diff --git a/cli/src/connections.c b/cli/src/connections.c
index 25cea60e2..0c8bc25bc 100644
--- a/cli/src/connections.c
+++ b/cli/src/connections.c
@@ -1761,9 +1761,7 @@ parse_cmd (NmCli *nmc, int argc, char **argv)
 		else if (matches(*argv, "delete") == 0) {
 			nmc->return_value = do_connection_delete (nmc, argc-1, argv+1);
 		}
-		else if (   matches (*argv, "help") == 0
-		         || (g_str_has_prefix (*argv, "-")  && matches ((*argv)+1, "help") == 0)
-		         || (g_str_has_prefix (*argv, "--") && matches ((*argv)+2, "help") == 0)) {
+		else if (nmc_arg_is_help (*argv)) {
 			usage ();
 			nmc->should_wait = FALSE;
 		}
diff --git a/cli/src/devices.c b/cli/src/devices.c
index 5383c0aec..0a9ab9b78 100644
--- a/cli/src/devices.c
+++ b/cli/src/devices.c
@@ -2229,9 +2229,7 @@ do_devices (NmCli *nmc, int argc, char **argv)
 			nmc->return_value = do_device_wimax (nmc, argc-1, argv+1);
 		}
 #endif
-		else if (   matches (*argv, "help") == 0
-		         || (g_str_has_prefix (*argv, "-") &&  matches ((*argv)+1, "help") == 0)
-		         || (g_str_has_prefix (*argv, "--") && matches ((*argv)+2, "help") == 0)) {
+		else if (nmc_arg_is_help (*argv)) {
 			usage ();
 		}
 		else {
diff --git a/cli/src/network-manager.c b/cli/src/network-manager.c
index 3ed6b4cd5..55ef99e74 100644
--- a/cli/src/network-manager.c
+++ b/cli/src/network-manager.c
@@ -542,9 +542,7 @@ do_general (NmCli *nmc, int argc, char **argv)
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		else if (   matches (*argv, "help") == 0
-		         || (g_str_has_prefix (*argv, "-")  && matches ((*argv)+1, "help") == 0)
-		         || (g_str_has_prefix (*argv, "--") && matches ((*argv)+2, "help") == 0)) {
+		else if (nmc_arg_is_help (*argv)) {
 			usage_general ();
 		}
 		else {
@@ -611,9 +609,7 @@ do_networking (NmCli *nmc, int argc, char **argv)
 	if (argc == 0)
 		nmc_switch_show (nmc, NMC_FIELDS_NM_NETWORKING, _("Networking"));
 	else if (argc > 0) {
-		if (   matches (*argv, "help") == 0
-		    || (g_str_has_prefix (*argv, "-")  && matches ((*argv)+1, "help") == 0)
-		    || (g_str_has_prefix (*argv, "--") && matches ((*argv)+2, "help") == 0)) {
+		if (nmc_arg_is_help (*argv)) {
 			usage_networking ();
 		} else if (nmc_switch_parse_on_off (nmc, *(argv-1), *argv, &enable_flag)) {
 
@@ -708,9 +704,7 @@ do_radio (NmCli *nmc, int argc, char **argv)
 			}
 		}
 #endif
-		else if (   matches (*argv, "help") == 0
-		         || (g_str_has_prefix (*argv, "-")  && matches ((*argv)+1, "help") == 0)
-		         || (g_str_has_prefix (*argv, "--") && matches ((*argv)+2, "help") == 0)) {
+		else if (nmc_arg_is_help (*argv)) {
 			usage_radio ();
 		}
 		else {
@@ -957,9 +951,7 @@ do_network_manager (NmCli *nmc, int argc, char **argv)
 			}
 		}
 #endif
-		else if (   matches (*argv, "help") == 0
-		         || (g_str_has_prefix (*argv, "-")  && matches ((*argv)+1, "help") == 0)
-		         || (g_str_has_prefix (*argv, "--") && matches ((*argv)+2, "help") == 0)) {
+		else if (nmc_arg_is_help (*argv)) {
 			usage ();
 		}
 		else {
diff --git a/cli/src/utils.c b/cli/src/utils.c
index 452051ccc..fca201654 100644
--- a/cli/src/utils.c
+++ b/cli/src/utils.c
@@ -57,6 +57,17 @@ next_arg (int *argc, char ***argv)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+gboolean
+nmc_arg_is_help (const char *arg)
+{
+	if (   matches (arg, "help") == 0
+	    || (g_str_has_prefix (arg, "-")  && matches (arg+1, "help") == 0)
+	    || (g_str_has_prefix (arg, "--") && matches (arg+2, "help") == 0)) {
+		return TRUE;
+	}
+	return FALSE;
+}
+
 /*
  * Helper function to parse command-line arguments.
  * arg_arr: description of arguments to look for
diff --git a/cli/src/utils.h b/cli/src/utils.h
index 226857ec0..1201ff570 100644
--- a/cli/src/utils.h
+++ b/cli/src/utils.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ typedef struct {
 /* === Functions === */
 int matches (const char *cmd, const char *pattern);
 int next_arg (int *argc, char ***argv);
+gboolean nmc_arg_is_help (const char *arg);
 gboolean nmc_parse_args (nmc_arg_t *arg_arr, gboolean last, int *argc, char ***argv, GError **error);
 char *ssid_to_printable (const char *str, gsize len);
 char *nmc_ip4_address_as_string (guint32 ip, GError **error);