diff --git a/icu4c/source/tools/genccode/genccode.8.in b/icu4c/source/tools/genccode/genccode.8.in
index cdb2d85e17..e9535f0254 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/tools/genccode/genccode.8.in
+++ b/icu4c/source/tools/genccode/genccode.8.in
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@
 .BI "\-d\fP, \fB\-\-destdir" " destination"
 ]
 [
+.BI "\-n\fP, \fB\-\-name" " name"
+]
+[
+.BI "\-e\fP, \fB\-\-entrypoint" " name"
+]
+[
 .IR filename " .\|.\|."
 ]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -45,6 +51,30 @@ Print help about usage and exit.
 Set the destination directory to
 .IR destination .
 The default destination directory is the current directory.
+.TP
+.BI "\-n\fP, \fB\-\-name" " name"
+Sets the data name to
+.I name
+instead of the default. This name is also used as the base name of the
+output. The default name is made of the
+.I icudt
+prefix, followed by a two-digit version number corresponding to
+the current version of the ICU release, and a single letter indicating
+the endianness of the data (the letter
+.I b
+indicated big endian data, and the letter
+.I l
+indicates little endian ones).
+.TP
+.BI "\-e\fP, \fB\-\-entrypoint" " name"
+Sets the data entry point (used for linking against the data in a
+shared library form) to
+.IR name .
+The default entry point name is made of the data (set by the
+.BI "\-n\fP, \fB\-\-name"
+option) followed by an underscore and the type of the data (set by the
+.BI "\-t\fP, \fB\-\-type"
+option).
 .SH VERSION
 @VERSION@
 .SH COPYRIGHT
diff --git a/icu4c/source/tools/genccode/genccode.c b/icu4c/source/tools/genccode/genccode.c
index 927ad272f8..88a2a1a787 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/tools/genccode/genccode.c
+++ b/icu4c/source/tools/genccode/genccode.c
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
             "\toptions:\n"
             "\t\t-h or -? or --help  this usage text\n"
             "\t\t-d or --destdir     destination directory, followed by the path\n"
+            "\t\t-n or --name        symbol prefix, followed by the prefix\n"
+            "\t\t-e or --entrypoint  entry point name, followed by the name\n"
 #ifdef CAN_GENERATE_OBJECTS
             "\t\t-o or --object      write a .obj file instead of .c\n"
 #endif