diff --git a/core/src/commands/validate.ts b/core/src/commands/validate.ts
index 8ee461237f..02f32eabdd 100644
--- a/core/src/commands/validate.ts
+++ b/core/src/commands/validate.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ export class ValidateCommand extends Command<{}, Opts> {
         garden validate --resolve                    # fully resolve all actions
   `
 
+  override options = validateOpts
+
   override printHeader({ log }) {
     printHeader(log, "Validate", "✔️")
   }
diff --git a/docs/reference/commands.md b/docs/reference/commands.md
index 92ffc59e16..ce357c638b 100644
--- a/docs/reference/commands.md
+++ b/docs/reference/commands.md
@@ -5880,8 +5880,13 @@ Examples:
 
 #### Usage
 
-    garden validate 
+    garden validate [options]
 
+#### Options
+
+| Argument | Alias | Type | Description |
+| -------- | ----- | ---- | ----------- |
+  | `--resolve` |  | array:string | Fully resolve a specific action, including references to runtime outputs from other actions. Actions should be specified as &#x60;&lt;kind&gt;.&lt;name&gt;&#x60; (e.g. &#x60;deploy.my-service&#x60; or &#x60;build.my-image&#x60;). This option can be specified multiple times to fully resolve multiple actions. Use * to fully resolve all actions. Note that this may result in actions being executed during validation (e.g. if a runtime output is referenced by another action, it will be executed in order to fully resolve the config). In such cases, we recommend not using this option.
 
 
 ### garden version