---
name: "opam-admin-help"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "opam"
version: "2.6.1-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/opam-admin-help"
---

# opam-admin-help(1)

Display help about opam admin and opam admin subcommands.

## NAME

opam admin-help - Display help about opam admin and opam admin subcommands.

## SYNOPSIS

**opam admin help** \[**--man-format**=*FMT*\] \[*OPTION*\]… \[*TOPIC*\]

## DESCRIPTION

Prints help about opam admin commands.

Use \`**opam admin** help topics' to get the full list of help topics.

## ARGUMENTS

- *TOPIC*

  The topic to get help on.

## OPTIONS

- **--man-format**=*FMT* (absent=**pager**)

  Show output in format *FMT*. The value *FMT* must be one of **auto**, **pager**, **groff** or **plain**. With **auto**, the format is **pager** or **plain** whenever the **TERM** env var is **dumb** or undefined.

## COMMON OPTIONS

- **--help**\[=*FMT*\] (default=**auto**)

  Show this help in format *FMT*. The value *FMT* must be one of **auto**, **pager**, **groff** or **plain**. With **auto**, the format is **pager** or **plain** whenever the **TERM** env var is **dumb** or undefined.

- **--version**

  Show version information.

## EXIT STATUS

**opam admin help** exits with:

- 0

  on success.

- 123

  on indiscriminate errors reported on standard error.

- 124

  on command line parsing errors.

- 125

  on unexpected internal errors (bugs).

## SEE ALSO

opam admin(1)