diff -urN hdparm-5.8/hdparm.c hdparm-5.8_new/hdparm.c
--- hdparm-5.8/hdparm.c	2004-11-04 04:18:24.000000000 +0100
+++ hdparm-5.8_new/hdparm.c	2005-01-03 11:25:17.695836919 +0100
@@ -1418,6 +1418,9 @@
 				get_IDentity = 2;
 				continue;
 			}
+			if (0 == strcmp(p, "--help")) {
+				usage_error(0);
+			}
 			if (!*++p)
 				usage_error(1);
 			while ((c = *p++)) {