diff --git a/pkg/app/run_test.go b/pkg/app/run_test.go
index 5edca1b92..af08e1ddd 100644
--- a/pkg/app/run_test.go
+++ b/pkg/app/run_test.go
@@ -310,6 +310,57 @@ func TestShortHelpFlag(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestHelpSubcommandFlags verifies that `fastly help <subcommand>` displays the command's
+// specific flags (Required / Optional flags) consistently with `<subcommand> --help`.
+func TestHelpSubcommandFlags(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name      string
+		args      string
+		wantFlags []string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:      "help service create includes optional flags",
+			args:      "help service create",
+			wantFlags: []string{"OPTIONAL FLAGS", "--comment", "--name", "--type", "GLOBAL FLAGS"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "help service alert create includes required and optional flags",
+			args:      "help service alert create",
+			wantFlags: []string{"REQUIRED FLAGS", "--description", "--metric", "--name", "OPTIONAL FLAGS", "GLOBAL FLAGS"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var stdout bytes.Buffer
+			args := testutil.SplitArgs(tc.args)
+			app.Init = func(_ []string, _ io.Reader) (*global.Data, error) {
+				return testutil.MockGlobalData(args, &stdout), nil
+			}
+			err := app.Run(args, nil)
+			var output string
+			if err != nil {
+				var re errors.RemediationError
+				var se errors.SkipExitError
+				if ok := stderrors.As(err, &re); ok {
+					output = re.Prefix
+				} else if ok := stderrors.As(err, &se); ok {
+					if re, ok := se.Err.(errors.RemediationError); ok {
+						output = re.Prefix
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			output += stdout.String()
+
+			for _, want := range tc.wantFlags {
+				if !strings.Contains(output, want) {
+					t.Errorf("expected %q in output for %q, got:\n%s", want, tc.args, output)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 // stripTrailingSpace removes any trailing spaces from the multiline str.
 func stripTrailingSpace(str string) string {
 	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
diff --git a/pkg/app/usage.go b/pkg/app/usage.go
index 4b522bb87..708a2a696 100644
--- a/pkg/app/usage.go
+++ b/pkg/app/usage.go
@@ -210,11 +210,22 @@ const VerboseUsageTemplate = `{{define "FormatCommands" -}}
 {{if .Context.SelectedCommand -}}
 {{T "USAGE"|Bold}}
   {{.App.Name}} {{.App.FlagSummary}} {{.Context.SelectedCommand.CmdSummary}}
+{{if .Context.SelectedCommand.Help}}
+{{.Context.SelectedCommand.Help|Wrap 0}}
+{{end -}}
 {{else}}
 {{- T "USAGE"|Bold}}
   {{template "FormatUsage" .App -}}
 {{end -}}
-{{if .Context.Flags|GlobalFlags }}
+{{if .Context.Flags|RequiredFlags -}}
+{{T "REQUIRED FLAGS"|Bold}}
+{{.Context.Flags|RequiredFlags|FlagsToTwoColumns|FormatTwoColumns}}
+{{end -}}
+{{if .Context.Flags|OptionalFlags -}}
+{{T "OPTIONAL FLAGS"|Bold}}
+{{.Context.Flags|OptionalFlags|FlagsToTwoColumns|FormatTwoColumns}}
+{{end -}}
+{{if .Context.Flags|GlobalFlags -}}
 {{T "GLOBAL FLAGS"|Bold}}
 {{.Context.Flags|GlobalFlags|FlagsToTwoColumns|FormatTwoColumns}}
 {{end -}}