diff --git a/src/command.ts b/src/command.ts
index 80e03f19..8b84a6f8 100644
--- a/src/command.ts
+++ b/src/command.ts
@@ -105,7 +105,11 @@ export default class CommandHelp {
     if (flag.char) label.push(blueBright(`-${flag.char[0]}`))
     if (flag.name) label.push(blueBright(`--${flag.name.trim()}`))
     let left = label.join(', ')
-    if (flag.type === 'option') left += `=${underline(flag.helpValue || flag.name)}`
+    if (flag.type === 'option') {
+      let value = flag.helpValue || flag.name
+      if (!value.includes('(')) value = underline(value)
+      left += `=${value}`
+    }
 
     let right = flag.description || ''
     if (flag.required) right = `(required) ${right}`
diff --git a/src/commands/help.ts b/src/commands/help.ts
index 8e390f50..9f75d67d 100644
--- a/src/commands/help.ts
+++ b/src/commands/help.ts
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ export default class HelpCommand extends Command {
   options = parse(this.argv, HelpCommand)
 
   async run() {
+    const format = this.options.flags.format as any || 'screen'
     let id = this.options.args.command
-    let help = new Help(this.config, {format: this.options.flags.format as any})
+    let help = new Help(this.config, {format})
     if (!id) {
       let rootHelp = help.root()
       cli.info(rootHelp)
@@ -29,5 +30,6 @@ export default class HelpCommand extends Command {
       let commandHelp = help.command(command)
       cli.info(commandHelp)
     }
+    if (format === 'screen') cli.info()
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/command.test.ts b/test/command.test.ts
index 6a2a02e3..a5885bff 100644
--- a/test/command.test.ts
+++ b/test/command.test.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ const test = base
   run(ctx: {help: Help, commandHelp: string, expectation: string}) {
     const cached = command!.convertToCached()
     let help = ctx.help.command(cached)
+    if (process.env.TEST_OUTPUT === '1') {
+      // tslint:disable-next-line
+      console.log(help)
+    }
     ctx.commandHelp = stripAnsi(help).split('\n').map(s => s.trimRight()).join('\n')
     ctx.expectation = 'has commandHelp'
   }
diff --git a/test/commands/help.test.ts b/test/commands/help.test.ts
index 59c07ea5..cd14db80 100644
--- a/test/commands/help.test.ts
+++ b/test/commands/help.test.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,29 @@ USAGE
 OPTIONS
   --all                    see all commands in CLI
   --format=(markdown|man)  output in a different format
+
+`)
+  })
+
+  test
+  .stdout()
+  .command(['help'])
+  .it('shows root help', ctx => {
+     expect(ctx.stdout).to.equal(`standard help for anycli
+
+USAGE
+  $ anycli [COMMAND]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+  standard help for anycli
+
+COMMANDS
+  help               display help for anycli
+  plugins
+  plugins:install
+  plugins:uninstall
+  version
+
 `)
   })
 })
diff --git a/test/markdown.test.ts b/test/markdown.test.ts
index 9d8c399c..2af25c3f 100644
--- a/test/markdown.test.ts
+++ b/test/markdown.test.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ const test = base
   run(ctx: {help: Help, commandHelp: string, expectation: string}) {
     const cached = command!.convertToCached()
     let help = ctx.help.command(cached)
+    if (process.env.TEST_OUTPUT === '1') {
+      // tslint:disable-next-line
+      console.log(help)
+    }
     ctx.commandHelp = stripAnsi(help).split('\n').map(s => s.trimRight()).join('\n')
     ctx.expectation = 'has commandHelp'
   }
diff --git a/test/root.test.ts b/test/root.test.ts
index 90b60f07..0c429752 100644
--- a/test/root.test.ts
+++ b/test/root.test.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ const test = base
 .register('rootHelp', () => ({
   run(ctx: {help: Help, commandHelp: string, expectation: string}) {
     let help = ctx.help.root()
+    if (process.env.TEST_OUTPUT === '1') {
+      // tslint:disable-next-line
+      console.log(help)
+    }
     ctx.commandHelp = stripAnsi(help).split('\n').map(s => s.trimRight()).join('\n')
   }
 }))
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d050be12..99aedf09 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2,17 +2,7 @@
 # yarn lockfile v1
 
