diff --git a/fish/fish.c b/fish/fish.c
index 49e1aaada..e639d3d17 100644
--- a/fish/fish.c
+++ b/fish/fish.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
   enum { HELP_OPTION = CHAR_MAX + 1 };
 
-  static const char *options = "a:c:d:Df:h::im:nN:rv?Vwx";
+  static const char *options = "a:c:d:Df:h::im:nN:rvVwx";
   static const struct option long_options[] = {
     { "add", 1, 0, 'a' },
     { "cmd-help", 2, 0, 'h' },
diff --git a/format/format.c b/format/format.c
index 5026aff76..2dbaa4d1f 100644
--- a/format/format.c
+++ b/format/format.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
   enum { HELP_OPTION = CHAR_MAX + 1 };
 
-  static const char *options = "a:c:d:qvVx";
+  static const char *options = "a:vVx";
   static const struct option long_options[] = {
     { "add", 1, 0, 'a' },
     { "filesystem", 1, 0, 0 },
diff --git a/fuse/guestmount.c b/fuse/guestmount.c
index 4461c6529..a5a5d3765 100644
--- a/fuse/guestmount.c
+++ b/fuse/guestmount.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   /* The command line arguments are broadly compatible with (a subset
    * of) guestfish.  Thus we have to deal mainly with -a, -m and --ro.
    */
-  static const char *options = "a:c:d:im:no:rv?Vwx";
+  static const char *options = "a:c:d:im:no:rvVwx";
   static const struct option long_options[] = {
     { "add", 1, 0, 'a' },
     { "connect", 1, 0, 'c' },
diff --git a/fuse/guestunmount.c b/fuse/guestunmount.c
index dc9428cf4..ba753efcf 100644
--- a/fuse/guestunmount.c
+++ b/fuse/guestunmount.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 {
   enum { HELP_OPTION = CHAR_MAX + 1 };
 
-  static const char *options = "qv?V";
+  static const char *options = "qvV";
   static const struct option long_options[] = {
     { "fd", 1, 0, 0 },
     { "help", 0, 0, HELP_OPTION },