diff --git a/internal/commandsgen/docs.go b/internal/commandsgen/docs.go
index d699c23f6..2cfa68e91 100644
--- a/internal/commandsgen/docs.go
+++ b/internal/commandsgen/docs.go
@@ -129,22 +129,38 @@ func (w *docWriter) writeSubcommand(c *Command) {
 	w.fileMap[fileName].WriteString(prefix + " " + c.leafName() + "\n\n")
 	w.fileMap[fileName].WriteString(escapeMDXDescription(c.Description) + "\n\n")
 
-	if w.isLeafCommand(c) {
-		w.writeLeafOptions(fileName)
+	if w.hasOptionsSection(c) {
+		w.writeOptionsSection(c, fileName)
 	}
 }
 
-// writeLeafOptions writes the option table (or the global-flags fallback message)
-// for a leaf command, and records its inherited options for the file's Global
-// Flags section. The command's own options are the top frame of the options
-// stack; everything below it is inherited from parent commands.
+// hasOptionsSection reports whether a command gets an option table. Leaf
+// commands always do. A command with subcommands does only when it declares
+// options of its own (e.g. "workflow reset" or "task-queue versioning"). Those
+// options are generated as persistent flags, so they apply to the command and
+// to every subcommand under it, and are documented nowhere else. Parents that
+// only group subcommands, or only pull in option sets, get no table.
+func (w *docWriter) hasOptionsSection(c *Command) bool {
+	return w.isLeafCommand(c) || len(c.Options) > 0
+}
+
+// writeOptionsSection writes the option table (or the global-flags fallback
+// message) for a command that has an options section (see hasOptionsSection),
+// and records its inherited options for the file's Global Flags section. The
+// command's own options are the top frame of the options stack; everything
+// below it is inherited from parent commands.
 //
 // The reference to the "#global-flags" anchor is only emitted when there are
 // inherited options, since that is what causes a Global Flags section (and thus
 // the anchor) to be generated for the file. A command with no inherited options
 // (e.g. a top-level command in a split subdirectory) would otherwise link to an
 // anchor that never exists.
-func (w *docWriter) writeLeafOptions(fileName string) {
+func (w *docWriter) writeOptionsSection(c *Command, fileName string) {
+	scope := "this command"
+	if !w.isLeafCommand(c) {
+		scope = "this command and all of its subcommands"
+	}
+
 	var options, globalOptions []Option
 	for i, o := range w.optionsStack {
 		if i == len(w.optionsStack)-1 {
@@ -162,14 +178,14 @@ func (w *docWriter) writeLeafOptions(fileName string) {
 	hasGlobal := len(globalOptions) > 0
 	switch {
 	case len(options) > 0 && hasGlobal:
-		buf.WriteString("Use the following options to change the behavior of this command. ")
+		buf.WriteString("Use the following options to change the behavior of " + scope + ". ")
 		buf.WriteString("You can also use any of the [global flags](#global-flags) that apply to all subcommands.\n\n")
 		w.writeOptionsTable(options, fileName)
 	case len(options) > 0:
-		buf.WriteString("Use the following options to change the behavior of this command.\n\n")
+		buf.WriteString("Use the following options to change the behavior of " + scope + ".\n\n")
 		w.writeOptionsTable(options, fileName)
 	case hasGlobal:
-		buf.WriteString("Use [global flags](#global-flags) to customize the connection to the Temporal Service for this command.\n\n")
+		buf.WriteString("Use [global flags](#global-flags) to customize the connection to the Temporal Service for " + scope + ".\n\n")
 	}
 
 	w.collectGlobalFlags(fileName, globalOptions)
@@ -232,13 +248,14 @@ func (w *docWriter) writeSplitCommand(c *Command, splitRoot string) {
 
 	buf.WriteString(escapeMDXDescription(c.Description) + "\n\n")
 
-	if w.isLeafCommand(c) {
-		w.writeLeafOptions(fileName)
-	} else {
+	if !w.isLeafCommand(c) {
 		buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("This page provides a reference for the `temporal %s` commands. ", c.FullName))
 		buf.WriteString("The flags applicable to each subcommand are presented in a table within the heading for the subcommand. ")
 		buf.WriteString("Refer to [Global Flags](#global-flags) for flags that you can use with every subcommand.\n\n")
 	}
+	if w.hasOptionsSection(c) {
+		w.writeOptionsSection(c, fileName)
+	}
 }
 
 func (w *docWriter) writeSplitSubcommand(c *Command, splitRoot string) {
@@ -257,8 +274,8 @@ func (w *docWriter) writeSplitSubcommand(c *Command, splitRoot string) {
 	buf.WriteString(prefix + " " + leafName + "\n\n")
 	buf.WriteString(escapeMDXDescription(c.Description) + "\n\n")
 
