diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 1baf84d..8d67fa3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@ jobs:
             "starlette<1.0"
           python -m pip check
 
-      - name: Test Gradio runtime compatibility
-        run: python -m pytest -q tests/test_gradio_runtime_compat.py tests/test_installation_docs.py
+      - name: Test runtime, installation, and CLI help
+        run: python -m pytest -q tests/test_gradio_runtime_compat.py tests/test_installation_docs.py tests/test_cli_stage_help.py
diff --git a/funclip/videoclipper.py b/funclip/videoclipper.py
index 8655940..86b1775 100644
--- a/funclip/videoclipper.py
+++ b/funclip/videoclipper.py
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ def get_parser():
         "--stage",
         type=int,
         choices=(1, 2),
-        help="Stage, 0 for recognizing and 1 for clipping",
+        help="Stage, 1 for recognizing and 2 for clipping",
         required=True
     )
     parser.add_argument(
diff --git a/tests/test_cli_stage_help.py b/tests/test_cli_stage_help.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6086f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_cli_stage_help.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import argparse
+import ast
+import contextlib
+import importlib.util
+import io
+from pathlib import Path
+import unittest
+
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+
+
+def load_parser_factory():
+    helper_path = ROOT / "funclip" / "utils" / "argparse_tools.py"
+    spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("cli_argparse_tools", helper_path)
+    helper = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+    spec.loader.exec_module(helper)
+    source_path = ROOT / "funclip" / "videoclipper.py"
+    tree = ast.parse(source_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+    factory = next(
+        node for node in tree.body
+        if isinstance(node, ast.FunctionDef) and node.name == "get_parser"
+    )
+    namespace = {"argparse": argparse, "ArgumentParser": helper.ArgumentParser}
+    # Exercise the real parser without importing model and video dependencies.
+    exec(compile(ast.Module(body=[factory], type_ignores=[]), str(source_path), "exec"), namespace)
+    return namespace["get_parser"]
+
+
+class CLIStageHelpTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        cls.make_parser = staticmethod(load_parser_factory())
+
+    def test_help_describes_recognition_and_clipping_stages(self):
+        output = io.StringIO()
+        with contextlib.redirect_stdout(output), self.assertRaises(SystemExit) as result:
+            self.make_parser().parse_args(["--help"])
+        self.assertEqual(result.exception.code, 0)
+        help_text = " ".join(output.getvalue().split())
+        self.assertIn("1 for recognizing and 2 for clipping", help_text)
+        self.assertNotIn("0 for recognizing", help_text)
+
+    def test_stage_one_and_two_remain_accepted(self):
+        for stage in (1, 2):
+            with self.subTest(stage=stage):
+                args = self.make_parser().parse_args(
+                    ["--stage", str(stage), "--file", "example.mp4"]
+                )
+                self.assertEqual(args.stage, stage)
+
+    def test_stage_zero_remains_invalid(self):
+        with contextlib.redirect_stderr(io.StringIO()), self.assertRaises(SystemExit) as result:
+            self.make_parser().parse_args(["--stage", "0", "--file", "example.mp4"])
+        self.assertEqual(result.exception.code, 2)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()