diff --git a/.changeset/four-ducks-try.md b/.changeset/four-ducks-try.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f0cbbd52055
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/four-ducks-try.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/plugin-commands-publishing": patch
+"pnpm": patch
+---
+
+Added `--json` to the `pnpm publish --help` output [#5773](https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/pull/5773).
diff --git a/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts b/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts
index 70666ad6131..5d10fa2df1f 100644
--- a/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts
+++ b/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ export function help () {
             description: 'Does everything a publish would do except actually publishing to the registry',
             name: '--dry-run',
           },
+          {
+            description: 'Show information in JSON format',
+            name: '--json',
+          },
           {
             description: 'Registers the published package with the given tag. By default, the "latest" tag is used.',
             name: '--tag <tag>',