diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 2340b9bd..20894860 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ SVN
   Makefile: Add sensors-conf-convert to make install
   sensord: Log the error code on failure
   sensors: Fix spurious critical temperature alarm
+  sensors-conf-convert: Add a short help text
 
 3.0.0-rc1 (2007-09-25)
   Initial release
diff --git a/etc/sensors-conf-convert b/etc/sensors-conf-convert
index 57cf77f6..d92ce67b 100755
--- a/etc/sensors-conf-convert
+++ b/etc/sensors-conf-convert
@@ -363,6 +363,12 @@ BEGIN
 			qr/\bfan\d_(max|safe)\b/,
 		],
 	);
+
+	if (defined $ARGV[0] && ($ARGV[0] eq '-h' || $ARGV[0] eq '--help')) {
+		print "Convert sensors.conf from lm-sensors 2 format to lm-sensors 3 format\n",
+		      "Typical usage: sensors-conf-convert /etc/sensors.conf\n";
+		exit 0;
+	}
 }
 
 if ($. == 1) {