diff --git a/lib/Options.hs b/lib/Options.hs
--- a/lib/Options.hs
+++ b/lib/Options.hs
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
 	
 	-- ** Option groups
 	, Group
+	, group
 	, groupName
 	, groupTitle
 	, groupDescription
@@ -236,12 +237,20 @@
 	-- flag. The option will be parsed as if the given value were set.
 	, optionTypeUnary :: Maybe val
 	
-	-- If not Nothing, then options of this type may be set with repeated
+	-- | If not Nothing, then options of this type may be set with repeated
 	-- flags. Each flag will be parsed with 'optionTypeParse', and the
 	-- resulting parsed values will be passed to this function for merger
 	-- into the final value.
 	, optionTypeMerge :: Maybe ([val] -> val)
 	}
+
+-- | Define an option group with the given name and title. Use
+-- 'groupDescription' to add additional descriptive text, if needed.
+group :: String -- ^ Name
+      -> String -- ^ Title; see 'groupTitle'.
+      -> String -- ^ Description; see 'groupDescription'.
+      -> Group
+group = Group
 
 -- | Define a new option type with the given name, default, and behavior.
 optionType :: String -- ^ Name
diff --git a/lib/Options/Help.hs b/lib/Options/Help.hs
--- a/lib/Options/Help.hs
+++ b/lib/Options/Help.hs
@@ -181,9 +181,10 @@
 	let hasHelp = filter (\(g,_) -> groupName g == "all") groupInfos
 	forM_ hasHelp showHelpGroup
 	
-	tell "Application Options:\n"
-	forM_ ungroupedMainOptions showOptionHelp
-	unless (null subcmds) (tell "\n")
+	unless (null ungroupedMainOptions) $ do
+		tell "Application Options:\n"
+		forM_ ungroupedMainOptions showOptionHelp
+		unless (null subcmds) (tell "\n")
 	
 	case subcmdOptions of
 		Nothing -> unless (null subcmds) $ do
diff --git a/options.cabal b/options.cabal
--- a/options.cabal
+++ b/options.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: options
-version: 1.1
+version: 1.2
 license: MIT
 license-file: license.txt
 author: John Millikin <john@john-millikin.com>
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 source-repository this
   type: git
   location: https://john-millikin.com/code/haskell-options/
-  tag: haskell-options_1.1
+  tag: haskell-options_1.2
 
 library
   ghc-options: -Wall -O2