diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/builders/ConfigurationBuilder.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/builders/ConfigurationBuilder.cs
index 39877f5c57..fdfa81ea43 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/builders/ConfigurationBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/builders/ConfigurationBuilder.cs
@@ -357,6 +357,9 @@ private static void set_global_options(IList<string> args, ChocolateyConfigurati
                 (option_set) =>
                 {
                     option_set
+                        .Add("online",
+                             "Online - Open help for specified command in default browser application.",
+                             option => config.ShowOnlineHelp = option != null)
                         .Add("d|debug",
                              "Debug - Show debug messaging.",
                              option => config.Debug = option != null)
diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs
index 549ac89cb8..cb422d5ba0 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ private void append_output(StringBuilder propertyValues, string append)
 
         // top level commands
 
+        public bool ShowOnlineHelp { get; set; }
         public bool Debug { get; set; }
         public bool Verbose { get; set; }
         public bool Trace { get; set; }
diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ConfigurationOptions.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ConfigurationOptions.cs
index 1651ba797f..69b0ef89c5 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ConfigurationOptions.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ConfigurationOptions.cs
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ public static void parse_arguments_and_update_configuration(ICollection<string>
 
             if (configuration.HelpRequested)
             {
+                if (configuration.ShowOnlineHelp)
+                {
+                    System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("explorer.exe", string.Format("https://docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/choco/commands/{0}", configuration.CommandName));
+                    return;
+                }
+
                 show_help(_optionSet, helpMessage);
             }
             else