diff --git a/lib/usage.ts b/lib/usage.ts
index 6bacf5320..c1189e153 100644
--- a/lib/usage.ts
+++ b/lib/usage.ts
@@ -453,7 +453,12 @@ export function usage(yargs: YargsInstance, shim: PlatformShim) {
           desc
         );
 
-        if (extra) ui.div({text: extra, padding: [0, 0, 0, 2], align: 'right'});
+        const shouldHideOptionExtras =
+          yargs.getInternalMethods().getUsageConfiguration()['hide-types'] ===
+          true;
+
+        if (extra && !shouldHideOptionExtras)
+          ui.div({text: extra, padding: [0, 0, 0, 2], align: 'right'});
         else ui.div();
       });
 
diff --git a/lib/yargs-factory.ts b/lib/yargs-factory.ts
index c093dbc36..2bfc5224a 100644
--- a/lib/yargs-factory.ts
+++ b/lib/yargs-factory.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ const kEmitWarning = Symbol('emitWarning');
 const kFreeze = Symbol('freeze');
 const kGetDollarZero = Symbol('getDollarZero');
 const kGetParserConfiguration = Symbol('getParserConfiguration');
+const kGetUsageConfiguration = Symbol('getUsageConfiguration');
 const kGuessLocale = Symbol('guessLocale');
 const kGuessVersion = Symbol('guessVersion');
 const kParsePositionalNumbers = Symbol('parsePositionalNumbers');
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ export interface YargsInternalMethods {
   getLoggerInstance(): LoggerInstance;
   getParseContext(): Object;
   getParserConfiguration(): Configuration;
+  getUsageConfiguration(): UsageConfiguration;
   getUsageInstance(): UsageInstance;
   getValidationInstance(): ValidationInstance;
   hasParseCallback(): boolean;
@@ -201,6 +203,7 @@ export class YargsInstance {
   #strictCommands = false;
   #strictOptions = false;
   #usage: UsageInstance;
+  #usageConfig: UsageConfiguration = {};
   #versionOpt: string | null = null;
   #validation: ValidationInstance;
 
@@ -1405,6 +1408,11 @@ export class YargsInstance {
       return this;
     }
   }
+  usageConfiguration(config: UsageConfiguration) {
+    argsert('<object>', [config], arguments.length);
+    this.#usageConfig = config;
+    return this;
+  }
   version(opt?: string | false, msg?: string, ver?: string): YargsInstance {
     const defaultVersionOpt = 'version';
     argsert(
@@ -1568,6 +1576,9 @@ export class YargsInstance {
   [kGetParserConfiguration](): Configuration {
     return this.#parserConfig;
   }
+  [kGetUsageConfiguration](): UsageConfiguration {
+    return this.#usageConfig;
+  }
   [kGuessLocale]() {
     if (!this.#detectLocale) return;
     const locale =
@@ -1778,6 +1789,7 @@ export class YargsInstance {
       getLoggerInstance: this[kGetLoggerInstance].bind(this),
       getParseContext: this[kGetParseContext].bind(this),
       getParserConfiguration: this[kGetParserConfiguration].bind(this),
+      getUsageConfiguration: this[kGetUsageConfiguration].bind(this),
       getUsageInstance: this[kGetUsageInstance].bind(this),
       getValidationInstance: this[kGetValidationInstance].bind(this),
       hasParseCallback: this[kHasParseCallback].bind(this),
@@ -2307,6 +2319,11 @@ export interface Configuration extends Partial<ParserConfiguration> {
   'sort-commands'?: boolean;
 }
 
+export interface UsageConfiguration {
+  /** Should types be hidden when usage is displayed */
+  'hide-types'?: boolean;
+}
+
 export interface OptionDefinition {
   alias?: string | string[];
   array?: boolean;
diff --git a/test/usage.cjs b/test/usage.cjs
index d80770879..9b4c50ec0 100644
--- a/test/usage.cjs
+++ b/test/usage.cjs
@@ -4847,6 +4847,47 @@ describe('usage tests', () => {
       ]);
   });
 
+  describe('usage configuration', () => {
+    it('allows extras to be disabled when "hide-types" is true', () => {
+      const r = checkUsage(() =>
+        yargs('cmd1 --help')
+          .command(
+            'cmd1',
+            'cmd1 desc',
+            yargs =>
+              yargs.option('opt1', {
+                type: 'string',
+                choices: ['foo', 'bar', 'baz'],
+                alias: 'o',
+                required: true,
+                description: 'A long description that might break formatting',
+              }),
+            () => {}
+          )
+          .usageConfiguration({'hide-types': true})
+          .strict()
+          .parse()
+      );
+      r.should.have.property('result');
+      r.result.should.have.property('_').with.length(1);
+      r.should.have.property('errors');
+      r.should.have.property('logs').with.length(1);
+      r.should.have.property('exit').and.equal(true);
+      r.logs[0]
+        .split(/\n/)
+        .should.deep.equal([
+          'usage cmd1',
+          '',
+          'cmd1 desc',
+          '',
+          'Options:',
+          '      --help     Show help',
+          '      --version  Show version number',
+          '  -o, --opt1     A long description that might break formatting',
+        ]);
+    });
+  });
+
   // https://github.com/yargs/yargs/issues/2169
   it('allows multiple option calls to not clobber description', () => {
     const r = checkUsage(() =>