diff --git a/src/commands/proxy-command.ts b/src/commands/proxy-command.ts
index 88365c4f..29b41c87 100644
--- a/src/commands/proxy-command.ts
+++ b/src/commands/proxy-command.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ function parseOptionValue(args: string[], key: string): string | undefined {
   return withEquals ? withEquals.slice(prefix.length) : undefined;
 }
 
+function hasHelpFlag(args: string[]): boolean {
+  return args.includes('--help') || args.includes('-h');
+}
+
 export function findPositionalArg(
   args: string[],
   optionsWithValues: string[] = []
@@ -83,6 +87,9 @@ function resolveProfile(profileName: string) {
 }
 
 async function handleStart(args: string[]): Promise<number> {
+  if (hasHelpFlag(args)) {
+    return showHelp();
+  }
   const profileName = findPositionalArg(args, ['--port', '--host']);
   if (!profileName) {
     console.error(
@@ -122,6 +129,9 @@ async function handleStart(args: string[]): Promise<number> {
 }
 
 async function handleStatus(args: string[] = []): Promise<number> {
+  if (hasHelpFlag(args)) {
+    return showHelp();
+  }
   const profileName = findPositionalArg(args);
   const running = profileName
     ? [await getOpenAICompatProxyStatus(profileName)].filter((status) => status.running)
@@ -150,6 +160,9 @@ async function handleStatus(args: string[] = []): Promise<number> {
 }
 
 async function handleActivate(args: string[]): Promise<number> {
+  if (hasHelpFlag(args)) {
+    return showHelp();
+  }
   const profileName = findPositionalArg(args, ['--shell']);
   if (!profileName) {
     const running = (await listOpenAICompatProxyStatuses()).filter((entry) => entry.running);
@@ -199,6 +212,9 @@ export async function handleProxyCommand(args: string[]): Promise<number> {
     case 'start':
       return handleStart(args.slice(1));
     case 'stop': {
+      if (hasHelpFlag(args.slice(1))) {
+        return showHelp();
+      }
       const profileName = args[1] && !args[1].startsWith('-') ? args[1] : undefined;
       const result = await stopOpenAICompatProxy(profileName);
       if (!result.success) {
diff --git a/tests/e2e/proxy-command.e2e.test.ts b/tests/e2e/proxy-command.e2e.test.ts
index 47029bb5..8c2a0f62 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/proxy-command.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/proxy-command.e2e.test.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ afterEach(() => {
 });
 
 describe('proxy command e2e', () => {
+  it('shows help for subcommand help flags without executing the subcommand', () => {
+    const help = runCli(['proxy', 'stop', '--help']);
+    expect(help.status).toBe(0);
+    expect(help.stdout).toContain('Usage: ccs proxy <start|stop|status|activate> [profile] [options]');
+    expect(help.stdout).toContain('stop [profile]    Stop the running proxy (or all proxies when omitted)');
+  });
+
   it('starts, reports status, activates, and stops via the built CLI', async () => {
     const port = await getPort();
     const ccsDir = path.join(tempDir, '.ccs');