diff --git a/builtin/for-each-ref.c b/builtin/for-each-ref.c
index 8b5fe7b65e0105..222637a2c075ae 100644
--- a/builtin/for-each-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/for-each-ref.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ int cmd_for_each_ref(int argc,
 		OPT_GROUP(""),
 		OPT_INTEGER( 0 , "count", &format.array_opts.max_count, N_("show only <n> matched refs")),
 		OPT_STRING(  0 , "format", &format.format, N_("format"), N_("format to use for the output")),
-		OPT_STRING(  0 , "start-after", &filter.start_after, N_("start-after"), N_("start iteration after the provided marker")),
+		OPT_STRING(  0 , "start-after", &filter.start_after, N_("marker"), N_("start iteration after the provided marker")),
 		OPT__COLOR(&format.use_color, N_("respect format colors")),
 		OPT_REF_FILTER_EXCLUDE(&filter),
 		OPT_REF_SORT(&sorting_options),
diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index dc4cb8fb14dbf3..ce880e6ccb74bc 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ static struct option builtin_merge_options[] = {
 	OPT_BOOL(0, "stat", &show_diffstat,
 		N_("show a diffstat at the end of the merge")),
 	OPT_BOOL(0, "summary", &show_diffstat, N_("(synonym to --stat)")),
-	OPT_CALLBACK_F(0, "compact-summary", &show_diffstat, N_("compact-summary"),
+	OPT_CALLBACK_F(0, "compact-summary", &show_diffstat, NULL,
 		       N_("show a compact-summary at the end of the merge"),
 		       PARSE_OPT_NOARG,
 		       option_parse_compact_summary),