diff --git a/src/cli.c b/src/cli.c
index 753d8eac..5e8d9908 100644
--- a/src/cli.c
+++ b/src/cli.c
@@ -385,7 +385,6 @@ void cmdline_opts_free(const uvg_api *const api, cmdline_opts_t *opts)
 
 void print_usage(void)
 {
-  print_version();
   fprintf(stdout,
     "usage: -i and --input-res to set input, -o to set output\n"
     "              --help for more information\n");
@@ -401,7 +400,6 @@ void print_version(void)
 
 void print_help(void)
 {
-  print_version();
   fprintf(stdout,
     "Usage:\n"
     "uvg266 -i <input> --input-res <width>x<height> -o <output>\n"
diff --git a/src/encmain.c b/src/encmain.c
index 21aa0cce..1b19f5fb 100644
--- a/src/encmain.c
+++ b/src/encmain.c
@@ -479,6 +479,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
   const uvg_api * const api = uvg_api_get(8);
 
+  print_version();
+
   opts = cmdline_opts_parse(api, argc, argv);
   // If problem with command line options, print banner and shutdown.
   if (!opts) {
diff --git a/tools/genmanpage.sh b/tools/genmanpage.sh
index 3bfd2352..7db037c0 100755
--- a/tools/genmanpage.sh
+++ b/tools/genmanpage.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ uvg266 \- open source VVC encoder
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 EOF
 
-../bin/uvg266 --help 2>&1 | tail -n+5 | head -n-4 | \
+../bin/uvg266 --help 2>&1 | tail -n+5 | \
   sed 's| : |\n|g;
        s| :$||g;
        s|^      --|.TP\n\\fB--|g;
diff --git a/tools/update_readme.sh b/tools/update_readme.sh
index 519c5b78..78669dbe 100755
--- a/tools/update_readme.sh
+++ b/tools/update_readme.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ readme_file="../README.md"
 {
     sed '/BEGIN UVG266 HELP MESSAGE/q' -- "$readme_file";
     printf '```\n';
-    ../bin/uvg266 --help;
+    ../bin/uvg266 --help 2>&1 | tail -n+2;
     printf '```\n';
     sed -n '/END UVG266 HELP MESSAGE/{:a;p;n;ba}' -- "$readme_file";
 } >> "$tmpfile"