diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index c3d9c470..430dec99 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pytest==7.1.2 # tests/test_utils.py depends on that pytest version is exactly 7.1.2
 colorama
-docopt
+docopt-ng
 gitdb2
 GitPython
 hashfs
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a20916af..f53b9b0a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-docopt>=0.3, <1.0
+docopt-ng>=0.9, <1.0
 jsonpickle>=2.2.0
 munch>=2.5, <5.0
 wrapt>=1.0, <2.0
diff --git a/sacred/arg_parser.py b/sacred/arg_parser.py
index ba564fa1..2319bf44 100644
--- a/sacred/arg_parser.py
+++ b/sacred/arg_parser.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import ast
 import textwrap
 import inspect
+import re
 from shlex import quote
 
 from sacred.serializer import restore
@@ -199,6 +200,12 @@ def format_usage(program_name, description, commands=None, options=()):
     return usage
 
 
+def printable_usage(doc):
+    # in python < 2.7 you can't pass flags=re.IGNORECASE
+    usage_split = re.split(r"([Uu][Ss][Aa][Gg][Ee]:)", doc)
+    return re.split(r"\n\s*\n", "".join(usage_split[1:]))[0].strip()
+
+
 def _get_first_line_of_docstring(func):
     return textwrap.dedent(func.__doc__ or "").strip().split("\n")[0]
 
diff --git a/sacred/config/custom_containers.py b/sacred/config/custom_containers.py
index 6edd65c2..dd10a19e 100644
--- a/sacred/config/custom_containers.py
+++ b/sacred/config/custom_containers.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def update(self, iterable=None, **kwargs):
                 for key in iterable:
                     self[key] = iterable[key]
             else:
-                for (key, value) in iterable:
+                for key, value in iterable:
                     self[key] = value
         for key in kwargs:
             self[key] = kwargs[key]
diff --git a/sacred/experiment.py b/sacred/experiment.py
index a0b7e9dc..8f59e8d3 100755
--- a/sacred/experiment.py
+++ b/sacred/experiment.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """The Experiment class, which is central to sacred."""
+
 import inspect
 import os.path
 import sys
@@ -6,10 +7,10 @@
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from typing import Sequence, Optional, List
 
-from docopt import docopt, printable_usage
+from docopt import docopt
 
 from sacred import SETTINGS
-from sacred.arg_parser import format_usage, get_config_updates
+from sacred.arg_parser import get_config_updates, format_usage, printable_usage
 from sacred import commandline_options
 from sacred.commandline_options import CLIOption
 from sacred.commands import (
@@ -294,7 +295,7 @@ def run_commandline(self, argv=None) -> Optional[Run]:
         """
         argv = ensure_wellformed_argv(argv)
         short_usage, usage, internal_usage = self.get_usage()
-        args = docopt(internal_usage, [str(a) for a in argv[1:]], help=False)
+        args = docopt(internal_usage, [str(a) for a in argv[1:]], default_help=False)
 
         cmd_name = args.get("COMMAND") or self.default_command
         config_updates, named_configs = get_config_updates(args["UPDATE"])
diff --git a/tests/test_arg_parser.py b/tests/test_arg_parser.py
index 2508ab98..d0cf0649 100644
--- a/tests/test_arg_parser.py
+++ b/tests/test_arg_parser.py
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ def test_parse_individual_arguments(argv, expected):
     options = gather_command_line_options()
     usage = format_usage("test.py", "", {}, options)
     argv = shlex.split(argv)
-    plain = docopt(usage, [], help=False)
-    args = docopt(usage, argv, help=False)
+    plain = docopt(usage, [], default_help=False)
+    args = docopt(usage, argv, default_help=False)
     plain.update(expected)
     assert args == plain