diff --git a/Bootstrap/Pmodules/bash b/Bootstrap/Pmodules/bash
index 0683631..32f5ad3 100644
--- a/Bootstrap/Pmodules/bash
+++ b/Bootstrap/Pmodules/bash
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ module() {
 	[[ ${#args[@]} == 0 ]] && args+=( 'help' )
 	[[ ${#args[@]} == 1 ]] && args+=( '--' )
 
+	# we have to eval here, otherwise we cannot do something like
+	# $ module load gcc/5.2.0 openmpi/1.8.8 hdf5/1.8.15
 	local -i i=1
 	for (( i=1; i < ${#args[@]}; i++ )); do
 		eval $( "${modulecmd}" bash "${args[0]}" "${switches[@]}" "${args[i]}" )
diff --git a/Bootstrap/Pmodules/modulecmd.bash.in b/Bootstrap/Pmodules/modulecmd.bash.in
index ea000d4..9672145 100755
--- a/Bootstrap/Pmodules/modulecmd.bash.in
+++ b/Bootstrap/Pmodules/modulecmd.bash.in
@@ -1485,12 +1485,19 @@ subcommand_search() {
 #
 subcommand_help() {
 	local opts=''
-	opts=$(pmodules::get_options -- '' "$@") || usage
+	opts=$(pmodules::get_options -o HV\? -l version -l help -- "$@") || usage
 	eval set --  "${opts}"
 	local arg=''
 	
 	while (( $# > 0 )); do
 		case $1 in
+			-[hH] | -\? | --help )
+				usage
+				;;
+			-V | --version )
+				print_version
+				std::die 1
+				;;
 			-- )
 				:
 				;;