diff --git a/builtin/fast-export.c b/builtin/fast-export.c
index 9836e6b7ca..61653466a6 100644
--- a/builtin/fast-export.c
+++ b/builtin/fast-export.c
@@ -647,9 +647,7 @@ int cmd_fast_export(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			     "Output full tree for each commit"),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "use-done-feature", &use_done_feature,
 			     "Use the done feature to terminate the stream"),
-		{ OPTION_NEGBIT, 0, "data", &no_data, NULL,
-			"Skip output of blob data",
-			PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_NEGHELP, NULL, 1 },
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "no-data", &no_data, "Skip output of blob data"),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
diff --git a/builtin/grep.c b/builtin/grep.c
index a286692e46..461d1c2465 100644
--- a/builtin/grep.c
+++ b/builtin/grep.c
@@ -777,8 +777,8 @@ int cmd_grep(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	struct option options[] = {
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "cached", &cached,
 			"search in index instead of in the work tree"),
-		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "index", &use_index,
-			"--no-index finds in contents not managed by git"),
+		OPT_NEGBIT(0, "no-index", &use_index,
+			 "finds in contents not managed by git", 1),
 		OPT_GROUP(""),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "invert-match", &opt.invert,
 			"show non-matching lines"),
diff --git a/parse-options.c b/parse-options.c
index 8906841665..190899611e 100644
--- a/parse-options.c
+++ b/parse-options.c
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ static int usage_with_options_internal(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx,
 			continue;
 
 		pos = fprintf(outfile, "    ");
-		if (opts->short_name && !(opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_NEGHELP)) {
+		if (opts->short_name) {
 			if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_NODASH)
 				pos += fprintf(outfile, "%c", opts->short_name);
 			else
@@ -542,9 +542,7 @@ static int usage_with_options_internal(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx,
 		if (opts->long_name && opts->short_name)
 			pos += fprintf(outfile, ", ");
 		if (opts->long_name)
-			pos += fprintf(outfile, "--%s%s",
-				(opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_NEGHELP) ?  "no-" : "",
-				opts->long_name);
+			pos += fprintf(outfile, "--%s", opts->long_name);
 		if (opts->type == OPTION_NUMBER)
 			pos += fprintf(outfile, "-NUM");
 
diff --git a/parse-options.h b/parse-options.h
index 2e811dc7da..def9ced739 100644
--- a/parse-options.h
+++ b/parse-options.h
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ enum parse_opt_option_flags {
 	PARSE_OPT_LASTARG_DEFAULT = 16,
 	PARSE_OPT_NODASH = 32,
 	PARSE_OPT_LITERAL_ARGHELP = 64,
-	PARSE_OPT_NEGHELP = 128,
 	PARSE_OPT_SHELL_EVAL = 256
 };
 
@@ -90,9 +89,6 @@ typedef int parse_opt_ll_cb(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx,
  *   PARSE_OPT_LITERAL_ARGHELP: says that argh shouldn't be enclosed in brackets
  *				(i.e. '<argh>') in the help message.
  *				Useful for options with multiple parameters.
- *   PARSE_OPT_NEGHELP: says that the long option should always be shown with
- *				the --no prefix in the usage message. Sometimes
- *				useful for users of OPTION_NEGBIT.
  *
  * `callback`::
  *   pointer to the callback to use for OPTION_CALLBACK or