diff --git a/commands/commands.go b/commands/commands.go
index 8670d4983..751c263e0 100644
--- a/commands/commands.go
+++ b/commands/commands.go
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ Complete documentation is available at http://gohugo.io/.`,
 	cc.cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&cc.buildWatch, "watch", "w", false, "watch filesystem for changes and recreate as needed")
 
 	cc.cmd.Flags().Bool("renderToMemory", false, "render to memory (only useful for benchmark testing)")
-	cc.cmd.Flags().Bool("minify", false, "minify any supported output format (HTML, XML etc.)")
 
 	// Set bash-completion
 	_ = cc.cmd.PersistentFlags().SetAnnotation("logFile", cobra.BashCompFilenameExt, []string{})
@@ -232,6 +231,8 @@ func (cc *hugoBuilderCommon) handleFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 
 	cmd.Flags().StringSlice("disableKinds", []string{}, "disable different kind of pages (home, RSS etc.)")
 
+	cmd.Flags().Bool("minify", false, "minify any supported output format (HTML, XML etc.)")
+
 	// Set bash-completion.
 	// Each flag must first be defined before using the SetAnnotation() call.
 	_ = cmd.Flags().SetAnnotation("source", cobra.BashCompSubdirsInDir, []string{})