diff --git a/.hastest.bats b/.hastest.bats
index 76d3cf8..c79ded3 100644
--- a/.hastest.bats
+++ b/.hastest.bats
@@ -23,9 +23,13 @@ teardown() {
   run $has
 
   [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
-  [ "${lines[0]%% *}" = 'has'     ]
-  [ "${lines[1]%%:*}" = 'USAGE'   ]
-  [ "${lines[2]}" = 'EXAMPLE: has git curl node' ]
+  [ "${lines[0]}" = 'Usage: has [OPTION] <command-names>...' ]
+  [ "${lines[1]}" = 'Has checks the presence of various command line tools on the PATH and reports their installed version.' ]
+  [ "${lines[2]}" = 'Options:' ]
+  [ "${lines[3]}" = '        -q              Silent mode' ]
+  [ "${lines[4]}" = '        -h, --help      Display this help text and quit' ]
+  [ "${lines[5]}" = '        -V, --version   Show version number and quit' ]
+  [ "${lines[6]}" = 'Examples: has git curl node' ]
 }
 
 @test "make install creates a valid installation" {
@@ -38,11 +42,15 @@ teardown() {
   # has reads .hasrc from $PWD, so change anywhere else.
   cd "${INSTALL_DIR}"
   run "${INSTALL_DIR}/bin/has"
+
   [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
-  [ "${lines[0]%% *}" = 'has'     ]
-  [ "${lines[1]%%:*}" = 'USAGE'   ]
-  [ "${lines[2]}" = 'EXAMPLE: has git curl node' ]
-  # [ "${lines[2]%%:*}" = 'EXAMPLE' ]
+  [ "${lines[0]}" = 'Usage: has [OPTION] <command-names>...' ]
+  [ "${lines[1]}" = 'Has checks the presence of various command line tools on the PATH and reports their installed version.' ]
+  [ "${lines[2]}" = 'Options:' ]
+  [ "${lines[3]}" = '        -q              Silent mode' ]
+  [ "${lines[4]}" = '        -h, --help      Display this help text and quit' ]
+  [ "${lines[5]}" = '        -V, --version   Show version number and quit' ]
+  [ "${lines[6]}" = 'Examples: has git curl node' ]
 }
 
 @test "..even if 'has' is missing from directory" {
@@ -189,11 +197,25 @@ teardown() {
 }
 
 @test "quiet mode" {
-  run $has -q
+  run $has -q git
+
   [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
   [ -z "${output}" ]
 }
 
+@test "quiet mode should print usage when no commands or .hasrc file" {
+  run $has -q
+
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+  [ "${lines[0]}" = 'Usage: has [OPTION] <command-names>...' ]
+  [ "${lines[1]}" = 'Has checks the presence of various command line tools on the PATH and reports their installed version.' ]
+  [ "${lines[2]}" = 'Options:' ]
+  [ "${lines[3]}" = '        -q              Silent mode' ]
+  [ "${lines[4]}" = '        -h, --help      Display this help text and quit' ]
+  [ "${lines[5]}" = '        -V, --version   Show version number and quit' ]
+  [ "${lines[6]}" = 'Examples: has git curl node' ]
+}
+
 @test "status code in quiet mode still equal to number of failed commands" {
   HAS_ALLOW_UNSAFE=y run $has -q foobar bc git barbaz
 
diff --git a/has b/has
index 867b4fd..5ce8b31 100755
--- a/has
+++ b/has
@@ -42,6 +42,24 @@ REGEX_SIMPLE_VERSION="([[:digit:]]+\.?){2,3}"
 ## name of RC file that can contain list of tools to be checked
 RC_FILE=".hasrc"
 
+_usage() {
+  cat <<EOF
+Usage: ${BINARY_NAME} [OPTION] <command-names>...
+Has checks the presence of various command line tools on the PATH and reports their installed version.
+
+Options:
+        -q              Silent mode
+        -h, --help      Display this help text and quit
+        -V, --version   Show version number and quit
+
+Examples: ${BINARY_NAME} git curl node
+EOF
+}
+
+_version() {
+  printf '%s\n' "${VERSION}"
+}
+
 # try to extract version by executing "${1}" with "${2}" arg
 # command name to be executed is dynamically passed to this function as ${1}
 # arg to ${1} is passed in ${2}
@@ -250,15 +268,52 @@ __detect(){
 OPTIND=1
 OUTPUT=/dev/stdout
 
-while getopts "q" opt; do
-    case "$opt" in
-	q) QUIET="true"
-	   OUTPUT=/dev/null
-	   ;;
+while getopts ":qhV-" OPTION; do
+  case "$OPTION" in
+  q)
+    QUIET="true"
+    OUTPUT=/dev/null
+    ;;
+  h)
+    _usage
+    exit 0
+    ;;
+  V)
+    _version
+    exit 0
+    ;;
+  -)
+    [ $OPTIND -ge 1 ] && optind=$(expr $OPTIND - 1) || optind=$OPTIND
+    eval OPTION="\$$optind"
+    OPTARG=$(echo $OPTION | cut -d'=' -f2)
+    OPTION=$(echo $OPTION | cut -d'=' -f1)
+    case $OPTION in
+    --version)
+      _version
+      exit 0
+      ;;
+    --help)
+      _usage
+      exit 0
+      ;;
+    *)
+      printf '%s: unrecognized option '%s'\n' "${BINARY_NAME}" "${OPTARG}"
+      _usage
+      exit 2
+      ;;
     esac
+    OPTIND=1
+    shift
+    ;;
+  ?)
+    printf '%s: unrecognized option '%s'\n' "${BINARY_NAME}" "${OPTARG}"
+    _usage
+    exit 2
+    ;;
+  esac
 done
 
-shift $((OPTIND-1))
+shift $((OPTIND - 1))
 
 if [ -s "${RC_FILE}" ];  then
   HASRC="true"
@@ -266,11 +321,7 @@ fi
 
 # if HASRC is not set AND no arguments passed to script
 if [[ -z "${HASRC}" ]] && [ "$#" -eq 0 ]; then
-  # print help
-  printf '%s %s\n' "${BINARY_NAME}" "${VERSION}" > "$OUTPUT"
-  printf 'USAGE:\t %s [-q] <command-names>..\n' "${BINARY_NAME}" > "$OUTPUT"
-  printf 'EXAMPLE: %s git curl node\n' "${BINARY_NAME}" > "$OUTPUT"
-
+  _usage
 else
   # for each cli-arg
   for cmd in "$@"; do