diff --git a/src/shared/verbs.c b/src/shared/verbs.c
index 726ed30ac2..cc0b358fcd 100644
--- a/src/shared/verbs.c
+++ b/src/shared/verbs.c
@@ -347,6 +347,9 @@ static int print_verb_option_help(
                 verb += r; /* Skip over the whole verb group */
         }
 
+        if (cmd->flags & COMMAND_HELP_SEPARATE)
+                (void) table_sync_all_column_widths(0, tables);
+
         const Option *optns = options_find_namespace(options, options_end, cmd->option_namespace);
         if (!optns)
                 return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EUCLEAN),
@@ -376,7 +379,10 @@ static int print_verb_option_help(
                 opt += r; /* Skip over the whole option group */
         }
 
-        (void) table_sync_all_column_widths(0, tables);
+        if (cmd->flags & COMMAND_HELP_SEPARATE)
+                (void) table_sync_all_column_widths(0, tables + n_verbs);
+        else
+                (void) table_sync_all_column_widths(0, tables);
 
         for (size_t i = 0; i < n_verbs + n_opts; i++) {
                 if (table_isempty(tables[i]))
diff --git a/src/shared/verbs.h b/src/shared/verbs.h
index 59fb8a3951..52b3cfd9ba 100644
--- a/src/shared/verbs.h
+++ b/src/shared/verbs.h
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 #define VERB_ANY (UINT_MAX)
 
+typedef enum CommandFlags {
+        COMMAND_HELP_SEPARATE = 1 << 0,  /* Do not synchronize the width between verbs and options */
+} CommandFlags;
+
 typedef struct CommandDescription {
         const char *names;             /* nulstr with the main command name and potentially aliases */
         const char *abstract;          /* concrete abstract */
@@ -13,6 +17,7 @@ typedef struct CommandDescription {
         const char *footer;            /* optional footer to print right above man page links */
         const char *man_pages;         /* nulstr with man page names */
         const char *option_namespace;  /* to be used when the options are in a namespace */
+        CommandFlags flags;
 } CommandDescription;
 
 typedef enum VerbFlags {