diff --git a/include/cxxopts.hpp b/include/cxxopts.hpp
index c33c06a..cc0c6f3 100644
--- a/include/cxxopts.hpp
+++ b/include/cxxopts.hpp
@@ -681,10 +681,19 @@ namespace cxxopts
     Options(std::string program, std::string help_string = "")
     : m_program(std::move(program))
     , m_help_string(toLocalString(std::move(help_string)))
+    , m_positional_help("positional parameters")
     , m_next_positional(m_positional.end())
     {
     }
 
+    inline
+    Options&
+    positional_help(const std::string& help_text)
+    {
+      m_positional_help = std::move(help_text);
+      return *this;
+    }
+
     inline
     void
     parse(int& argc, char**& argv);
@@ -795,6 +804,7 @@ namespace cxxopts
 
     std::string m_program;
     String m_help_string;
+    std::string m_positional_help;
 
     std::map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<OptionDetails>> m_options;
     std::vector<std::string> m_positional;
@@ -1369,7 +1379,7 @@ Options::help(const std::vector<std::string>& groups) const
     toLocalString(m_program) + " [OPTION...]";
 
   if (m_positional.size() > 0) {
-    result += " positional parameters";
+    result += " " + toLocalString(m_positional_help);
   }
 
   result += "\n\n";
diff --git a/src/example.cpp b/src/example.cpp
index dbe8a52..85f0964 100644
--- a/src/example.cpp
+++ b/src/example.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
   try
   {
     cxxopts::Options options(argv[0], " - example command line options");
+    options.positional_help("[optional args]");
 
     bool apple = false;