diff --git a/cli.js b/cli.js
index aefaef5..0aa623b 100644
--- a/cli.js
+++ b/cli.js
@@ -83,12 +83,13 @@ if (process.env.NODE_DISABLE_COLORS || process.env.TERM === 'dumb') {
  * The 'help' plugin is enabled by default.
  */
 var enable = {
-    help: true,      //Adds -h, --help
-    version: false,  //Adds -v,--version => gets version by parsing a nearby package.json
-    status: false,   //Adds -k,--no-color & --debug => display plain status messages /display debug messages
-    timeout: false,  //Adds -t,--timeout N => timeout the process after N seconds
-    catchall: false, //Adds -c,--catch => catch and output uncaughtExceptions
-    glob: false      //Adds glob matching => use cli.glob(arg)
+    help: true,             //Adds -h, --help
+    version: false,         //Adds -v,--version => gets version by parsing a nearby package.json
+    status: false,          //Adds -k,--no-color & --debug => display plain status messages /display debug messages
+    timeout: false,         //Adds -t,--timeout N => timeout the process after N seconds
+    catchall: false,        //Adds -c,--catch => catch and output uncaughtExceptions
+    glob: false,            //Adds glob matching => use cli.glob(arg)
+    suppresshelptype: false //Adds the suppression of type display in --help output
 }
 cli.enable = function (/*plugins*/) {
     Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments).forEach(function (plugin) {
@@ -105,6 +106,9 @@ cli.enable = function (/*plugins*/) {
         case 'glob':
             cli.glob = require('glob');
             break;
+        case 'suppresshelptype':
+            cli.suppresshelptype = true;
+            break;
         default:
             cli.fatal('Unknown plugin "' + plugin + '"');
             break;
@@ -617,7 +621,7 @@ cli.getUsage = function (code) {
         }
         line += ' ';
 
-        if (type) {
+        if (!cli.suppresshelptype && type) {
             if (type instanceof Array) {
                 desc += '. VALUE must be either [' + type.join('|') + ']';
                 type = 'VALUE';