How to delete a file named --help?

Question

By mistake I created a file named --help trying to get help about the command >

> --help

If i try to delete the file like this:

rm --help

the help about the command rm is shown.

Answer 1

almost last output lines of rm --help:

   To remove a file whose name starts with a '-', for example '-foo', use
   one of these commands:

          rm -- -foo

          rm ./-foo