diff --git a/cmd/kubeconform/main.go b/cmd/kubeconform/main.go
index 979b45f..a694bbe 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeconform/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeconform/main.go
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ func getFiles(files []string, fileBatches chan []string, validationResults chan
 func realMain() int {
 	var schemaLocationsParam arrayParam
 	var skipKindsCSV, k8sVersion, outputFormat string
-	var summary, strict, verbose, ignoreMissingSchemas bool
+	var summary, strict, verbose, ignoreMissingSchemas, help bool
 	var nWorkers int
 	var err error
 	var files []string
@@ -231,8 +231,19 @@ func realMain() int {
 	flag.BoolVar(&strict, "strict", false, "disallow additional properties not in schema")
 	flag.StringVar(&outputFormat, "output", "text", "output format - text, json")
 	flag.BoolVar(&verbose, "verbose", false, "print results for all resources")
+	flag.BoolVar(&help, "h", false, "show help information")
+	flag.Usage = func() {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Usage: %s [OPTION]... [FILE OR FOLDER]...\n", os.Args[0])
+		flag.PrintDefaults()
+	}
+
 	flag.Parse()
 
+	if help {
+		flag.Usage()
+		return 1
+	}
+
 	skipKinds := skipKindsMap(skipKindsCSV)
 
 	for _, file := range flag.Args() {
diff --git a/pkg/output/json.go b/pkg/output/json.go
index 84ea906..682bbe3 100644
--- a/pkg/output/json.go
+++ b/pkg/output/json.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (o *jsono) Write(filename, kind, name, version string, err error, skipped b
 	case EMPTY:
 	}
 
-	if o.verbose || (s != VALID && s != SKIPPED && s != EMPTY ) {
+	if o.verbose || (s != VALID && s != SKIPPED && s != EMPTY) {
 		o.results = append(o.results, result{Filename: filename, Kind: kind, Name: name, Version: version, Status: st, Msg: msg})
 	}