diff --git a/builtin/rebase.c b/builtin/rebase.c
index f3036f40c6..2bd1178509 100644
--- a/builtin/rebase.c
+++ b/builtin/rebase.c
@@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@ int cmd_rebase(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				 "ignoring them"),
 			      REBASE_PRESERVE_MERGES, PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN),
 		OPT_RERERE_AUTOUPDATE(&options.allow_rerere_autoupdate),
-		OPT_CALLBACK_F(0, "empty", &options, N_("{drop,keep,ask}"),
+		OPT_CALLBACK_F(0, "empty", &options, "{drop,keep,ask}",
 			       N_("how to handle commits that become empty"),
 			       PARSE_OPT_NONEG, parse_opt_empty),
 		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 'k', "keep-empty", &options, NULL,