diff --git a/man/udevadm.xml b/man/udevadm.xml
index 396d418f83..d12c39b765 100644
--- a/man/udevadm.xml
+++ b/man/udevadm.xml
@@ -228,7 +228,9 @@
             <para>Type of event to be triggered. Possible actions are <literal>add</literal>,
             <literal>remove</literal>, <literal>change</literal>, <literal>move</literal>,
             <literal>online</literal>, <literal>offline</literal>, <literal>bind</literal>,
-            and <literal>unbind</literal>. The default value is <literal>change</literal>.</para>
+            and <literal>unbind</literal>. Also, the special value <literal>help</literal> can be used
+            to list the possible actions. The default value is <literal>change</literal>.
+            </para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>
@@ -524,9 +526,10 @@
       <variablelist>
         <varlistentry>
           <term><option>-a</option></term>
-          <term><option>--action=<replaceable>string</replaceable></option></term>
+          <term><option>--action=<replaceable>ACTION</replaceable></option></term>
           <listitem>
-            <para>The action string.</para>
+            <para>The action string. The special value <literal>help</literal> may be used to list
+            known values.</para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>
diff --git a/shell-completion/bash/udevadm b/shell-completion/bash/udevadm
index c151a41978..cb12c25538 100644
--- a/shell-completion/bash/udevadm
+++ b/shell-completion/bash/udevadm
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ _udevadm() {
                         comps='devices subsystems'
                         ;;
                     -c|--action)
-                        comps='add change remove bind unbind'
+                        comps=$( udevadm trigger --action help )
                         ;;
                     -y|--sysname-match|-b|--parent-match)
                         comps=$( __get_all_sysdevs )
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ _udevadm() {
             if __contains_word "$prev" ${OPTS[TEST]}; then
                 case $prev in
                     -a|--action)
-                        comps='add change remove bind unbind'
+                        comps=$( udevadm test --action help )
                         ;;
                     -N|--resolve-names)
                         comps='early late never'
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-private.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-private.c
index 731b0ed0a7..16f8627bdb 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-private.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-private.c
@@ -998,3 +998,7 @@ static const char* const device_action_table[_DEVICE_ACTION_MAX] = {
 };
 
 DEFINE_STRING_TABLE_LOOKUP(device_action, DeviceAction);
+
+void dump_device_action_table(void) {
+        DUMP_STRING_TABLE(device_action, DeviceAction, _DEVICE_ACTION_MAX);
+}
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-private.h b/src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-private.h
index 9696f9c02d..2bde53e969 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-private.h
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-private.h
@@ -75,3 +75,4 @@ static inline int device_read_db(sd_device *device) {
 
 DeviceAction device_action_from_string(const char *s) _pure_;
 const char *device_action_to_string(DeviceAction a) _const_;
+void dump_device_action_table(void);
diff --git a/src/udev/udevadm-test.c b/src/udev/udevadm-test.c
index 8124951422..7ad9993f09 100644
--- a/src/udev/udevadm-test.c
+++ b/src/udev/udevadm-test.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static int help(void) {
                "Test an event run.\n\n"
                "  -h --help                            Show this help\n"
                "  -V --version                         Show package version\n"
-               "  -a --action=ACTION                   Set action string\n"
+               "  -a --action=ACTION|help              Set action string\n"
                "  -N --resolve-names=early|late|never  When to resolve names\n"
                , program_invocation_short_name);
 
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 case 'a': {
                         DeviceAction a;
 
+                        if (streq(optarg, "help")) {
+                                dump_device_action_table();
+                                return 0;
+                        }
+
                         a = device_action_from_string(optarg);
                         if (a < 0)
                                 return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL),
diff --git a/src/udev/udevadm-trigger.c b/src/udev/udevadm-trigger.c
index f14010a2d0..77d95e513f 100644
--- a/src/udev/udevadm-trigger.c
+++ b/src/udev/udevadm-trigger.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ static int help(void) {
                "  -t --type=                        Type of events to trigger\n"
                "          devices                     sysfs devices (default)\n"
                "          subsystems                  sysfs subsystems and drivers\n"
-               "  -c --action=ACTION                Event action value, default is \"change\"\n"
+               "  -c --action=ACTION|help           Event action value, default is \"change\"\n"
                "  -s --subsystem-match=SUBSYSTEM    Trigger devices from a matching subsystem\n"
                "  -S --subsystem-nomatch=SUBSYSTEM  Exclude devices from a matching subsystem\n"
                "  -a --attr-match=FILE[=VALUE]      Trigger devices with a matching attribute\n"
@@ -205,6 +205,10 @@ int trigger_main(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
                                 return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "Unknown type --type=%s", optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'c':
+                        if (streq(optarg, "help")) {
+                                dump_device_action_table();
+                                return 0;
+                        }
                         if (device_action_from_string(optarg) < 0)
                                 return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "Unknown action '%s'", optarg);