Index: uspace/app/hrctl/hrctl.c
===================================================================
--- uspace/app/hrctl/hrctl.c	(revision 263a2389bec7ca7beeb3ae5120941863de218291)
+++ uspace/app/hrctl/hrctl.c	(revision c2d737df2fbcffe4d14f250f3692beb2df806e9c)
@@ -129,4 +129,11 @@
 	}
 
+	if (argc > 1 &&
+	    ((str_cmp(argv[1], "-h") == 0) ||
+	    str_cmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0)) {
+		usage();
+		return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+	}
+
 	rc = hr_sess_init(&hr);
 	if (rc != EOK) {
@@ -178,4 +185,5 @@
 	if (rc != EXIT_SUCCESS)
 		printf(NAME ": use --help to see usage\n");
+
 	return rc;
 }