diff --git a/cmd/cmount/mount.go b/cmd/cmount/mount.go
index 4c11b470d..330029d0b 100644
--- a/cmd/cmount/mount.go
+++ b/cmd/cmount/mount.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func init() {
 	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
 		name = "mount"
 	}
-	mountlib.NewMountCommand(name, Mount)
+	mountlib.NewMountCommand(name, false, Mount)
 }
 
 // mountOptions configures the options from the command line flags
diff --git a/cmd/mount/mount.go b/cmd/mount/mount.go
index a0cc958f6..c5fc7f1a4 100644
--- a/cmd/mount/mount.go
+++ b/cmd/mount/mount.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	mountlib.NewMountCommand("mount", Mount)
+	mountlib.NewMountCommand("mount", false, Mount)
 }
 
 // mountOptions configures the options from the command line flags
diff --git a/cmd/mount2/mount.go b/cmd/mount2/mount.go
index fc6362639..3e6da0152 100644
--- a/cmd/mount2/mount.go
+++ b/cmd/mount2/mount.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	mountlib.NewMountCommand("mount2", Mount)
+	mountlib.NewMountCommand("mount2", true, Mount)
 }
 
 // mountOptions configures the options from the command line flags
diff --git a/cmd/mountlib/mount.go b/cmd/mountlib/mount.go
index 78479a79f..30d30dda6 100644
--- a/cmd/mountlib/mount.go
+++ b/cmd/mountlib/mount.go
@@ -98,10 +98,11 @@ func checkMountpointOverlap(root, mountpoint string) error {
 }
 
 // NewMountCommand makes a mount command with the given name and Mount function
-func NewMountCommand(commandName string, Mount func(f fs.Fs, mountpoint string) error) *cobra.Command {
+func NewMountCommand(commandName string, hidden bool, Mount func(f fs.Fs, mountpoint string) error) *cobra.Command {
 	var commandDefinition = &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   commandName + " remote:path /path/to/mountpoint",
-		Short: `Mount the remote as file system on a mountpoint.`,
+		Use:    commandName + " remote:path /path/to/mountpoint",
+		Hidden: hidden,
+		Short:  `Mount the remote as file system on a mountpoint.`,
 		Long: `
 rclone ` + commandName + ` allows Linux, FreeBSD, macOS and Windows to
 mount any of Rclone's cloud storage systems as a file system with