diff --git a/crates/teloxide-macros/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/teloxide-macros/CHANGELOG.md
index 10b1109e..f5ced9e1 100644
--- a/crates/teloxide-macros/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/teloxide-macros/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Fix `split` parser for tuple variants with len < 2 ([issue #834](https://github.com/teloxide/teloxide/issues/834))
 
+### Added
+
+- Now you can use `#[command(hide)]` to hide a command from the help message ([PR #862](https://github.com/teloxide/teloxide/pull/862))
+
+### Deprecated
+
+- `off` in `#[command(description = "off")]` is deprecated in favour of `#[command(hide)]`
+
 ## 0.7.1 - 2023-01-17
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/crates/teloxide-macros/src/bot_commands.rs b/crates/teloxide-macros/src/bot_commands.rs
index 581a3611..960184f6 100644
--- a/crates/teloxide-macros/src/bot_commands.rs
+++ b/crates/teloxide-macros/src/bot_commands.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crate::{
 };
 
 use proc_macro2::TokenStream;
-use quote::quote;
+use quote::{quote, quote_spanned};
 use syn::DeriveInput;
 
 pub(crate) fn bot_commands_impl(input: DeriveInput) -> Result<TokenStream> {
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ pub(crate) fn bot_commands_impl(input: DeriveInput) -> Result<TokenStream> {
 fn impl_commands(infos: &[Command]) -> proc_macro2::TokenStream {
     let commands = infos.iter().filter(|command| command.description_is_enabled()).map(|command| {
         let c = command.get_prefixed_command();
-        let d = command.description.as_deref().unwrap_or_default();
+        let d = command.description().unwrap_or_default();
         quote! { BotCommand::new(#c,#d) }
     });
 
@@ -61,11 +61,21 @@ fn impl_descriptions(infos: &[Command], global: &CommandEnum) -> proc_macro2::To
     let command_descriptions = infos
         .iter()
         .filter(|command| command.description_is_enabled())
-        .map(|Command { prefix, name, description, ..}| {
-            let description = description.clone().unwrap_or_default();
+        .map(|command @ Command { prefix, name, ..}| {
+            let description = command.description().unwrap_or_default();
             quote! { CommandDescription { prefix: #prefix, command: #name, description: #description } }
         });
 
+    let warnings = infos.iter().filter_map(|command| command.deprecated_description_off_span()).map(|span| {
+        quote_spanned! {  span =>
+            const _: () = {
+                #[deprecated(note="\n`description = \"off\"` is deprecated, use `hide` instead")]
+                struct Deprecated;
+                _ = Deprecated;
+            };
+        }
+    });
+
     let global_description = match global.description.as_deref() {
         Some(gd) => quote! { .global_description(#gd) },
         None => quote! {},
@@ -76,6 +86,8 @@ fn impl_descriptions(infos: &[Command], global: &CommandEnum) -> proc_macro2::To
             use teloxide::utils::command::{CommandDescriptions, CommandDescription};
             use std::borrow::Cow;
 
+            #(#warnings)*
+
             CommandDescriptions::new(&[
                 #(#command_descriptions),*
             ])
diff --git a/crates/teloxide-macros/src/command.rs b/crates/teloxide-macros/src/command.rs
index fb421e8f..d26c85f7 100644
--- a/crates/teloxide-macros/src/command.rs
+++ b/crates/teloxide-macros/src/command.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use proc_macro2::Span;
+
 use crate::{
     command_attr::CommandAttrs, command_enum::CommandEnum, error::compile_error_at,
     fields_parse::ParserType, Result,
@@ -7,11 +9,13 @@ pub(crate) struct Command {
     /// Prefix of this command, for example "/".
     pub prefix: String,
     /// Description for the command.
-    pub description: Option<String>,
+    pub description: Option<(String, Span)>,
     /// Name of the command, with all renames already applied.
     pub name: String,
     /// Parser for arguments of this command.
     pub parser: ParserType,
+    /// Whether the command is hidden from the help message.
+    pub hidden: bool,
 }
 
 impl Command {
@@ -29,6 +33,7 @@ impl Command {
             parser,
             // FIXME: error on/do not ignore separator
             separator: _,
+            hide,
         } = attrs;
 
         let name = match (rename, rename_rule) {
@@ -44,10 +49,10 @@ impl Command {
         };
 
         let prefix = prefix.map(|(p, _)| p).unwrap_or_else(|| global_options.prefix.clone());
-        let description = description.map(|(d, _)| d);
         let parser = parser.map(|(p, _)| p).unwrap_or_else(|| global_options.parser_type.clone());
+        let hidden = hide.is_some();
 
-        Ok(Self { prefix, description, parser, name })
+        Ok(Self { prefix, description, parser, name, hidden })
     }
 
     pub fn get_prefixed_command(&self) -> String {
@@ -55,7 +60,16 @@ impl Command {
         format!("{prefix}{name}")
     }
 
