diff --git a/README b/README
index 4409886..8fde1ee 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ $ pixz -d foo.tpxz              # Extract it to foo.tar, removing the original
 Other flags:
 
 $ pixz -1 foo.tar           # Faster, worse compression
-$ pixz -9 foo.tar           # Better, slower compression 
+$ pixz -9 foo.tar           # Better, slower compression
+$ pixz -p 2 foo.tar         # Cap the number of threads at 2
 
 $ pixz -t foo.tar           # Compress but don't treat it as a tarball (don't index it)
 $ pixz -d -t foo.tpxz       # Decompress foo, don't check that contents match index
diff --git a/pixz.c b/pixz.c
index b81bde8..22bf3ff 100644
--- a/pixz.c
+++ b/pixz.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ static void usage(const char *msg) {
 "\n"
 "Other flags:\n"
 "  -0, -1 ... -9      Set compression level, from fastest to strongest\n"
+"  -p NUM             Use a maximum of NUM CPU-intensive threads\n"
 "  -t                 Don't assume input is in tar format\n"
 "  -h                 Print this help\n"
 "\n"