diff --git a/core/cli/upgrade.el b/core/cli/upgrade.el
index 003f737de..41571ab4f 100644
--- a/core/cli/upgrade.el
+++ b/core/cli/upgrade.el
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 ;;; core/cli/upgrade.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
 
 (defcli! (upgrade up)
-  ((force-p ["-f" "--force"]))
+  ((force-p ["-f" "--force"] "Discard local changes to Doom and upgrade anyway")
+   (packages-only-p ["-p" "--packages"] "Only upgrade packages, not Doom"))
   "Updates Doom and packages.
 
 This requires that ~/.emacs.d is a git repo, and is the equivalent of the
@@ -15,7 +16,8 @@ following shell commands:
   :bare t
   (if (delq
        nil (list
-            (doom-cli-upgrade doom-auto-accept force-p)
+            (unless packages-only-p
+              (doom-cli-upgrade doom-auto-accept force-p))
             (doom-cli-execute "refresh")
             (when (doom-cli-packages-update)
               (doom-cli-reload-package-autoloads)