diff --git a/src/OptionHandlerFactory.cc b/src/OptionHandlerFactory.cc
index b3ab8cc0..1e368100 100644
--- a/src/OptionHandlerFactory.cc
+++ b/src/OptionHandlerFactory.cc
@@ -1509,10 +1509,9 @@ std::vector<OptionHandler*> OptionHandlerFactory::createOptionHandlers()
   {
     OptionHandler* op(new DefaultOptionHandler
                       (PREF_NETRC_PATH,
-                       NO_DESCRIPTION,
+                       TEXT_NETRC_PATH,
                        util::getHomeDir()+"/.netrc",
                        PATH_TO_FILE));
-    op->hide();
     handlers.push_back(op);
   }
   // Proxy options
diff --git a/src/usage_text.h b/src/usage_text.h
index 17bf420d..64f64a43 100644
--- a/src/usage_text.h
+++ b/src/usage_text.h
@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@
   _(" -U, --user-agent=USER_AGENT  Set user agent for http(s) downloads.")
 #define TEXT_NO_NETRC                                           \
   _(" -n, --no-netrc[=true|false]  Disables netrc support.")
+#define TEXT_NETRC_PATH                                           \
+  _(" --netrc-path=FILE            Specify the path to the netrc file.")
 #define TEXT_INPUT_FILE                                                 \
   _(" -i, --input-file=FILE        Downloads URIs found in FILE. You can specify\n" \
     "                              multiple URIs for a single entity: separate\n" \