843dfe04d2d455e489
--- mymenu.c
+++ mymenu.c
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
 
 #ifdef USE_XFT
 # include <X11/Xft/Xft.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifndef VERSION
+# define VERSION "unknown"
 #endif
 
 #define nil NULL
@@ -704,13 +708,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
   // parse the command line options
   int ch;
-  while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "ah")) != -1) {
+  while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "ahv")) != -1) {
     switch (ch) {
     case 'a':
       first_selected = true;
       break;
     case 'h':
       usage(*argv);
+      return 0;
+    case 'v':
+      fprintf(stderr, "%s version: %s\n", *argv, VERSION);
       return 0;
     default:
       usage(*argv);