diff --git a/builtin-tag.c b/builtin-tag.c
index dc3db62811..080e04a8fc 100644
--- a/builtin-tag.c
+++ b/builtin-tag.c
@@ -376,8 +376,8 @@ int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	struct commit_list *with_commit = NULL;
 	struct option options[] = {
 		OPT_BOOLEAN('l', NULL, &list, "list tag names"),
-		{ OPTION_INTEGER, 'n', NULL, &lines, NULL,
-				"print n lines of each tag message",
+		{ OPTION_INTEGER, 'n', NULL, &lines, "n",
+				"print <n> lines of each tag message",
 				PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, NULL, 1 },
 		OPT_BOOLEAN('d', NULL, &delete, "delete tags"),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN('v', NULL, &verify, "verify tags"),
diff --git a/parse-options.c b/parse-options.c
index b85cab2466..48ba62b0d8 100644
--- a/parse-options.c
+++ b/parse-options.c
@@ -503,19 +503,12 @@ int usage_with_options_internal(const char * const *usagestr,
 		switch (opts->type) {
 		case OPTION_ARGUMENT:
 			break;
-		case OPTION_INTEGER:
-			if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG)
-				if (opts->long_name)
-					pos += fprintf(stderr, "[=<n>]");
-				else
-					pos += fprintf(stderr, "[<n>]");
-			else
-				pos += fprintf(stderr, " <n>");
-			break;
 		case OPTION_CALLBACK:
 			if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_NOARG)
 				break;
 			/* FALLTHROUGH */
+		case OPTION_INTEGER:
+			/* FALLTHROUGH */
 		case OPTION_FILENAME:
 			/* FALLTHROUGH */
 		case OPTION_STRING:
diff --git a/parse-options.h b/parse-options.h
index b374ade95c..b141ae647a 100644
--- a/parse-options.h
+++ b/parse-options.h
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ struct option {
 #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_INTEGER(s, l, v, h)     { OPTION_INTEGER, (s), (l), (v), NULL, (h) }
+#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) \
 	{ OPTION_CALLBACK, (s), (l), (v), "time",(h), 0, \