diff --git a/src/bin/bytediff.rs b/src/bin/bytediff.rs
index e63c600..c865f98 100644
--- a/src/bin/bytediff.rs
+++ b/src/bin/bytediff.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,53 @@
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{prelude::*, BufReader};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 
-use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+use clap::Parser;
+
+#[derive(Parser, Debug)]
+#[clap(author, version)]
+/// diff binary files
+///
+/// bytediff checks whether binary files match, and prints out
+/// a list of differences at the byte level if they don't.
+struct Cli {
+    /// Print out a full hexdump of differing bytes, not just a summary of differences
+    #[arg(short, long)]
+    detailed: bool,
+
+    /// First file to diff
+    #[arg(required = true)]
+    file1: PathBuf,
+
+    /// Second file to diff
+    #[arg(required = true)]
+    file2: PathBuf,
+}
+
+#[derive(PartialEq, Eq)]
+enum DiffState {
+    Same,
+    DifferNonZero,
+    DifferAZero,
+    DifferBZero,
+}
+
+fn is_byte_vec_zero(v: &[u8]) -> bool {
+    v.iter().all(|c| *c == 0u8)
+}
+
+fn compare_byte_vecs(a: &[u8], b: &[u8]) -> DiffState {
+    if a == b {
+        DiffState::Same
+    } else if is_byte_vec_zero(a) {
+        DiffState::DifferAZero
+    } else if is_byte_vec_zero(b) {
+        DiffState::DifferBZero
+    } else {
+        DiffState::DifferNonZero
+    }
+}
 
 struct ZipLonger<A: Iterator, B: Iterator> {
     a: A,
@@ -83,53 +129,89 @@ fn color_byte_display(this: &[u8], that: &[u8], color: u8) -> String {
 }
 
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
-    let mut args = std::env::args();
-    let name = args
-        .next()
-        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("Missing executable name in args"))?;
-    let (a, b) = match (args.next(), args.next()) {
-        (Some(a), Some(b)) => (a, b),
-        _ => return Err(anyhow!("Usage: {} file file", name)),
-    };
+    let cli = Cli::parse();
+
+    let a = cli.file1;
+    let b = cli.file2;
 
     let a_bytes = BufReader::new(
-        File::open(a.clone()).with_context(|| format!("Failed to open input file {}", a))?,
+        File::open(a.clone())
+            .with_context(|| format!("Failed to open input file {}", a.display()))?,
     )
     .bytes();
     let b_bytes = BufReader::new(
-        File::open(b.clone()).with_context(|| format!("Failed to open input file {}", b))?,
+        File::open(b.clone())
+            .with_context(|| format!("Failed to open input file {}", b.display()))?,
     )
     .bytes();
 
-    let mut in_differing_region = false;
+    let mut diff_state = DiffState::Same;
+    let mut region_start: usize = 0;
 
     for (i, (rva, rvb)) in
         ZipLonger::new(Chunks::new(a_bytes, 16), Chunks::new(b_bytes, 16)).enumerate()
     {
         let va: Vec<u8> = rva
             .transpose()
-            .with_context(|| format!("Error reading from input file {}", a))?
+            .with_context(|| format!("Error reading from input file {}", a.display()))?
             .unwrap_or_default();
         let vb: Vec<u8> = rvb
             .transpose()
-            .with_context(|| format!("Error reading from input file {}", b))?
+            .with_context(|| format!("Error reading from input file {}", b.display()))?
             .unwrap_or_default();
 
-        if va == vb {
-            if in_differing_region {
-                in_differing_region = false;
-                println!("---");
-            }
-            continue;
-        }
-        in_differing_region = true;
+        let new_diff_state = compare_byte_vecs(&va, &vb);
 
-        println!(
-            "{0:08x}: {1}\n{0:08x}: {2}",
-            i * 16,
-            color_byte_display(&va, &vb, 31),
-            color_byte_display(&vb, &va, 32),
-        );
+        if cli.detailed {
+            if new_diff_state == DiffState::Same {
+                if diff_state != DiffState::Same {
+                    println!("---");
+                }
+            } else {
+                println!(
+                    "{0:08x}: {1}\n{0:08x}: {2}",
+                    i * 16,
+                    color_byte_display(&va, &vb, 31),
+                    color_byte_display(&vb, &va, 32),
+                );
+            }
+        } else {
+            if new_diff_state != diff_state {
+                if diff_state != DiffState::Same {
+                    print!("{0:08x} to {1:08x}: ", region_start, i * 16);
+                }
+                match diff_state {
+                    DiffState::Same => (),
+                    DiffState::DifferAZero => {
+                        println!("First file is zero bytes");
+                    }
+                    DiffState::DifferBZero => {
+                        println!("Second file is zero bytes");
+                    }
+                    DiffState::DifferNonZero => {
+                        println!("Files differ");
+                    }
+                }
+                region_start = i * 16;
+            }
+        }
+        diff_state = new_diff_state;
+    }
+
+    match diff_state {
+        DiffState::Same => (),
+        DiffState::DifferAZero => {
+            println!("First file is zero bytes from {0:08x} to end", region_start);
+        }
+        DiffState::DifferBZero => {
+            println!(
+                "Second file is zero bytes from {0:08x} to end",
+                region_start
+            );
+        }
+        DiffState::DifferNonZero => {
+            println!("Files differ from {0:08x} to end", region_start);
+        }
     }
 
     Ok(())