diff --git a/doc/cli/help.txt b/doc/cli/help.txt
index c39784b3..11b749ff 100644
--- a/doc/cli/help.txt
+++ b/doc/cli/help.txt
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
   -V, --verbose ............ show detail on what is causing restarts.
   -- <your args> ........... to tell nodemon stop slurping arguments.
 
-  More options are available under: nodemon --help options
-
   Note: if the script is omitted, nodemon will try to read "main" from
   package.json and without a nodemon.json, nodemon will monitor .js, .mjs, .coffee,
   and .litcoffee by default.
@@ -28,4 +26,4 @@
   $ nodemon --exec "make build" -e "styl hbs"
   $ nodemon app.js -- --config # pass config to app.js
 
-  For more details see https://github.com/remy/nodemon/
+  \x1B[1mAll options are documented under: \x1B[4mnodemon --help options\x1B[0m
diff --git a/lib/help/index.js b/lib/help/index.js
index af1a1e11..1054b602 100644
--- a/lib/help/index.js
+++ b/lib/help/index.js
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
+const supportsColor = require('supports-color');
 
 module.exports = help;
 
+const highlight = supportsColor.stdout ? '\x1B\[$1m' : '';
+
 function help(item) {
   if (!item) {
     item = 'help';
@@ -17,8 +20,8 @@ function help(item) {
   try {
     var dir = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'doc', 'cli', item + '.txt');
     var body = fs.readFileSync(dir, 'utf8');
-    return body;
+    return body.replace(/\\x1B\[(.)m/g, highlight);
   } catch (e) {
     return '"' + item + '" help can\'t be found';
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/lib/utils/colour.js b/lib/utils/colour.js
index a4cb6f45..8c1b5905 100644
--- a/lib/utils/colour.js
+++ b/lib/utils/colour.js
@@ -18,13 +18,9 @@ colour.yellow = '\x1B[33m';
 colour.green = '\x1B[32m';
 colour.black = '\x1B[39m';
 
-var reStr = Object.keys(colour).map(function (key) {
-  return colour[key];
-}).join('|');
-
+var reStr = Object.keys(colour).map(key => colour[key]).join('|');
 var re = new RegExp(('(' + reStr + ')').replace(/\[/g, '\\['), 'g');
 
 colour.strip = strip;
 
-
-module.exports = colour;
\ No newline at end of file
+module.exports = colour;
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index fba233a4..f7a0961f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -549,6 +549,21 @@
         "ansi-styles": "3.2.0",
         "escape-string-regexp": "1.0.5",
         "supports-color": "4.5.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "has-flag": {
+          "version": "2.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/has-flag/-/has-flag-2.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-6CB68cx7MNRGzHC3NLXovhj4jVE="
+        },
+        "supports-color": {
+          "version": "4.5.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/supports-color/-/supports-color-4.5.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-vnoN5ITexcXN34s9WRJQRJEvY1s=",
+          "requires": {
+            "has-flag": "2.0.0"
+          }
+        }
       }
     },
     "chokidar": {
@@ -2767,9 +2782,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "has-flag": {
-      "version": "2.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/has-flag/-/has-flag-2.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-6CB68cx7MNRGzHC3NLXovhj4jVE="
+      "version": "3.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/has-flag/-/has-flag-3.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-tdRU3CGZriJWmfNGfloH87lVuv0="
     },
     "has-unicode": {
       "version": "2.0.1",
@@ -5541,11 +5556,11 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-PFMZQukIwml8DsNEhYwobHygpgo="
     },
     "supports-color": {
-      "version": "4.5.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/supports-color/-/supports-color-4.5.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-vnoN5ITexcXN34s9WRJQRJEvY1s=",
+      "version": "5.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/supports-color/-/supports-color-5.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-F39vS48la4YvTZUPVeTqsjsFNrvcMwrV3RLZINsmHo+7djCvuUzSIeXOnZ5hmjef4bajL1dNccN+tg5XAliO5Q==",
       "requires": {
-        "has-flag": "2.0.0"
+        "has-flag": "3.0.0"
       }
     },
     "term-size": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9e8f9b0b..0cd5a0f7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
     "minimatch": "^3.0.4",
     "pstree.remy": "^1.1.0",
     "semver": "^5.4.1",
+    "supports-color": "^5.2.0",
     "touch": "^3.1.0",
     "undefsafe": "^2.0.1",
     "update-notifier": "^2.3.0"