diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 47c9018661ee..d872c09b46b9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ debug_coverage*/**
 analysis/**
 bin/**
 obj/**
+.pytest_cache
diff --git a/news/announce.py b/news/announce.py
index af715d4c7e4e..895127b2d479 100644
--- a/news/announce.py
+++ b/news/announce.py
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-"""Generate the changelog."""
+"""Generate the changelog.
+
+Usage: announce [--dry_run | --interim | --final] [<directory>]
+
+"""
 import enum
 import operator
 import os
@@ -8,7 +12,7 @@
 import sys
 import types
 
-import click
+import docopt
 
 
 FILENAME_RE = re.compile(r"(?P<issue>\d+)(?P<nonce>-\S+)?\.md")
@@ -117,15 +121,6 @@ class RunType(enum.Enum):
     final = 2
 
 
-@click.command()
-@click.option('--dry-run', 'run_type', flag_value=RunType.dry_run,
-              help='validate input')
-@click.option('--interim', 'run_type', flag_value=RunType.interim, default=True,
-              help='generate Markdown')
-@click.option('--final', 'run_type', flag_value=RunType.final,
-              help='generate Markdown & `git rm` news files')
-@click.argument('directory', default=pathlib.Path(__file__).parent,
-                type=click.Path(exists=True, file_okay=False))
 def main(run_type, directory):
     directory = pathlib.Path(directory)
     data = gather(directory)
@@ -137,4 +132,11 @@ def main(run_type, directory):
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()
+    arguments = docopt.docopt(__doc__)
+    run_type = RunType.interim
+    for possible_run_type in RunType:
+        if arguments[f"--{possible_run_type.name}"]:
+            run_type = possible_run_type
+            break
+    directory = arguments["<directory>"] or pathlib.Path(__file__).parent
+    main(run_type, directory)
diff --git a/news/requirements.txt b/news/requirements.txt
index d47e9da45e5a..316eef65b021 100644
--- a/news/requirements.txt
+++ b/news/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-click~=6.7.0
+docopt==0.6.2
 pytest~=3.4.1
diff --git a/news/test_announce.py b/news/test_announce.py
index 6c9aa256bdc1..3270088b06b6 100644
--- a/news/test_announce.py
+++ b/news/test_announce.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import pathlib
 
+import docopt
 import pytest
 
 import announce as ann
@@ -48,8 +49,7 @@ def test_sections_sorting(directory):
 
 def test_sections_naming(directory):
     (directory / 'Hello').mkdir()
-    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
-        list(ann.sections(directory))
+    assert not ann.sections(directory)
 
 
 def test_gather(directory):
@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@ def test_gather(directory):
     assert entries[1].description == 'Fix 2'
 
 
-
-
 def test_entry_markdown():
     markdown = ann.entry_markdown(ann.NewsEntry(42, 'Hello, world!', None))
     assert '42' in markdown
@@ -126,3 +124,14 @@ def fake_git_rm(path):
     section, entries = results.pop()
     assert len(entries) == 1
     assert rm_path == entries[0].path
+
+
+def test_cli():
+    for option in ("--"+opt for opt in ["dry_run", "interim", "final"]):
+        args = docopt.docopt(ann.__doc__, [option])
+        assert args[option]
+    args = docopt.docopt(ann.__doc__, ["./news"])
+    assert args["<directory>"] == "./news"
+    args = docopt.docopt(ann.__doc__, ["--dry_run", "./news"])
+    assert args["--dry_run"]
+    assert args["<directory>"] == "./news"