diff --git a/src/uu/arch/src/arch.rs b/src/uu/arch/src/arch.rs
index d27b5d216..ced3d6e97 100644
--- a/src/uu/arch/src/arch.rs
+++ b/src/uu/arch/src/arch.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ extern crate uucore;
 
 use platform_info::*;
 
-static SYNTAX: &str = "";
+static SYNTAX: &str = "Display machine architecture";
 static SUMMARY: &str = "Determine architecture name for current machine.";
 static LONG_HELP: &str = "";
 
diff --git a/tests/test_arch.rs b/tests/test_arch.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5bc3b1e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_arch.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+use common::util::*;
+
+#[test]
+fn test_arch() {
+    let (_, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+
+    let result = ucmd.run();
+    assert!(result.success);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_arch_help() {
+    let (_, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+
+    let result = ucmd.arg("--help").run();
+    assert!(result.success);
+    assert!(result.stdout.contains("architecture name"));
+}
diff --git a/tests/tests.rs b/tests/tests.rs
index ead3b68f9..189cdb988 100644
--- a/tests/tests.rs
+++ b/tests/tests.rs
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ macro_rules! generic {
     };
 }
 generic! {
+    "arch", test_arch;
     "base32", test_base32;
     "base64", test_base64;
     "basename", test_basename;