diff --git a/Documentation/blame-options.txt b/Documentation/blame-options.txt
index e76195ac97..d4a51da464 100644
--- a/Documentation/blame-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/blame-options.txt
@@ -117,5 +117,4 @@ commit. And the default value is 40. If there are more than one
 take effect.
 
 -h::
---help::
 	Show help message.
diff --git a/git-cvsserver.perl b/git-cvsserver.perl
index 1b8bff2cac..b8eddabc94 100755
--- a/git-cvsserver.perl
+++ b/git-cvsserver.perl
@@ -109,14 +109,14 @@ my $usage =
     "    --strict-paths      : Don't allow recursing into subdirectories\n".
     "    --export-all        : Don't check for gitcvs.enabled in config\n".
     "    --version, -V       : Print version information and exit\n".
-    "    --help, -h, -H      : Print usage information and exit\n".
+    "    -h, -H              : Print usage information and exit\n".
     "\n".
     "<directory> ... is a list of allowed directories. If no directories\n".
     "are given, all are allowed. This is an additional restriction, gitcvs\n".
     "access still needs to be enabled by the gitcvs.enabled config option.\n".
     "Alternately, one directory may be specified in GIT_CVSSERVER_ROOT.\n";
 
-my @opts = ( 'help|h|H', 'version|V',
+my @opts = ( 'h|H', 'version|V',
 	     'base-path=s', 'strict-paths', 'export-all' );
 GetOptions( $state, @opts )
     or die $usage;
diff --git a/git-difftool.perl b/git-difftool.perl
index ced1615e21..09b65f1770 100755
--- a/git-difftool.perl
+++ b/git-difftool.perl
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ sub generate_command
 			$prompt = 'yes';
 			next;
 		}
-		if ($arg eq '-h' || $arg eq '--help') {
+		if ($arg eq '-h') {
 			usage();
 		}
 		push @command, $arg;
diff --git a/git-pull.sh b/git-pull.sh
index 63da37bcc2..8c1370f81b 100755
--- a/git-pull.sh
+++ b/git-pull.sh
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ do
 	--d|--dr|--dry|--dry-|--dry-r|--dry-ru|--dry-run)
 		dry_run=--dry-run
 		;;
-	-h|--h|--he|--hel|--help|--help-|--help-a|--help-al|--help-all)
+	-h|--help-all)
 		usage
 		;;
 	*)
diff --git a/git-sh-setup.sh b/git-sh-setup.sh
index 8e427dab31..1fba6c2de0 100644
--- a/git-sh-setup.sh
+++ b/git-sh-setup.sh
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ $LONG_USAGE"
 	fi
 
 	case "$1" in
-		-h|--h|--he|--hel|--help)
+		-h)
 		echo "$LONG_USAGE"
 		exit
 	esac
diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index 351e743a90..a0410f0554 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ read_git_config(\%opts);
 if ($cmd && ($cmd eq 'log' || $cmd eq 'blame')) {
 	Getopt::Long::Configure('pass_through');
 }
-my $rv = GetOptions(%opts, 'help|H|h' => \$_help, 'version|V' => \$_version,
+my $rv = GetOptions(%opts, 'h|H' => \$_help, 'version|V' => \$_version,
                     'minimize-connections' => \$Git::SVN::Migration::_minimize,
                     'id|i=s' => \$Git::SVN::default_ref_id,
                     'svn-remote|remote|R=s' => sub {