diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 92a31ba..5ddf1fe 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -4021,11 +4021,7 @@
 
 static void help(int exitcode)
 {
-    version();
-    printf("usage: %s [options] [disk_image]\n"
-           "\n"
-           "'disk_image' is a raw hard image image for IDE hard disk 0\n"
-           "\n"
+    const char *options_help =
 #define DEF(option, opt_arg, opt_enum, opt_help)        \
            opt_help
 #define DEFHEADING(text) stringify(text) "\n"
@@ -4033,15 +4029,21 @@
 #undef DEF
 #undef DEFHEADING
 #undef GEN_DOCS
+        ;
+    version();
+    printf("usage: %s [options] [disk_image]\n"
            "\n"
+           "'disk_image' is a raw hard image image for IDE hard disk 0\n"
+           "\n"
+           "%s\n"
            "During emulation, the following keys are useful:\n"
            "ctrl-alt-f      toggle full screen\n"
            "ctrl-alt-n      switch to virtual console 'n'\n"
            "ctrl-alt        toggle mouse and keyboard grab\n"
            "\n"
-           "When using -nographic, press 'ctrl-a h' to get some help.\n"
-           ,
-           "qemu");
+           "When using -nographic, press 'ctrl-a h' to get some help.\n",
+           "qemu",
+           options_help);
     exit(exitcode);
 }