diff --git a/src/bin/daemon.rs b/src/bin/daemon.rs
index 9cb75b62..0856cfb7 100644
--- a/src/bin/daemon.rs
+++ b/src/bin/daemon.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use liana::{config::Config, DaemonHandle};
 
 fn print_help_exit() {
     eprintln!("A TOML configuration file is required to run lianad. By default lianad looks for a 'config.toml' file in its data directory. A different one may be provided like so: '--conf <config file path>'.");
-    eprintln!("A documented sample is available at https://github.com/wizardsardine/liana/blob/607c0abddab2ff5761b371c6020b0793b1a1bc97/contrib/lianad_config_example.toml.");
+    eprintln!("A documented sample is available at 'contrib/lianad_config_example.toml' in the source tree (https://github.com/wizardsardine/liana/blob/v1.0/contrib/lianad_config_example.toml).");
     eprintln!("The default data directory path is a 'liana/' folder in the XDG standard configuration directory for all OSes but Linux ones, where it's '~/.liana/'.");
     process::exit(1);
 }
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ fn parse_args(args: Vec<String>) -> Option<PathBuf> {
         return None;
     }
 
-    if args.len() != 3 {
+    let is_help = args
+        .iter()
+        .any(|arg| arg.contains("help") || arg.contains("-h"));
+    if args.len() != 3 || is_help {
         print_help_exit();
     }