diff --git a/src/Cli/dotnet/Telemetry/TelemetryFilter.cs b/src/Cli/dotnet/Telemetry/TelemetryFilter.cs
index 00a758add1de..8d36a0bd5cec 100644
--- a/src/Cli/dotnet/Telemetry/TelemetryFilter.cs
+++ b/src/Cli/dotnet/Telemetry/TelemetryFilter.cs
@@ -48,12 +48,29 @@ private static IEnumerable<TelemetryEntryFormat> FilterImpl(ParseResult parseRes
             yield break;
         }
 
+        // When a top-level terminating option (--help, --version, --info) is invoked without a
+        // subcommand, RootSubCommandResult() returns empty string.  Use the option name as the
+        // verb so these invocations are visible in telemetry.
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(topLevelCommandName)
+            && parseResult.Action is InvocableOptionAction { Terminating: true } topLevelOptionAction)
+        {
+            topLevelCommandName = topLevelOptionAction.Option.Name;
+        }
+
         Dictionary<string, string?> properties = new() { ["verb"] = topLevelCommandName };
         if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(globalJsonState))
         {
             properties["globalJson"] = globalJsonState;
         }
 
+        // When --help is the active action on any command (e.g. "dotnet build --help"),
+        // record that the invocation was a help request so it can be distinguished from
+        // an actual command execution.
+        if (parseResult.Action is PrintHelpAction)
+        {
+            properties["help"] = "true";
+        }
+
         yield return new TelemetryEntryFormat("toplevelparser/command", properties);
 
         if (parseResult.IsDotnetBuiltInCommand() &&
diff --git a/test/dotnet.Tests/TelemetryTests/TelemetryFilterTest.cs b/test/dotnet.Tests/TelemetryTests/TelemetryFilterTest.cs
index 17653dfc4cb5..ab435ebea141 100644
--- a/test/dotnet.Tests/TelemetryTests/TelemetryFilterTest.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet.Tests/TelemetryTests/TelemetryFilterTest.cs
@@ -137,4 +137,59 @@ public void WhenCalledWithMissingArgumentWorkloadSubLevelCommandNameAndArgumentS
                                                         e.Properties["subcommand"] ==
                                                         Sha256Hasher.Hash("INSTALL"));
     }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void DotnetHelpShouldSendHelpVerbToTelemetry()
+    {
+        var parseResult = Parser.Parse(["--help"]);
+        TelemetryEventEntry.SendFiltered(parseResult);
+        _fakeTelemetry.LogEntries.Should().Contain(e => e.EventName == "toplevelparser/command" &&
+                e.Properties.ContainsKey("verb") &&
+                e.Properties["verb"] == Sha256Hasher.Hash("--HELP") &&
+                e.Properties.ContainsKey("help") &&
+                e.Properties["help"] == Sha256Hasher.Hash("TRUE"));
+    }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void DotnetVersionShouldSendVersionVerbToTelemetry()
+    {
+        var parseResult = Parser.Parse(["--version"]);
+        TelemetryEventEntry.SendFiltered(parseResult);
+        _fakeTelemetry.LogEntries.Should().Contain(e => e.EventName == "toplevelparser/command" &&
+                e.Properties.ContainsKey("verb") &&
+                e.Properties["verb"] == Sha256Hasher.Hash("--VERSION"));
+    }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void DotnetInfoShouldSendInfoVerbToTelemetry()
+    {
+        var parseResult = Parser.Parse(["--info"]);
+        TelemetryEventEntry.SendFiltered(parseResult);
+        _fakeTelemetry.LogEntries.Should().Contain(e => e.EventName == "toplevelparser/command" &&
+                e.Properties.ContainsKey("verb") &&
+                e.Properties["verb"] == Sha256Hasher.Hash("--INFO"));
+    }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void SubcommandHelpShouldSendVerbWithHelpProperty()
+    {
+        var parseResult = Parser.Parse(["build", "--help"]);
+        TelemetryEventEntry.SendFiltered(parseResult);
+        _fakeTelemetry.LogEntries.Should().Contain(e => e.EventName == "toplevelparser/command" &&
+                e.Properties.ContainsKey("verb") &&
+                e.Properties["verb"] == Sha256Hasher.Hash("BUILD") &&
+                e.Properties.ContainsKey("help") &&
+                e.Properties["help"] == Sha256Hasher.Hash("TRUE"));
+    }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void RegularBuildCommandShouldNotHaveHelpProperty()
+    {
+        var parseResult = Parser.Parse(["build"]);
+        TelemetryEventEntry.SendFiltered(parseResult);
+        _fakeTelemetry.LogEntries.Should().Contain(e => e.EventName == "toplevelparser/command" &&
+                e.Properties.ContainsKey("verb") &&
+                e.Properties["verb"] == Sha256Hasher.Hash("BUILD") &&
+                !e.Properties.ContainsKey("help"));
+    }
 }