diff --git a/argument.go b/argument.go
index 2688839..0fca9d5 100644
--- a/argument.go
+++ b/argument.go
@@ -435,7 +435,10 @@ func (o *arg) usage() string {
 	case *bool:
 		break
 	case *int:
-		result = result + " <integer>"
+		isFlagCounter := !o.unique && o.size == 1
+		if !isFlagCounter {
+			result = result + " <integer>"
+		}
 	case *float64:
 		result = result + " <float>"
 	case *string:
diff --git a/examples/flag-counter/flag-counter.go b/examples/flag-counter/flag-counter.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6be3e6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/flag-counter/flag-counter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/akamensky/argparse"
+	"os"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	// initialize parser
+	parser := argparse.NewParser("FlagCounter", "Example of FlagCounter usage")
+
+	// create FlagCounter argument
+	opts := &argparse.Options{
+		Required: true,
+		Help:     "Will print out how many instances of the flag are found. For example, both -nn and --number --number will be 2",
+	}
+	count := parser.FlagCounter("n", "number", opts)
+
+	// parse arguments
+	err := parser.Parse(os.Args)
+
+	// check for errors in parsing
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Error parsing: [%+v]\n", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// print out the number of occurrences of the flag
+	fmt.Printf("Number of flags detected: [%d]\n", *count)
+}