Builtins don't have help (-h or --help) option

Bug #1453597 reported by John Samuel
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Bug Description

Bash builtins like doesn't have -h (or --help) option.

$ alias -h
bash: alias: -h: invalid option
alias: usage: alias [-p] [name[=value] ... ]

$ builtin -h
bash: builtin: -h: invalid option
builtin: usage: builtin [shell-builtin [arg ...]]

$ apt-cache policy bash
bash:
  Installed: 4.3-11ubuntu2
  Candidate: 4.3-11ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 4.3-11ubuntu2 0
        500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 15.04
Release: 15.04

John Samuel (johnsamuel)
summary: - Builtins doesn't have help (-h or --help) option
+ Builtins don't have help (-h or --help) option
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