diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 84ff2fb4b2..078dfb25f9 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -466,16 +466,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                         "\n"
                         "General Options:\n"
                         "  --help                 Print this help and exit\n"
-                        "  --build-file [file]    Override path to build.zig\n"
-                        "  --cache-dir [path]     Override path to cache directory\n"
                         "  --verbose              Print commands before executing them\n"
-                        "  --verbose-tokenize     Enable compiler debug output for tokenization\n"
-                        "  --verbose-ast          Enable compiler debug output for parsing into an AST\n"
-                        "  --verbose-link         Enable compiler debug output for linking\n"
-                        "  --verbose-ir           Enable compiler debug output for Zig IR\n"
-                        "  --verbose-llvm-ir      Enable compiler debug output for LLVM IR\n"
-                        "  --verbose-cimport      Enable compiler debug output for C imports\n"
                         "  --prefix [path]        Override default install prefix\n"
+                        "  --search-prefix [path] Add a path to look for binaries, libraries, headers\n"
                         "\n"
                         "Project-specific options become available when the build file is found.\n"
                         "\n"
diff --git a/std/special/build_runner.zig b/std/special/build_runner.zig
index 15e3534380..ff3b53619d 100644
--- a/std/special/build_runner.zig
+++ b/std/special/build_runner.zig
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ fn usage(builder: *Builder, already_ran_build: bool, out_stream: var) !void {
         \\
         \\General Options:
         \\  --help                 Print this help and exit
-        \\  --init                 Generate a build.zig template
         \\  --verbose              Print commands before executing them
         \\  --prefix [path]        Override default install prefix
         \\  --search-prefix [path] Add a path to look for binaries, libraries, headers