diff --git a/parse-options.c b/parse-options.c
index 0dd9fc6a0d..6a03a5269a 100644
--- a/parse-options.c
+++ b/parse-options.c
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ static int usage_with_options_internal(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx,
 		if (**usagestr)
 			fprintf_ln(outfile, _("    %s"), _(*usagestr));
 		else
-			putchar('\n');
+			fputc('\n', outfile);
 		usagestr++;
 	}
 
diff --git a/t/t0040-parse-options.sh b/t/t0040-parse-options.sh
index a36434bd10..0c2fc81d7b 100755
--- a/t/t0040-parse-options.sh
+++ b/t/t0040-parse-options.sh
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ test_expect_success 'OPT_BOOL() is idempotent #2' 'check boolean: 1 -DB'
 test_expect_success 'OPT_BOOL() negation #1' 'check boolean: 0 -D --no-yes'
 test_expect_success 'OPT_BOOL() negation #2' 'check boolean: 0 -D --no-no-doubt'
 
-test_expect_failure 'OPT_BOOL() no negation #1' 'check_unknown_i18n --fear'
-test_expect_failure 'OPT_BOOL() no negation #2' 'check_unknown_i18n --no-no-fear'
+test_expect_success 'OPT_BOOL() no negation #1' 'check_unknown_i18n --fear'
+test_expect_success 'OPT_BOOL() no negation #2' 'check_unknown_i18n --no-no-fear'
 
 test_expect_success 'OPT_BOOL() positivation' 'check boolean: 0 -D --doubt'
 
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ test_expect_success 'OPT_CALLBACK() and OPT_BIT() work' '
 
 >expect
 
-test_expect_failure 'OPT_CALLBACK() and callback errors work' '
+test_expect_success 'OPT_CALLBACK() and callback errors work' '
 	test_must_fail test-parse-options --no-length >output 2>output.err &&
 	test_i18ncmp expect output &&
 	test_i18ncmp expect.err output.err
diff --git a/t/t1502-rev-parse-parseopt.sh b/t/t1502-rev-parse-parseopt.sh
index 1bfa80f8ac..ce7dda1ee8 100755
--- a/t/t1502-rev-parse-parseopt.sh
+++ b/t/t1502-rev-parse-parseopt.sh
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ END_EXPECT
 	test_i18ncmp expect output
 '
 
-test_expect_failure 'test --parseopt invalid switch help output' '
+test_expect_success 'test --parseopt invalid switch help output' '
 	sed -e "s/^|//" >expect <<\END_EXPECT &&
 |error: unknown option `does-not-exist'\''
 |usage: some-command [options] <args>...