diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index d6a9eeb..6adf209 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -299,6 +299,13 @@ Default: `true`
 
 Whether to allow unknown flags or not.
 
+##### helpIndent
+
+Type `number`\
+Default: `2`
+
+The number of spaces to use for indenting the help text.
+
 ## Promises
 
 Meow will make unhandled rejected promises [fail hard](https://github.com/sindresorhus/hard-rejection) instead of the default silent fail. Meaning you don't have to manually `.catch()` promises used in your CLI.
diff --git a/source/index.d.ts b/source/index.d.ts
index b7c240b..835cb7b 100644
--- a/source/index.d.ts
+++ b/source/index.d.ts
@@ -307,6 +307,13 @@ export type Options<Flags extends AnyFlags> = {
 	@default true
 	*/
 	readonly allowUnknownFlags?: boolean;
+
+	/**
+	The number of spaces to use for indenting the help text.
+
+	@default 2
+	*/
+	readonly helpIndent?: number;
 };
 
 type TypedFlag<Flag extends AnyFlag> =
diff --git a/source/index.js b/source/index.js
index 3bc1865..b3ed67f 100644
--- a/source/index.js
+++ b/source/index.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const buildResult = (options, parserOptions) => {
 		help = trimNewlines((options.help || '').replace(/\t+\n*$/, ''));
 
 		if (help.includes('\n')) {
-			help = redent(help, 2);
+			help = redent(help, options.helpIndent);
 		}
 
 		help = `\n${help}`;
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const buildResult = (options, parserOptions) => {
 		({description} = package_);
 	}
 
-	description &&= help ? `\n  ${description}\n` : `\n${description}`;
+	description &&= help ? redent(`\n${description}\n`, options.helpIndent) : `\n${description}`;
 	help = `${description || ''}${help}\n`;
 
 	const showHelp = code => {
diff --git a/source/options.js b/source/options.js
index 05169ef..98f032a 100644
--- a/source/options.js
+++ b/source/options.js
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ export const buildOptions = (helpText, options) => {
 		hardRejection: true,
 		allowUnknownFlags: true,
 		allowParentFlags: true,
+		helpIndent: 2,
 		...options,
 	};
 
diff --git a/test/help.js b/test/help.js
index 7fd5492..c361c0a 100644
--- a/test/help.js
+++ b/test/help.js
@@ -44,3 +44,24 @@ test('descriptions with no help are not indented', t => {
 		description: 'single line',
 	}).help, '\nsingle line\n');
 });
+
+test('support help shortcut with no indentation', t => {
+	t.is(meow(`
+		unicorn
+		cat
+	`, {
+		helpIndent: 0,
+		importMeta,
+	}).help, indentString('\nCLI app helper\n\nunicorn\ncat\n', 0));
+});
+
+test('no description and no indentation', t => {
+	t.is(meow(`
+		unicorn
+		cat
+	`, {
+		helpIndent: 0,
+		description: false,
+		importMeta,
+	}).help, indentString('\nunicorn\ncat\n', 0));
+});