diff --git a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIManager.java b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIManager.java
index 507526df05..8a6bb0f4e4 100644
--- a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIManager.java
+++ b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIManager.java
@@ -104,10 +104,10 @@ public class CLIManager
     public CLIManager()
     {
         options = new Options();
+        options.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "help" ).withDescription( "Display help information" ).create( HELP ) );
         options.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "file" ).hasArg().withDescription( "Force the use of an alternate POM file." ).create( ALTERNATE_POM_FILE ) );
         options.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "define" ).hasArg().withDescription( "Define a system property" ).create( SET_SYSTEM_PROPERTY ) );
         options.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "offline" ).withDescription( "Work offline" ).create( OFFLINE ) );
-        options.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "help" ).withDescription( "Display help information" ).create( HELP ) );
         options.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "version" ).withDescription( "Display version information" ).create( VERSION ) );
         options.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "quiet" ).withDescription( "Quiet output - only show errors" ).create( QUIET ) );
         options.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "debug" ).withDescription( "Produce execution debug output" ).create( DEBUG ) );
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public class CLIManager
         options.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "update-snapshots" ).withDescription( "Forces a check for updated releases and snapshots on remote repositories" ).create( UPDATE_SNAPSHOTS ) );
         options.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "activate-profiles" ).withDescription( "Comma-delimited list of profiles to activate" ).hasArg().create( ACTIVATE_PROFILES ) );
         options.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "batch-mode" ).withDescription( "Run in non-interactive (batch) mode" ).create( BATCH_MODE ) );
-        options.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "no-snapshot-updates" ).withDescription( "Supress SNAPSHOT updates" ).create( SUPRESS_SNAPSHOT_UPDATES ) );
+        options.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "no-snapshot-updates" ).withDescription( "Suppress SNAPSHOT updates" ).create( SUPRESS_SNAPSHOT_UPDATES ) );
         options.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "strict-checksums" ).withDescription( "Fail the build if checksums don't match" ).create( CHECKSUM_FAILURE_POLICY ) );
         options.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "lax-checksums" ).withDescription( "Warn if checksums don't match" ).create( CHECKSUM_WARNING_POLICY ) );
         options.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "settings" ).withDescription( "Alternate path for the user settings file" ).hasArg().create( ALTERNATE_USER_SETTINGS ) );