diff --git a/lld/COFF/Options.td b/lld/COFF/Options.td
--- a/lld/COFF/Options.td
+++ b/lld/COFF/Options.td
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
     "lto-obj-path",
     "output native object for merged LTO unit to this path">;
 def dash_dash_version : Flag<["--"], "version">,
-  HelpText<"Print version information">;
+  HelpText<"Display the version number and exit">;
 def threads
     : P<"threads", "Number of threads. '1' disables multi-threading. By "
                    "default all available hardware threads are used">;
diff --git a/lld/MachO/Driver.cpp b/lld/MachO/Driver.cpp
--- a/lld/MachO/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/MachO/Driver.cpp
@@ -690,10 +690,15 @@
   if (args.hasArg(OPT_help_hidden)) {
     parser.printHelp(argsArr[0], /*showHidden=*/true);
     return true;
-  } else if (args.hasArg(OPT_help)) {
+  }
+  if (args.hasArg(OPT_help)) {
     parser.printHelp(argsArr[0], /*showHidden=*/false);
     return true;
   }
+  if (args.hasArg(OPT_version)) {
+    message(getLLDVersion());
+    return true;
+  }
 
   if (const char *path = getReproduceOption(args)) {
     // Note that --reproduce is a debug option so you can ignore it
diff --git a/lld/MachO/Options.td b/lld/MachO/Options.td
--- a/lld/MachO/Options.td
+++ b/lld/MachO/Options.td
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 def reproduce_eq: Joined<["--"], "reproduce=">,
     Alias<!cast<Separate>(reproduce)>,
     HelpText<"Write tar file containing inputs and command to reproduce link">;
+def version: Flag<["--"], "version">,
+    HelpText<"Display the version number and exit">;
 
 
 // This is a complete Options.td compiled from Apple's ld(1) manpage
@@ -508,7 +510,7 @@
 def grp_rare : OptionGroup<"rare">, HelpText<"RARELY USED">;
 
 def v : Flag<["-"], "v">,
-     HelpText<"Print the linker version">,
+     HelpText<"Print the linker version and search paths and exit">,
      Group<grp_rare>;
 def version_details : Flag<["-"], "version_details">,
      HelpText<"Print the linker version in JSON form">,
diff --git a/lld/test/MachO/driver.test b/lld/test/MachO/driver.test
--- a/lld/test/MachO/driver.test
+++ b/lld/test/MachO/driver.test
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-# RUN: not %lld ---help 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=SPELLHELP %s
+# RUN: %lld --version | FileCheck -check-prefix=VERSION %s
+VERSION: {{LLD [0-9]+\.[0-9]+}}
 
+# RUN: not %lld ---help 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=SPELLHELP %s
 SPELLHELP: error: unknown argument '---help', did you mean '--help'
 # FIXME: This should say "no input files" instead
 SPELLHELP: error: undefined symbol: _main