diff --git a/qemu-options-wrapper.h b/qemu-options-wrapper.h
index 202f5af9b4..13bfea0294 100644
--- a/qemu-options-wrapper.h
+++ b/qemu-options-wrapper.h
@@ -4,18 +4,26 @@
 #define DEF(option, opt_arg, opt_enum, opt_help, arch_mask)     \
     opt_enum,
 #define DEFHEADING(text)
+#define ARCHHEADING(text, arch_mask)
 
 #elif defined(QEMU_OPTIONS_GENERATE_HELP)
 
-#define DEF(option, opt_arg, opt_enum, opt_help, arch_mask)     \
-        opt_help
-#define DEFHEADING(text) stringify(text) "\n"
+#define DEF(option, opt_arg, opt_enum, opt_help, arch_mask)    \
+    if ((arch_mask) & arch_type)                               \
+        fputs(opt_help, stdout);
+
+#define ARCHHEADING(text, arch_mask) \
+    if ((arch_mask) & arch_type)    \
+        puts(stringify(text));
+
+#define DEFHEADING(text) ARCHHEADING(text, QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
 
 #elif defined(QEMU_OPTIONS_GENERATE_OPTIONS)
 
 #define DEF(option, opt_arg, opt_enum, opt_help, arch_mask)     \
     { option, opt_arg, opt_enum, arch_mask },
 #define DEFHEADING(text)
+#define ARCHHEADING(text, arch_mask)
 
 #else
 #error "qemu-options-wrapper.h included with no option defined"
@@ -25,6 +33,7 @@
 
 #undef DEF
 #undef DEFHEADING
+#undef ARCHHEADING
 #undef GEN_DOCS
 
 #undef QEMU_OPTIONS_GENERATE_ENUM
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 087a3b9376..749aee1bb7 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -1070,9 +1070,9 @@ STEXI
 @end table
 ETEXI
 
-DEFHEADING()
+ARCHHEADING(, QEMU_ARCH_I386)
 
-DEFHEADING(i386 target only:)
+ARCHHEADING(i386 target only:, QEMU_ARCH_I386)
 STEXI
 @table @option
 ETEXI
diff --git a/scripts/hxtool b/scripts/hxtool
index 7ca83ed1ff..995bb7f08c 100644
--- a/scripts/hxtool
+++ b/scripts/hxtool
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ hxtotexi()
             DEFHEADING*)
             echo "$(expr "$str" : "DEFHEADING(\(.*\))")"
             ;;
+            ARCHHEADING*)
+            echo "$(expr "$str" : "ARCHHEADING(\(.*\),.*)")"
+            ;;
             *)
             test $flag -eq 1 && echo "$str"
             ;;
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 25ec37b563..da69f94dd1 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -1492,24 +1492,21 @@ static void version(void)
 
 static void help(int exitcode)
 {
-    const char *options_help =
+    version();
+    printf("usage: %s [options] [disk_image]\n\n"
+           "'disk_image' is a raw hard disk image for IDE hard disk 0\n\n",
+            error_get_progname());
+
 #define QEMU_OPTIONS_GENERATE_HELP
 #include "qemu-options-wrapper.h"
-        ;
-    version();
-    printf("usage: %s [options] [disk_image]\n"
-           "\n"
-           "'disk_image' is a raw hard disk image for IDE hard disk 0\n"
-           "\n"
-           "%s\n"
-           "During emulation, the following keys are useful:\n"
+
+    printf("\nDuring emulation, the following keys are useful:\n"
            "ctrl-alt-f      toggle full screen\n"
            "ctrl-alt-n      switch to virtual console 'n'\n"
            "ctrl-alt        toggle mouse and keyboard grab\n"
            "\n"
-           "When using -nographic, press 'ctrl-a h' to get some help.\n",
-           error_get_progname(),
-           options_help);
+           "When using -nographic, press 'ctrl-a h' to get some help.\n");
+
     exit(exitcode);
 }