diff --git a/doc/short-help.txt b/doc/short-help.txt
index 3f19b94d..52943465 100644
--- a/doc/short-help.txt
+++ b/doc/short-help.txt
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ Options:
           Display all supported highlighting themes.
   -s, --squeeze
           Squeeze consecutive empty lines.
-      --squeeze-limit <squeeze-limit>
-          The maximum number of consecutive empty lines.
       --style <components>
           Comma-separated list of style elements to display (*default*, auto, full, plain, changes,
           header, header-filename, header-filesize, grid, rule, numbers, snip).
diff --git a/src/bin/bat/clap_app.rs b/src/bin/bat/clap_app.rs
index 0c28ce7d..cfb9d054 100644
--- a/src/bin/bat/clap_app.rs
+++ b/src/bin/bat/clap_app.rs
@@ -399,8 +399,8 @@ pub fn build_app(interactive_output: bool) -> Command {
             Arg::new("squeeze-limit")
                 .long("squeeze-limit")
                 .value_parser(|s: &str| s.parse::<usize>().map_err(|_| "Requires a non-negative number".to_owned()))
-                .help("The maximum number of consecutive empty lines.")
                 .long_help("Set the maximum number of consecutive empty lines to be printed.")
+                .hide_short_help(true)
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("style")