diff --git a/.github/workflows/help-in-readme.yml b/.github/workflows/help-in-readme.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9dcee7dbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/help-in-readme.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+name: help-in-readme
+on: [push]  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
+jobs:
+  help-in-readme:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - run: pip install -e '.[isort]'
+      - name: Verify that README contains output of darker --help
+        shell: python
+        run: |
+          from pathlib import Path
+          from subprocess import check_output, STDOUT
+          cmd = ["darker", "--options-for-readme"]
+          usage = check_output(cmd, stderr=STDOUT, encoding="utf-8")
+          readme = Path("README.rst").read_text()
+          assert usage in readme
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index f7d5d4988..d4cb9532d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ These features will be included in the next release:
 
 Added
 -----
+- Add a CI workflow which verifies that the ``darker --help`` output in ``README.rst``
+  is up to date.
 
 Fixed
 -----