diff --git a/src/bin/main.rs b/src/bin/main.rs
index 92fe8b9c51439..4b4aa42d93596 100644
--- a/src/bin/main.rs
+++ b/src/bin/main.rs
@@ -178,12 +178,15 @@ fn make_opts() -> Options {
     opts.optflag("v", "verbose", "Print verbose output");
     opts.optflag("q", "quiet", "Print less output");
     opts.optflag("V", "version", "Show version information");
-    opts.optflagopt(
-        "h",
-        "help",
-        "Show this message or help about a specific topic: `config` or `file-lines`",
-        "=TOPIC",
-    );
+    let help_topics = if is_nightly {
+        "`config` or `file-lines`"
+    } else {
+        "`config`"
+    };
+    let mut help_topic_msg = "Show this message or help about a specific topic: ".to_owned();
+    help_topic_msg.push_str(help_topics);
+
+    opts.optflagopt("h", "help", &help_topic_msg, "=TOPIC");
 
     opts
 }
@@ -437,7 +440,7 @@ fn determine_operation(matches: &Matches) -> Result<Operation, OperationError> {
             return Ok(Operation::Help(HelpOp::None));
         } else if topic == Some("config".to_owned()) {
             return Ok(Operation::Help(HelpOp::Config));
-        } else if topic == Some("file-lines".to_owned()) {
+        } else if topic == Some("file-lines".to_owned()) && is_nightly() {
             return Ok(Operation::Help(HelpOp::FileLines));
         } else {
             return Err(OperationError::UnknownHelpTopic(topic.unwrap()));