diff --git a/retry b/retry
index 9071ecc..10c2c0e 100755
--- a/retry
+++ b/retry
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ options:
 
 # parse arguments
 opts=$(getopt \
-    --options h,r:,s:,e:: \
+    --options +h,r:,s:,e:: \
     --longoptions help,retries:,sleep:,exponential:: \
     --name "$(basename "$0")" -- "$@") || usage 1