diff --git a/man3/getopt.3 b/man3/getopt.3
index 6fb3d6160..b594de4b1 100644
--- a/man3/getopt.3
+++ b/man3/getopt.3
@@ -444,13 +444,13 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
         int this_option_optind = optind ? optind : 1;
         int option_index = 0;
         static struct option long_options[] = {
-            {"add", 1, 0, 0},
-            {"append", 0, 0, 0},
-            {"delete", 1, 0, 0},
-            {"verbose", 0, 0, 0},
-            {"create", 1, 0, \(aqc\(aq},
-            {"file", 1, 0, 0},
-            {0, 0, 0, 0}
+            {"add",     required_argument, 0,  0 },
+            {"append",  no_argument,       0,  0 },
+            {"delete",  required_argument, 0,  0 },
+            {"verbose", no_argument,       0,  0 },
+            {"create",  required_argument, 0, \(aqc\(aq},
+            {"file",    required_argument, 0,  0 },
+            {0,         0,                 0,  0 }
         };
 
         c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "abc:d:012",