diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 93e9bdcb..053b2841 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ The output from this program looks like this::
     -f, --config_file=PATH     path to the configuration file
     -R, --remote-user=USERNAME database server username for rsync
     -w, --wal-keep-segments=VALUE  minimum value for the GUC wal_keep_segments (default: 5000)
+    -F, --force                force potentially dangerous operations to happen
 
   repmgr performs some tasks like clone a node, promote it or making follow another node and then exits.
   COMMANDS:
diff --git a/repmgr.c b/repmgr.c
index 4fc9afc1..18874c3b 100644
--- a/repmgr.c
+++ b/repmgr.c
@@ -1212,6 +1212,7 @@ help(const char *progname)
 	printf(_("  -f, --config_file=PATH     path to the configuration file\n"));
 	printf(_("  -R, --remote-user=USERNAME database server username for rsync\n"));
 	printf(_("  -w, --wal-keep-segments=VALUE  minimum value for the GUC wal_keep_segments (default: 5000)\n"));
+	printf(_("  -F, --force                force potentially dangerous operations to happen\n"));
    
 	printf(_("\n%s performs some tasks like clone a node, promote it "), progname);
     printf(_("or making follow another node and then exits.\n"));