diff --git a/builtin-apply.c b/builtin-apply.c
index 94ba2bdd5b..89a5185cea 100644
--- a/builtin-apply.c
+++ b/builtin-apply.c
@@ -3277,9 +3277,11 @@ int cmd_apply(int argc, const char **argv, const char *unused_prefix)
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "stat", &diffstat,
 			"instead of applying the patch, output diffstat for the input"),
 		{ OPTION_BOOLEAN, 0, "allow-binary-replacement", &binary,
-		  NULL, "old option, now no-op", PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN },
+		  NULL, "old option, now no-op",
+		  PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN | PARSE_OPT_NOARG },
 		{ OPTION_BOOLEAN, 0, "binary", &binary,
-		  NULL, "old option, now no-op", PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN },
+		  NULL, "old option, now no-op",
+		  PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN | PARSE_OPT_NOARG },
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "numstat", &numstat,
 			"shows number of added and deleted lines in decimal notation"),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "summary", &summary,
diff --git a/parse-options.c b/parse-options.c
index 48ba62b0d8..e469fc06fa 100644
--- a/parse-options.c
+++ b/parse-options.c
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ int parse_options(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 static int usage_argh(const struct option *opts)
 {
 	const char *s;
-	int literal = opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_LITERAL_ARGHELP;
+	int literal = (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_LITERAL_ARGHELP) || !opts->argh;
 	if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG)
 		if (opts->long_name)
 			s = literal ? "[=%s]" : "[=<%s>]";
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ static int usage_argh(const struct option *opts)
 			s = literal ? "[%s]" : "[<%s>]";
 	else
 		s = literal ? " %s" : " <%s>";
-	return fprintf(stderr, s, opts->argh);
+	return fprintf(stderr, s, opts->argh ? opts->argh : "...");
 }
 
 #define USAGE_OPTS_WIDTH 24
@@ -500,33 +500,8 @@ int usage_with_options_internal(const char * const *usagestr,
 		if (opts->type == OPTION_NUMBER)
 			pos += fprintf(stderr, "-NUM");
 
-		switch (opts->type) {
-		case OPTION_ARGUMENT:
-			break;
-		case OPTION_CALLBACK:
-			if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_NOARG)
-				break;
-			/* FALLTHROUGH */
-		case OPTION_INTEGER:
-			/* FALLTHROUGH */
-		case OPTION_FILENAME:
-			/* FALLTHROUGH */
-		case OPTION_STRING:
-			if (opts->argh)
-				pos += usage_argh(opts);
-			else {
-				if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG)
-					if (opts->long_name)
-						pos += fprintf(stderr, "[=...]");
-					else
-						pos += fprintf(stderr, "[...]");
-				else
-					pos += fprintf(stderr, " ...");
-			}
-			break;
-		default: /* OPTION_{BIT,BOOLEAN,NUMBER,SET_INT,SET_PTR} */
-			break;
-		}
+		if (!(opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_NOARG))
+			pos += usage_argh(opts);
 
 		if (pos <= USAGE_OPTS_WIDTH)
 			pad = USAGE_OPTS_WIDTH - pos;
diff --git a/parse-options.h b/parse-options.h
index b141ae647a..f65aca3a94 100644
--- a/parse-options.h
+++ b/parse-options.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ typedef int parse_opt_cb(const struct option *, const char *arg, int unset);
  * `flags`::
  *   mask of parse_opt_option_flags.
  *   PARSE_OPT_OPTARG: says that the argument is optional (not for BOOLEANs)
- *   PARSE_OPT_NOARG: says that this option takes no argument, for CALLBACKs
+ *   PARSE_OPT_NOARG: says that this option takes no argument
  *   PARSE_OPT_NONEG: says that this option cannot be negated
  *   PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN: this option is skipped in the default usage, and
  *                     shown only in the full usage.
@@ -101,13 +101,19 @@ struct option {
 };
 
 #define OPT_END()                   { OPTION_END }
-#define OPT_ARGUMENT(l, h)          { OPTION_ARGUMENT, 0, (l), NULL, NULL, (h) }
+#define OPT_ARGUMENT(l, h)          { OPTION_ARGUMENT, 0, (l), NULL, NULL, \
+				      (h), PARSE_OPT_NOARG}
 #define OPT_GROUP(h)                { OPTION_GROUP, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, (h) }
-#define OPT_BIT(s, l, v, h, b)      { OPTION_BIT, (s), (l), (v), NULL, (h), 0, NULL, (b) }
-#define OPT_NEGBIT(s, l, v, h, b)   { OPTION_NEGBIT, (s), (l), (v), NULL, (h), 0, NULL, (b) }
-#define OPT_BOOLEAN(s, l, v, h)     { OPTION_BOOLEAN, (s), (l), (v), NULL, (h) }
-#define OPT_SET_INT(s, l, v, h, i)  { OPTION_SET_INT, (s), (l), (v), NULL, (h), 0, NULL, (i) }
-#define OPT_SET_PTR(s, l, v, h, p)  { OPTION_SET_PTR, (s), (l), (v), NULL, (h), 0, NULL, (p) }
+#define OPT_BIT(s, l, v, h, b)      { OPTION_BIT, (s), (l), (v), NULL, (h), \
+				      PARSE_OPT_NOARG, NULL, (b) }
+#define OPT_NEGBIT(s, l, v, h, b)   { OPTION_NEGBIT, (s), (l), (v), NULL, \
+				      (h), PARSE_OPT_NOARG, NULL, (b) }
+#define OPT_BOOLEAN(s, l, v, h)     { OPTION_BOOLEAN, (s), (l), (v), NULL, \
+				      (h), PARSE_OPT_NOARG }
+#define OPT_SET_INT(s, l, v, h, i)  { OPTION_SET_INT, (s), (l), (v), NULL, \
+				      (h), PARSE_OPT_NOARG, NULL, (i) }
+#define OPT_SET_PTR(s, l, v, h, p)  { OPTION_SET_PTR, (s), (l), (v), NULL, \
+				      (h), PARSE_OPT_NOARG, NULL, (p) }
 #define OPT_INTEGER(s, l, v, h)     { OPTION_INTEGER, (s), (l), (v), "n", (h) }
 #define OPT_STRING(s, l, v, a, h)   { OPTION_STRING,  (s), (l), (v), (a), (h) }
 #define OPT_DATE(s, l, v, h) \