diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
index 52008c564743b48e506be617e7ab9c202b37e798..07935cb23229f02a70fd419f6a11a8ab91164e67 100644
--- a/qemu-img.c
+++ b/qemu-img.c
@@ -3658,6 +3658,32 @@ static void amend_status_cb(BlockDriverState *bs,
     qemu_progress_print(100.f * offset / total_work_size, 0);
 }
 
+static int print_amend_option_help(const char *format)
+{
+    BlockDriver *drv;
+
+    /* Find driver and parse its options */
+    drv = bdrv_find_format(format);
+    if (!drv) {
+        error_report("Unknown file format '%s'", format);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    if (!drv->bdrv_amend_options) {
+        error_report("Format driver '%s' does not support option amendment",
+                     format);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    /* Every driver supporting amendment must have create_opts */
+    assert(drv->create_opts);
+
+    printf("Creation options for '%s':\n", format);
+    qemu_opts_print_help(drv->create_opts);
+    printf("\nNote that not all of these options may be amendable.\n");
+    return 0;
+}
+
 static int img_amend(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     Error *err = NULL;
@@ -3757,7 +3783,7 @@ static int img_amend(int argc, char **argv)
     if (fmt && has_help_option(options)) {
         /* If a format is explicitly specified (and possibly no filename is
          * given), print option help here */
-        ret = print_block_option_help(filename, fmt);
+        ret = print_amend_option_help(fmt);
         goto out;
     }
 
@@ -3786,7 +3812,7 @@ static int img_amend(int argc, char **argv)
 
     if (has_help_option(options)) {
         /* If the format was auto-detected, print option help here */
-        ret = print_block_option_help(filename, fmt);
+        ret = print_amend_option_help(fmt);
         goto out;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/082.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/082.out
index 1527fbe1b741d5649ee62b6d67e317d373979be2..4e52dce8d6437b47755c361fd940fede289fee6b 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/082.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/082.out
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ cluster_size: 65536
 === amend: help for -o ===
 
 Testing: amend -f qcow2 -o help TEST_DIR/t.qcow2
-Supported options:
+Creation options for 'qcow2':
 size             Virtual disk size
 compat           Compatibility level (0.10 or 1.1)
 backing_file     File name of a base image
@@ -564,10 +564,11 @@ cluster_size     qcow2 cluster size
 preallocation    Preallocation mode (allowed values: off, metadata, falloc, full)
 lazy_refcounts   Postpone refcount updates
 refcount_bits    Width of a reference count entry in bits
-nocow            Turn off copy-on-write (valid only on btrfs)
+
+Note that not all of these options may be amendable.
 
 Testing: amend -f qcow2 -o ? TEST_DIR/t.qcow2
-Supported options:
+Creation options for 'qcow2':
 size             Virtual disk size
 compat           Compatibility level (0.10 or 1.1)
 backing_file     File name of a base image
@@ -585,10 +586,11 @@ cluster_size     qcow2 cluster size
 preallocation    Preallocation mode (allowed values: off, metadata, falloc, full)
 lazy_refcounts   Postpone refcount updates
 refcount_bits    Width of a reference count entry in bits
-nocow            Turn off copy-on-write (valid only on btrfs)
+
+Note that not all of these options may be amendable.
 
 Testing: amend -f qcow2 -o cluster_size=4k,help TEST_DIR/t.qcow2
-Supported options:
+Creation options for 'qcow2':
 size             Virtual disk size
 compat           Compatibility level (0.10 or 1.1)
 backing_file     File name of a base image
@@ -606,10 +608,11 @@ cluster_size     qcow2 cluster size
 preallocation    Preallocation mode (allowed values: off, metadata, falloc, full)
 lazy_refcounts   Postpone refcount updates
 refcount_bits    Width of a reference count entry in bits
-nocow            Turn off copy-on-write (valid only on btrfs)
+
+Note that not all of these options may be amendable.
 
