diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
index 00c447c..248a66d 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 `OPT__DRY_RUN(&int_var, description)`::
 	Add `-n, \--dry-run`.
 
-`OPT__QUIET(&int_var)`::
+`OPT__QUIET(&int_var, description)`::
 	Add `-q, \--quiet`.
 
 `OPT__VERBOSE(&int_var, description)`::
diff --git a/builtin/checkout-index.c b/builtin/checkout-index.c
index 65cbee0..7ba0913 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout-index.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout-index.c
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
 			"checks out all files in the index"),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &force,
 			"forces overwrite of existing files"),
-		OPT__QUIET(&quiet),
+		OPT__QUIET(&quiet, "be quiet"),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "no-create", &not_new,
 			"don't checkout new files"),
 		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 'u', "index", &newfd, NULL,
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 9240faf..a952477 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@
 	int patch_mode = 0;
 	int dwim_new_local_branch = 1;
 	struct option options[] = {
-		OPT__QUIET(&opts.quiet),
+		OPT__QUIET(&opts.quiet, "be quiet"),
 		OPT_STRING('b', NULL, &opts.new_branch, "branch",
 			   "create and checkout a new branch"),
 		OPT_STRING('B', NULL, &opts.new_branch_force, "branch",
diff --git a/builtin/clean.c b/builtin/clean.c
index 17ecbe6..449d2a3 100644
--- a/builtin/clean.c
+++ b/builtin/clean.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 	const char *qname;
 	char *seen = NULL;
 	struct option options[] = {
-		OPT__QUIET(&quiet),
+		OPT__QUIET(&quiet, "be quiet"),
 		OPT__DRY_RUN(&show_only, "dry run"),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &force, "force"),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN('d', NULL, &remove_directories,
diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 9cbc4ea..97ae1bc 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 }
 
 static struct option builtin_commit_options[] = {
-	OPT__QUIET(&quiet),
+	OPT__QUIET(&quiet, "be quiet"),
 	OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, "be verbose"),
 
 	OPT_GROUP("Commit message options"),
diff --git a/builtin/gc.c b/builtin/gc.c
index c304638..8f67325 100644
--- a/builtin/gc.c
+++ b/builtin/gc.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
 	char buf[80];
 
 	struct option builtin_gc_options[] = {
-		OPT__QUIET(&quiet),
+		OPT__QUIET(&quiet, "be quiet"),
 		{ OPTION_STRING, 0, "prune", &prune_expire, "date",
 			"prune unreferenced objects",
 			PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, NULL, (intptr_t)prune_expire },
diff --git a/builtin/grep.c b/builtin/grep.c
index 3d5f6ac..adb5424 100644
--- a/builtin/grep.c
+++ b/builtin/grep.c
@@ -915,8 +915,8 @@
 		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, ')', NULL, &opt, NULL, "",
 		  PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG | PARSE_OPT_NODASH,
 		  close_callback },
-		OPT_BOOLEAN('q', "quiet", &opt.status_only,
-			    "indicate hit with exit status without output"),
+		OPT__QUIET(&opt.status_only,
+			   "indicate hit with exit status without output"),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "all-match", &opt.all_match,
 			"show only matches from files that match all patterns"),
 		OPT_GROUP(""),
diff --git a/builtin/merge-file.c b/builtin/merge-file.c
index b6664d4..58e4731 100644
--- a/builtin/merge-file.c
+++ b/builtin/merge-file.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 			    XDL_MERGE_FAVOR_UNION),
 		OPT_INTEGER(0, "marker-size", &xmp.marker_size,
 			    "for conflicts, use this marker size"),
-		OPT__QUIET(&quiet),
+		OPT__QUIET(&quiet, "be quiet"),
 		OPT_CALLBACK('L', NULL, names, "name",
 			     "set labels for file1/orig_file/file2", &label_cb),
 		OPT_END(),
diff --git a/builtin/reset.c b/builtin/reset.c
index 0037be4..d624207 100644
--- a/builtin/reset.c
+++ b/builtin/reset.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
 	struct commit *commit;
 	char *reflog_action, msg[1024];
 	const struct option options[] = {
-		OPT__QUIET(&quiet),
+		OPT__QUIET(&quiet, "be quiet"),
 		OPT_SET_INT(0, "mixed", &reset_type,
 						"reset HEAD and index", MIXED),
 		OPT_SET_INT(0, "soft", &reset_type, "reset only HEAD", SOFT),
diff --git a/builtin/rm.c b/builtin/rm.c
index 26b7412..49461b6 100644
--- a/builtin/rm.c
+++ b/builtin/rm.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
 
 static struct option builtin_rm_options[] = {
 	OPT__DRY_RUN(&show_only, "dry run"),
-	OPT__QUIET(&quiet),
+	OPT__QUIET(&quiet, "be quiet"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN( 0 , "cached",         &index_only, "only remove from the index"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force",          &force,      "override the up-to-date check"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('r', NULL,             &recursive,  "allow recursive removal"),
diff --git a/builtin/show-ref.c b/builtin/show-ref.c
index be9b512..6507f03 100644
--- a/builtin/show-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/show-ref.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
 	  "only show SHA1 hash using <n> digits",
 	  PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, &hash_callback },
 	OPT__ABBREV(&abbrev),
-	OPT__QUIET(&quiet),
+	OPT__QUIET(&quiet, "be quiet"),
 	{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "exclude-existing", &exclude_existing_arg,
 	  "pattern", "show refs from stdin that aren't in local repository",
 	  PARSE_OPT_OPTARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG, exclude_existing_callback },
diff --git a/builtin/symbolic-ref.c b/builtin/symbolic-ref.c
index ca855a5..1b28425 100644
--- a/builtin/symbolic-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/symbolic-ref.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 	int quiet = 0;
 	const char *msg = NULL;
 	struct option options[] = {
-		OPT__QUIET(&quiet),
+		OPT__QUIET(&quiet, "be quiet"),
 		OPT_STRING('m', NULL, &msg, "reason", "reason of the update"),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
diff --git a/parse-options.h b/parse-options.h
index 69ce094..3dd3a94 100644
--- a/parse-options.h
+++ b/parse-options.h
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
 extern int parse_opt_tertiary(const struct option *, const char *, int);
 
 #define OPT__VERBOSE(var, h)  OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", (var), (h))
-#define OPT__QUIET(var)    OPT_BOOLEAN('q', "quiet",   (var), "be quiet")
+#define OPT__QUIET(var, h)    OPT_BOOLEAN('q', "quiet",   (var), (h))
 #define OPT__VERBOSITY(var) \
 	{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 'v', "verbose", (var), NULL, "be more verbose", \
 	  PARSE_OPT_NOARG, &parse_opt_verbosity_cb, 0 }, \
diff --git a/test-parse-options.c b/test-parse-options.c
index cddd106..0828592 100644
--- a/test-parse-options.c
+++ b/test-parse-options.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 		OPT__ABBREV(&abbrev),
 		OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, "be verbose"),
 		OPT__DRY_RUN(&dry_run, "dry run"),
-		OPT__QUIET(&quiet),
+		OPT__QUIET(&quiet, "be quiet"),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
 	int i;