diff --git a/_zinit b/_zinit
index b0359baf..02db0772 100644
--- a/_zinit
+++ b/_zinit
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ _zinit_run(){
 _zinit_self_update(){
   _arguments -A \
     '(-h --help)'{-h,--help}'[Show this help message]' \
+    '(-n --no-pager)'{-n,--no-pager}'[Disable the use of the pager]' \
     '(-q --quiet)'{-q,--quiet}'[Turn off messages from the operation]' \
     && ret=0
 } # ]]]
diff --git a/zinit.zsh b/zinit.zsh
index 768cd982..13118d1b 100644
--- a/zinit.zsh
+++ b/zinit.zsh
@@ -2713,7 +2713,7 @@ zinit() {
         light         "--help|-b|-h"
         snippet       "--command|--force|--help|-f|-h|-x"
         times         "--help|-h|-m|-s"
-        self-update   "--help|--quiet|-h|-q"
+        self-update   "--help|--no-pager|--quiet|-h|-n|-q"
         unload        "--help|--quiet|-h|-q"
         update        "--all|--help|--no-pager|--parallel|--plugins|--quiet|--reset|--snippets|--urge|--verbose|-L|-a|-h|-n|-p|-q|-r|-s|-u|-v"
         version       ""