diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 99886cf..484592b 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -323,9 +323,26 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     var model_path: ?[]const u8 = null;
     var exec_program: ?[]const u8 = null;
 
-    // Parse --model and --exec arguments
+    // Parse arguments
     for (args[1..]) |arg| {
-        if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, arg, "--model=")) {
+        if (std.mem.eql(u8, arg, "--help") or std.mem.eql(u8, arg, "-h")) {
+            _ = try stdout.writeAll("Real-time Speech Recognition\n\n");
+            _ = try stdout.writeAll("USAGE:\n");
+            _ = try stdout.writeAll("    stt [OPTIONS]\n\n");
+            _ = try stdout.writeAll("OPTIONS:\n");
+            _ = try stdout.writeAll("    --model=<path>    Path to Vosk model directory\n");
+            _ = try stdout.writeAll("    --exec=<program>  Program to execute with recognized text\n");
+            _ = try stdout.writeAll("    --help, -h        Show this help message\n\n");
+            _ = try stdout.writeAll("EXAMPLES:\n");
+            _ = try stdout.writeAll("    stt\n");
+            _ = try stdout.writeAll("    stt --model=vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15\n");
+            _ = try stdout.writeAll("    stt --exec=echo\n\n");
+            _ = try stdout.writeAll("The application will search for models in these locations:\n");
+            _ = try stdout.writeAll("    vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15\n");
+            _ = try stdout.writeAll("    zig-out/bin/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15\n");
+            _ = try stdout.writeAll("    /usr/share/vosk/models/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15\n");
+            return;
+        } else if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, arg, "--model=")) {
             model_path = arg[8..]; // Skip "--model="
         } else if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, arg, "--exec=")) {
             exec_program = arg[7..]; // Skip "--exec="