 
-"@anycli/command@^0.2.19", "@anycli/command@^0.2.21":
-  version "0.2.21"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@anycli/command/-/command-0.2.21.tgz#68a725cddb0dece1d7dd69965de4ae7e3908b61c"
-  dependencies:
-    "@anycli/parser" "^3.0.1"
-    cli-ux "^3.3.10"
-    debug "^3.1.0"
-    lodash "^4.17.4"
-    tslib "^1.9.0"
-
-"@anycli/command@^0.2.22":
+"@anycli/command@^0.2.19", "@anycli/command@^0.2.21", "@anycli/command@^0.2.22":
   version "0.2.22"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@anycli/command/-/command-0.2.22.tgz#486b36d2916b28f08b9aedb129a758a4da2f542a"
   dependencies:
@@ -22,18 +12,7 @@
     lodash "^4.17.4"
     tslib "^1.9.0"
 
-"@anycli/config@^0.2.3", "@anycli/config@^0.2.4":
-  version "0.2.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@anycli/config/-/config-0.2.4.tgz#957e4f174cadd397d9bdd81d3552544a8214273e"
-  dependencies:
-    cli-ux "^3.3.10"
-    debug "^3.1.0"
-    fs-extra "^5.0.0"
-    load-json-file "^4.0.0"
-    lodash "^4.17.4"
-    read-pkg "^3.0.0"
-
-"@anycli/config@^0.2.6":
+"@anycli/config@^0.2.3", "@anycli/config@^0.2.4", "@anycli/config@^0.2.6":
   version "0.2.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@anycli/config/-/config-0.2.6.tgz#d40709a61704907d4d6e7dcab6bbf124ab74e9ad"
   dependencies:
@@ -65,7 +44,7 @@
     lodash "^4.17.4"
     rwlockfile "^2.0.21"
 
-"@anycli/parser@^3.0.1", "@anycli/parser@^3.0.2":
+"@anycli/parser@^3.0.2":
   version "3.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@anycli/parser/-/parser-3.0.2.tgz#69af00b6b6f0cc6da4405cf44dc29b2d14d30c6e"
   dependencies:
@@ -1022,11 +1001,11 @@ extract-stack@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/extract-stack/-/extract-stack-1.0.0.tgz#b97acaf9441eea2332529624b732fc5a1c8165fa"
 
 fancy-test@^0.6.4:
-  version "0.6.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fancy-test/-/fancy-test-0.6.5.tgz#80a9dfb348fa34003ea030c3297bccc6ce825be2"
+  version "0.6.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fancy-test/-/fancy-test-0.6.6.tgz#cda1afbf57ea2fb05291edbff34c0bbc2600d956"
   dependencies:
     lodash "^4.17.4"
-    stdout-stderr "^0.1.4"
+    stdout-stderr "^0.1.6"
 
 fast-deep-equal@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
@@ -2253,9 +2232,9 @@ starts-with@^1.0.2:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/starts-with/-/starts-with-1.0.2.tgz#16793a729d89d4cf3d4fb2eda2f908ae357f196f"
 
-stdout-stderr@^0.1.4:
-  version "0.1.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/stdout-stderr/-/stdout-stderr-0.1.5.tgz#adf87b96bb715b692fc62c727050d313ac832c23"
+stdout-stderr@^0.1.6:
+  version "0.1.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/stdout-stderr/-/stdout-stderr-0.1.6.tgz#82616602f639bf029c87ab1049b02640a39a18ba"
   dependencies:
     debug "*"
     strip-ansi "^4.0.0"