OPT_BIT( 0,  "porcelain", &flags, N_("machine-readable output"), TRANSPORT_PUSH_PORCELAIN),
                OPT_BIT('f', "force", &flags, N_("force updates"), TRANSPORT_PUSH_FORCE),
                { OPTION_CALLBACK,
 -                0, CAS_OPT_NAME, &cas, N_("refname>:<expect"),
 +                0, CAS_OPT_NAME, &cas, N_("<refname>:<expect>"),
                  N_("require old value of ref to be at this value"),
 -                PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, parseopt_push_cas_option },
 +                PARSE_OPT_OPTARG | PARSE_OPT_LITERAL_ARGHELP, parseopt_push_cas_option },
-               { OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "recurse-submodules", &recurse_submodules, "check|on-demand|no",
+               { OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "recurse-submodules", &recurse_submodules, "(check|on-demand|no)",
                        N_("control recursive pushing of submodules"),
                        PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, option_parse_recurse_submodules },
                OPT_BOOL_F( 0 , "thin", &thin, N_("use thin pack"), PARSE_OPT_NOCOMPLETE),