diff --git a/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp b/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
index eb8df5b5ead6..3d4998c56d4e 100644
--- a/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
+++ b/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
@@ -1768,8 +1768,15 @@ void CmdLineParser::printHelp() const
         "                         currently only possible to apply the base paths to\n"
         "                         files that are on a lower level in the directory tree.\n"
         "    --report-progress    Report progress messages while checking a file (single job only).\n"
-        "    --report-type=<type>\n"
-        "                         TODO:decsription\n"
+        "    --report-type=<type> Add guideline and classification fields for specified coding standard.\n"
+        "                         The available report types are:\n"
+        "                          * normal (default, only show cppcheck error ID and severity)\n"
+        "                          * autosar\n"
+        "                          * certC\n"
+        "                          * certCpp\n"
+        "                          * misraC\n"
+        "                          * misraCpp2008\n"
+        "                          * misraCpp2023\n"
         "    --rule=<rule>        Match regular expression.\n"
         "    --rule-file=<file>   Use given rule file. For more information, see:\n"
         "                         http://sourceforge.net/projects/cppcheck/files/Articles/\n"