diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/options.js b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/options.js
index fa09d6b64e..96b4aa9c24 100644
--- a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/options.js
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/options.js
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ commander.option(
   booleanify,
 );
 commander.option(
-  "--minified [true|false]",
-  "Save as many bytes when printing.",
+  "--minified",
+  "Save as many bytes when printing. (false by default)",
 );
 commander.option(
   "--auxiliary-comment-before [string]",
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel/--minified/in-files/script.js b/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel/--minified/in-files/script.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3353ddb752
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel/--minified/in-files/script.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+() => 42;
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel/--minified/options.json b/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel/--minified/options.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2df8c827b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel/--minified/options.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "args": ["--out-file", "script2.js", "--no-comments", "--minified", "script.js"]
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel/--minified/out-files/script2.js b/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel/--minified/out-files/script2.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9260cd4af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/test/fixtures/babel/--minified/out-files/script2.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"use strict";(function(){return 42});