-	if w.isLeafCommand(c) {
-		w.writeLeafOptions(fileName)
+	if w.hasOptionsSection(c) {
+		w.writeOptionsSection(c, fileName)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/commandsgen/docs_test.go b/internal/commandsgen/docs_test.go
index 8e9391b79..264edaf11 100644
--- a/internal/commandsgen/docs_test.go
+++ b/internal/commandsgen/docs_test.go
@@ -182,3 +182,118 @@ func keys(m map[string][]byte) []string {
 	}
 	return out
 }
+
+// parentOptionsFixture has a parent command that defines its own options and
+// can be run directly ("thing run", like "workflow reset"), alongside a parent
+// that only groups subcommands ("thing group").
+const parentOptionsFixture = `
+commands:
+  - name: app
+    summary: App
+    description: App.
+  - name: app thing
+    summary: Thing
+    description: Manage things.
+    docs:
+      keywords:
+        - thing
+      description-header: Manage things
+      tags:
+        - Things
+  - name: app thing group
+    summary: Group
+    description: Group related subcommands.
+  - name: app thing group leaf
+    summary: Leaf
+    description: A leaf under a grouping parent.
+    options:
+      - name: leaf-flag
+        type: string
+        description: A leaf flag.
+  - name: app thing run
+    summary: Run
+    description: Run a thing.
+    options:
+      - name: target
+        type: string
+        description: The thing to run.
+  - name: app thing run extra
+    summary: Extra
+    description: Run a thing, then do something extra.
+    options:
+      - name: extra-flag
+        type: string
+        description: An extra flag.
+`
+
+func TestGenerateDocsFilesParentOptions(t *testing.T) {
+	cmds, err := ParseCommands([]byte(parentOptionsFixture))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ParseCommands: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		name      string
+		subdirs   []string
+		file      string
+		run       string
+		extra     string
+		group     string
+		groupLeaf string
+	}{
+		{name: "single file", file: "thing", run: "## run", extra: "### extra", group: "## group", groupLeaf: "### leaf"},
+		{name: "split subdirectory", subdirs: []string{"app"}, file: "app/thing", run: "## run", extra: "### run extra", group: "## group", groupLeaf: "### group leaf"},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			docs, err := GenerateDocsFiles(cmds, tc.subdirs)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("GenerateDocsFiles: %v", err)
+			}
+			doc, ok := docs[tc.file]
+			if !ok {
+				t.Fatalf("expected file %q, got keys: %v", tc.file, keys(docs))
+			}
+
+			// A parent with its own options gets an option table under its heading.
+			run := section(t, string(doc), tc.run, tc.extra)
+			if !strings.Contains(run, "`--target`") {
+				t.Errorf("expected --target in the run section, got:\n%s", run)
+			}
+			// Its options are persistent flags, so the section says they reach subcommands.
+			if !strings.Contains(run, "this command and all of its subcommands") {
+				t.Errorf("expected the run section to say its options apply to subcommands, got:\n%s", run)
+			}
+			extra := section(t, string(doc), tc.extra, "")
+			if !strings.Contains(extra, "`--extra-flag`") {
+				t.Errorf("expected --extra-flag in the extra section, got:\n%s", extra)
+			}
+
+			// A parent that only groups subcommands still gets no table.
+			group := section(t, string(doc), tc.group, tc.groupLeaf)
+			if strings.Contains(group, "| Flag |") {
+				t.Errorf("expected no option table in the group section, got:\n%s", group)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// section returns the text from the start heading up to the end heading, or to
+// the end of the document when end is empty.
+func section(t *testing.T, doc, start, end string) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	i := strings.Index(doc, start+"\n")
+	if i < 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("heading %q not found in:\n%s", start, doc)
+	}
+	rest := doc[i:]
+	if end == "" {
+		return rest
+	}
+	j := strings.Index(rest, end+"\n")
+	if j < 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("heading %q not found after %q in:\n%s", end, start, doc)
+	}
+	return rest[:j]
+}