---
title: kapacitord help
description: The kapacitord help outputs help information for a specified kapacitord command.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/kapacitor/v1/reference/cli/kapacitord/help/
estimated_tokens: 242
product: Kapacitor
version: v1
---

# kapacitord help

The `kapacitord help` outputs help information for a specified [`kapacitord` command](/kapacitor/v1/reference/cli/kapacitord/#commands). If no command is specified, it outputs help information for the `kapacitord` daemon.

## Usage

```sh
kapacitord help [command]
```

## Examples

##### Output help information for the downgrade command

```sh
kapacitord help downgrade
```