diff --git a/cobra.go b/cobra.go
index 7c8da2b4..7572ddf3 100644
--- a/cobra.go
+++ b/cobra.go
@@ -27,11 +27,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 var templateFuncs template.FuncMap = template.FuncMap{
-	"trim":           strings.TrimSpace,
-	"trimRightSpace": trimRightSpace,
-	"rpad":           rpad,
-	"gt":             Gt,
-	"eq":             Eq,
+	"trim":               strings.TrimSpace,
+	"trimRightSpace":     trimRightSpace,
+	"appendIfNotPresent": appendIfNotPresent,
+	"rpad":               rpad,
+	"gt":                 Gt,
+	"eq":                 Eq,
 }
 
 var initializers []func()
@@ -111,6 +112,14 @@ func trimRightSpace(s string) string {
 	return strings.TrimRightFunc(s, unicode.IsSpace)
 }
 
+// appendIfNotPresent will append stringToAppend to the end of s, but only if it's not yet present in s
+func appendIfNotPresent(s, stringToAppend string) string {
+	if strings.Contains(s, stringToAppend) {
+		return s
+	}
+	return s + " " + stringToAppend
+}
+
 //rpad adds padding to the right of a string
 func rpad(s string, padding int) string {
 	template := fmt.Sprintf("%%-%ds", padding)
diff --git a/cobra_test.go b/cobra_test.go
index e8c770f2..99dafde4 100644
--- a/cobra_test.go
+++ b/cobra_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ var tp, te, tt, t1, tr []string
 var rootPersPre, echoPre, echoPersPre, timesPersPre []string
 var flagb1, flagb2, flagb3, flagbr, flagbp bool
 var flags1, flags2a, flags2b, flags3, outs string
-var flagi1, flagi2, flagi3, flagir int
+var flagi1, flagi2, flagi3, flagi4, flagir int
 var globalFlag1 bool
 var flagEcho, rootcalled bool
 var versionUsed int
@@ -125,6 +125,14 @@ var cmdSubNoRun = &Command{
 	Long:  "A long output about a subcommand without a Run function",
 }
 
+var cmdCustomFlags = &Command{
+	Use:   "customflags [flags] -- REMOTE_COMMAND",
+	Short: "A command that expects flags in a custom location",
+	Long:  "A long output about a command that expects flags in a custom location",
+	Run: func(cmd *Command, args []string) {
+	},
+}
+
 var cmdVersion1 = &Command{
 	Use:   "version",
 	Short: "Print the version number",
@@ -157,10 +165,12 @@ func flagInit() {
 	cmdRootSameName.ResetFlags()
 	cmdRootWithRun.ResetFlags()
 	cmdSubNoRun.ResetFlags()
+	cmdCustomFlags.ResetFlags()
 	cmdRootNoRun.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&flags2a, "strtwo", "t", "two", strtwoParentHelp)
 	cmdEcho.Flags().IntVarP(&flagi1, "intone", "i", 123, "help message for flag intone")
 	cmdTimes.Flags().IntVarP(&flagi2, "inttwo", "j", 234, "help message for flag inttwo")
 	cmdPrint.Flags().IntVarP(&flagi3, "intthree", "i", 345, "help message for flag intthree")
+	cmdCustomFlags.Flags().IntVar(&flagi4, "intfour", 456, "help message for flag intfour")
 	cmdEcho.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&flags1, "strone", "s", "one", "help message for flag strone")
 	cmdEcho.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&flagbp, "persistentbool", "p", false, "help message for flag persistentbool")
 	cmdTimes.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&flags2b, "strtwo", "t", "2", strtwoChildHelp)
@@ -180,6 +190,7 @@ func commandInit() {
 	cmdRootSameName.ResetCommands()
 	cmdRootWithRun.ResetCommands()
 	cmdSubNoRun.ResetCommands()
+	cmdCustomFlags.ResetCommands()
 }
 
 func initialize() *Command {
@@ -271,7 +282,7 @@ func fullTester(c *Command, input string) resulter {
 	// Testing flag with invalid input
 	c.SetOutput(buf)
 	cmdEcho.AddCommand(cmdTimes)
-	c.AddCommand(cmdPrint, cmdEcho, cmdSubNoRun, cmdDeprecated)
+	c.AddCommand(cmdPrint, cmdEcho, cmdSubNoRun, cmdCustomFlags, cmdDeprecated)
 	c.SetArgs(strings.Split(input, " "))
 
 	err := c.Execute()
@@ -441,6 +452,14 @@ func TestGrandChildSameName(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestUsage(t *testing.T) {
+	x := fullSetupTest("help")
+	checkResultContains(t, x, cmdRootWithRun.Use + " [flags]")
+	x = fullSetupTest("help customflags")
+	checkResultContains(t, x, cmdCustomFlags.Use)
+	checkResultOmits(t, x, cmdCustomFlags.Use + " [flags]")
+}
+
 func TestFlagLong(t *testing.T) {
 	noRRSetupTest("echo --intone=13 something -- here")
 
diff --git a/command.go b/command.go
index ccc41c38..7671ce50 100644
--- a/command.go
+++ b/command.go
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ func (c *Command) UsageTemplate() string {
 		return c.parent.UsageTemplate()
 	} else {
 		return `Usage:{{if .Runnable}}
-  {{.UseLine}}{{if .HasFlags}} [flags]{{end}}{{end}}{{if .HasSubCommands}}
+  {{if .HasFlags}}{{appendIfNotPresent .UseLine "[flags]"}}{{else}}{{.UseLine}}{{end}}{{end}}{{if .HasSubCommands}}
   {{ .CommandPath}} [command]{{end}}{{if gt .Aliases 0}}
 
 Aliases: