 			console.info(" -v, --version                       Print the version.");
 			console.info(" -p DIRECTORY, --project DIRECTORY   Compile the asconfig.json project in the given directory. If omitted, will look for asconfig.json in current directory.");
 			console.info(" --flexHome DIRECTORY                Specify the directory where Apache FlexJS, or another supported SDK, is located. If omitted, defaults to checking FLEX_HOME and PATH environment variables.");
+			console.info(" --debug=true, --debug=false         Overrides the debug compiler option specified in asconfig.json.");
 		}
 
 		private function parseArguments():void

		private var _airDescriptor:String;
		private var _outputPath:String;
		private var _mainFile:String;

		private function printVersion():void
		{

			if(ASConfigFields.COMPILER_OPTIONS in configData)
			{
				var compilerOptions:Object = configData[ASConfigFields.COMPILER_OPTIONS];
				if(this._forceDebug === true || this._forceDebug === false)
				{
					//ignore the debug option when it is specified on the
					//command line
					delete compilerOptions["debug"];
					this._args.push("--debug=" + this._forceDebug);
				}
				this.readCompilerOptions(compilerOptions);
				if(CompilerOptions.OUTPUT in compilerOptions)
				{
