diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 0df15e4..8277da8 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_BOOL('s', "signoff", &signoff, N_("add Signed-off-by:")),
 		OPT_FILENAME('t', "template", &template_file, N_("use specified template file")),
 		OPT_BOOL('e', "edit", &edit_flag, N_("force edit of commit")),
-		OPT_STRING(0, "cleanup", &cleanup_arg, N_("default"), N_("how to strip spaces and #comments from message")),
+		OPT_CLEANUP(&cleanup_arg),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "status", &include_status, N_("include status in commit message template")),
 		{ OPTION_STRING, 'S', "gpg-sign", &sign_commit, N_("key-id"),
 		  N_("GPG sign commit"), PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, NULL, (intptr_t) "" },