diff --git a/.changeset/fix-update-no-save-option.md b/.changeset/fix-update-no-save-option.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6768e38a45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-update-no-save-option.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/installing.commands": patch
+"pnpm": patch
+---
+
+Register the `pnpm update --no-save` flag in the CLI help and option parser.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/installing/commands/src/update/index.ts b/installing/commands/src/update/index.ts
index 277106c7c9..010f981bd8 100644
--- a/installing/commands/src/update/index.ts
+++ b/installing/commands/src/update/index.ts
@@ -151,6 +151,10 @@ dependencies is not found inside the workspace',
             name: '--interactive',
             shortAlias: '-i',
           },
+          {
+            description: 'Don\'t update the ranges in package.json.',
+            name: '--no-save',
+          },
           OPTIONS.globalDir,
           ...UNIVERSAL_OPTIONS,
         ],