diff --git a/bin/xbps-query/xbps-query.8 b/bin/xbps-query/xbps-query.8
index 7643f4ea..c7b8c1b2 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-query/xbps-query.8
+++ b/bin/xbps-query/xbps-query.8
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ and can be fully removed with
 .Sy ??
 Package state is unknown.
 .El
+.It Fl H, Fl -list-hold-pkgs
+List registered packages in the package database (pkgdb) that are on
+.Sy hold .
+Such packages won't be updated automatically.
 .It Fl L, Fl -list-repos
 Lists repositories and the number of packages contained on them. If a repository is not
 available the number of packages will be