python if + else if statement

I'm new to python so please kindly help, I don't know much.

I'm working on a project which asks for a command, if the command is = to "help" then it will say how to use the program. I can't seem to do this, every time I try to use the if statement, it still prints the help section wether the command exists or not.

example: someone enters a command that doesn't exist on the script, it still prints the help section.

print("welcome, to use this, please input the options below")
print ("help  |  exit")


option = input("what option would you like to use? ")

if help:
    print("this is a test, there will be an actual help section soon.")
else:
    print("no such command")