 Testing: amend -f qcow2 -o cluster_size=4k,? TEST_DIR/t.qcow2
-Supported options:
+Creation options for 'qcow2':
 size             Virtual disk size
 compat           Compatibility level (0.10 or 1.1)
 backing_file     File name of a base image
@@ -627,10 +630,11 @@ cluster_size     qcow2 cluster size
 preallocation    Preallocation mode (allowed values: off, metadata, falloc, full)
 lazy_refcounts   Postpone refcount updates
 refcount_bits    Width of a reference count entry in bits
-nocow            Turn off copy-on-write (valid only on btrfs)
+
+Note that not all of these options may be amendable.
 
 Testing: amend -f qcow2 -o help,cluster_size=4k TEST_DIR/t.qcow2
-Supported options:
+Creation options for 'qcow2':
 size             Virtual disk size
 compat           Compatibility level (0.10 or 1.1)
 backing_file     File name of a base image
@@ -648,10 +652,11 @@ cluster_size     qcow2 cluster size
 preallocation    Preallocation mode (allowed values: off, metadata, falloc, full)
 lazy_refcounts   Postpone refcount updates
 refcount_bits    Width of a reference count entry in bits
-nocow            Turn off copy-on-write (valid only on btrfs)
+
+Note that not all of these options may be amendable.
 
 Testing: amend -f qcow2 -o ?,cluster_size=4k TEST_DIR/t.qcow2
-Supported options:
+Creation options for 'qcow2':
 size             Virtual disk size
 compat           Compatibility level (0.10 or 1.1)
 backing_file     File name of a base image
@@ -669,10 +674,11 @@ cluster_size     qcow2 cluster size
 preallocation    Preallocation mode (allowed values: off, metadata, falloc, full)
 lazy_refcounts   Postpone refcount updates
 refcount_bits    Width of a reference count entry in bits
-nocow            Turn off copy-on-write (valid only on btrfs)
+
+Note that not all of these options may be amendable.
 
 Testing: amend -f qcow2 -o cluster_size=4k -o help TEST_DIR/t.qcow2
-Supported options:
+Creation options for 'qcow2':
 size             Virtual disk size
 compat           Compatibility level (0.10 or 1.1)
 backing_file     File name of a base image
@@ -690,10 +696,11 @@ cluster_size     qcow2 cluster size
 preallocation    Preallocation mode (allowed values: off, metadata, falloc, full)
 lazy_refcounts   Postpone refcount updates
 refcount_bits    Width of a reference count entry in bits
-nocow            Turn off copy-on-write (valid only on btrfs)
+
+Note that not all of these options may be amendable.
 
 Testing: amend -f qcow2 -o cluster_size=4k -o ? TEST_DIR/t.qcow2
-Supported options:
+Creation options for 'qcow2':
 size             Virtual disk size
 compat           Compatibility level (0.10 or 1.1)
 backing_file     File name of a base image
@@ -711,7 +718,8 @@ cluster_size     qcow2 cluster size
 preallocation    Preallocation mode (allowed values: off, metadata, falloc, full)
 lazy_refcounts   Postpone refcount updates
 refcount_bits    Width of a reference count entry in bits
-nocow            Turn off copy-on-write (valid only on btrfs)
+
+Note that not all of these options may be amendable.
 
 Testing: amend -f qcow2 -o backing_file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2,,help TEST_DIR/t.qcow2
 
@@ -731,7 +739,7 @@ Testing: amend -f qcow2 -o backing_file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 -o ,, -o help TEST_DIR/
 qemu-img: Invalid option list: ,,
 
 Testing: amend -f qcow2 -o help
-Supported options:
+Creation options for 'qcow2':
 size             Virtual disk size
 compat           Compatibility level (0.10 or 1.1)
 backing_file     File name of a base image
@@ -750,6 +758,8 @@ preallocation    Preallocation mode (allowed values: off, metadata, falloc, full
 lazy_refcounts   Postpone refcount updates
 refcount_bits    Width of a reference count entry in bits
 
+Note that not all of these options may be amendable.
+
 Testing: convert -o help
 Supported options:
 size             Virtual disk size