+    pub fn description(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        self.description.as_ref().map(|(d, _span)| &**d)
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn description_is_enabled(&self) -> bool {
-        self.description != Some("off".to_owned())
+        // FIXME: remove the first, `== "off"`, check eventually
+        self.description() != Some("off") && !self.hidden
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn deprecated_description_off_span(&self) -> Option<Span> {
+        self.description.as_ref().filter(|(d, _)| d == "off").map(|&(_, span)| span)
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/teloxide-macros/src/command_attr.rs b/crates/teloxide-macros/src/command_attr.rs
index 96c9c2b7..5c916a7b 100644
--- a/crates/teloxide-macros/src/command_attr.rs
+++ b/crates/teloxide-macros/src/command_attr.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ pub(crate) struct CommandAttrs {
     pub rename: Option<(String, Span)>,
     pub parser: Option<(ParserType, Span)>,
     pub separator: Option<(String, Span)>,
+    pub hide: Option<((), Span)>,
 }
 
 /// A single k/v attribute for `BotCommands` derive macro.
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ enum CommandAttrKind {
     Rename(String),
     ParseWith(ParserType),
     Separator(String),
+    Hide,
 }
 
 impl CommandAttrs {
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ impl CommandAttrs {
                 rename: None,
                 parser: None,
                 separator: None,
+                hide: None,
             },
             |mut this, attr| {
                 fn insert<T>(opt: &mut Option<(T, Span)>, x: T, sp: Span) -> Result<()> {
@@ -77,6 +80,7 @@ impl CommandAttrs {
                     Rename(r) => insert(&mut this.rename, r, attr.sp),
                     ParseWith(p) => insert(&mut this.parser, p, attr.sp),
                     Separator(s) => insert(&mut this.separator, s, attr.sp),
+                    Hide => insert(&mut this.hide, (), attr.sp),
                 }?;
 
                 Ok(this)
@@ -100,10 +104,11 @@ impl CommandAttr {
             "rename" => Rename(value.expect_string()?),
             "parse_with" => ParseWith(ParserType::parse(value)?),
             "separator" => Separator(value.expect_string()?),
+            "hide" => Hide,
             _ => {
                 return Err(compile_error_at(
                     "unexpected attribute name (expected one of `prefix`, `description`, \
-                     `rename`, `parse_with` and `separator`",
+                     `rename`, `parse_with`, `separator` and `hide`",
                     key.span(),
                 ))
             }
diff --git a/crates/teloxide-macros/src/command_enum.rs b/crates/teloxide-macros/src/command_enum.rs
index 83f20dec..3648d3ae 100644
--- a/crates/teloxide-macros/src/command_enum.rs
+++ b/crates/teloxide-macros/src/command_enum.rs
@@ -13,13 +13,19 @@ pub(crate) struct CommandEnum {
 impl CommandEnum {
     pub fn from_attributes(attributes: &[syn::Attribute]) -> Result<Self> {
         let attrs = CommandAttrs::from_attributes(attributes)?;
-        let CommandAttrs { prefix, description, rename_rule, rename, parser, separator } = attrs;
+        let CommandAttrs { prefix, description, rename_rule, rename, parser, separator, hide } =
+            attrs;
 
         if let Some((_rename, sp)) = rename {
             return Err(compile_error_at(
                 "`rename` attribute can only be applied to enums *variants*",
                 sp,
             ));
+        } else if let Some((_hide, sp)) = hide {
+            return Err(compile_error_at(
+                "`hide` attribute can only be applied to enums *variants*",
+                sp,
+            ));
         }
 
         let mut parser = parser.map(|(p, _)| p).unwrap_or(ParserType::Default);
diff --git a/crates/teloxide/src/utils/command.rs b/crates/teloxide/src/utils/command.rs
index 763f1f7a..78a4df7c 100644
--- a/crates/teloxide/src/utils/command.rs
+++ b/crates/teloxide/src/utils/command.rs
@@ -168,14 +168,16 @@ pub use teloxide_macros::BotCommands;
 /// `rename_rule`).
 ///
 ///  3. `#[command(description = "description")]`
-/// Give your command a description. Write `"off"` for `"description"` to hide a
-/// command.
+/// Give your command a description. It will be shown in the help message.
 ///
 ///  4. `#[command(parse_with = "parser")]`
 /// Parse arguments of one command with a given parser. `parser` must be a
 /// function of the signature `fn(String) -> Result<Tuple, ParseError>`, where
 /// `Tuple` corresponds to the variant's arguments.
 ///
+///  5. `#[command(hide)]`
+/// Hide a command from the help message. It will still be parsed.
+///
 /// ## Example
 /// ```
 /// # #[cfg(feature = "macros")] {
diff --git a/crates/teloxide/tests/command.rs b/crates/teloxide/tests/command.rs
index 245b4c33..c80e71bc 100644
--- a/crates/teloxide/tests/command.rs
+++ b/crates/teloxide/tests/command.rs
@@ -232,8 +232,10 @@ fn descriptions_off() {
     #[derive(BotCommands, Debug, PartialEq)]
     #[command(rename_rule = "lowercase")]
     enum DefaultCommands {
-        #[command(description = "off")]
+        #[command(hide)]
         Start,
+        #[command(hide)]
+        Username,
         Help,
     }