diff --git a/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt b/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt
index a9df3dbd32..3b0b55cd75 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ git-multi-pack-index - Write and verify multi-pack-indexes
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git multi-pack-index' [--object-dir=<dir>] [--[no-]progress]
-	[--preferred-pack=<pack>] [--[no-]bitmap] <subcommand>
+'git multi-pack-index' [--object-dir=<dir>] [--[no-]bitmap] <sub-command>
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -28,7 +27,8 @@ OPTIONS
 
 --[no-]progress::
 	Turn progress on/off explicitly. If neither is specified, progress is
-	shown if standard error is connected to a terminal.
+	shown if standard error is connected to a terminal. Supported by
+	sub-commands `write`, `verify`, `expire`, and `repack.
 
 The following subcommands are available:
 
diff --git a/builtin/commit-graph.c b/builtin/commit-graph.c
index 0386f5c775..3c3de3a156 100644
--- a/builtin/commit-graph.c
+++ b/builtin/commit-graph.c
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ static struct option common_opts[] = {
 	OPT_STRING(0, "object-dir", &opts.obj_dir,
 		   N_("dir"),
 		   N_("the object directory to store the graph")),
-	OPT_BOOL(0, "progress", &opts.progress,
-		 N_("force progress reporting")),
 	OPT_END()
 };
 
@@ -73,6 +71,8 @@ static int graph_verify(int argc, const char **argv)
 	static struct option builtin_commit_graph_verify_options[] = {
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "shallow", &opts.shallow,
 			 N_("if the commit-graph is split, only verify the tip file")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "progress", &opts.progress,
+			 N_("force progress reporting")),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
 	struct option *options = add_common_options(builtin_commit_graph_verify_options);
@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@ static int graph_write(int argc, const char **argv)
 		OPT_CALLBACK_F(0, "max-new-filters", &write_opts.max_new_filters,
 			NULL, N_("maximum number of changed-path Bloom filters to compute"),
 			0, write_option_max_new_filters),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "progress", &opts.progress,
+			 N_("force progress reporting")),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
 	struct option *options = add_common_options(builtin_commit_graph_write_options);
diff --git a/builtin/multi-pack-index.c b/builtin/multi-pack-index.c
index 66de6efd41..0fb2439b0f 100644
--- a/builtin/multi-pack-index.c
+++ b/builtin/multi-pack-index.c
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ static struct opts_multi_pack_index {
 static struct option common_opts[] = {
 	OPT_FILENAME(0, "object-dir", &opts.object_dir,
 	  N_("object directory containing set of packfile and pack-index pairs")),
-	OPT_BIT(0, "progress", &opts.flags, N_("force progress reporting"), MIDX_PROGRESS),
 	OPT_END(),
 };
 
@@ -70,6 +69,8 @@ static int cmd_multi_pack_index_write(int argc, const char **argv)
 			   N_("pack for reuse when computing a multi-pack bitmap")),
 		OPT_BIT(0, "bitmap", &opts.flags, N_("write multi-pack bitmap"),
 			MIDX_WRITE_BITMAP | MIDX_WRITE_REV_INDEX),
+		OPT_BIT(0, "progress", &opts.flags,
+			N_("force progress reporting"), MIDX_PROGRESS),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
 
@@ -77,6 +78,8 @@ static int cmd_multi_pack_index_write(int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	trace2_cmd_mode(argv[0]);
 
+	if (isatty(2))
+		opts.flags |= MIDX_PROGRESS;
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, NULL,
 			     options, builtin_multi_pack_index_write_usage,
 			     PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN);
@@ -92,10 +95,18 @@ static int cmd_multi_pack_index_write(int argc, const char **argv)
 
 static int cmd_multi_pack_index_verify(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
-	struct option *options = common_opts;
+	struct option *options;
+	static struct option builtin_multi_pack_index_verify_options[] = {
+		OPT_BIT(0, "progress", &opts.flags,
+			N_("force progress reporting"), MIDX_PROGRESS),
+		OPT_END(),
+	};
+	options = add_common_options(builtin_multi_pack_index_verify_options);
 
 	trace2_cmd_mode(argv[0]);
 
+	if (isatty(2))
+		opts.flags |= MIDX_PROGRESS;
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, NULL,
 			     options, builtin_multi_pack_index_verify_usage,
 			     PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN);
@@ -108,10 +119,18 @@ static int cmd_multi_pack_index_verify(int argc, const char **argv)
 
 static int cmd_multi_pack_index_expire(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
-	struct option *options = common_opts;
+	struct option *options;
+	static struct option builtin_multi_pack_index_expire_options[] = {
+		OPT_BIT(0, "progress", &opts.flags,
+			N_("force progress reporting"), MIDX_PROGRESS),
+		OPT_END(),
+	};
+	options = add_common_options(builtin_multi_pack_index_expire_options);
 
 	trace2_cmd_mode(argv[0]);
 
+	if (isatty(2))
+		opts.flags |= MIDX_PROGRESS;
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, NULL,
 			     options, builtin_multi_pack_index_expire_usage,
 			     PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN);
@@ -128,6 +147,8 @@ static int cmd_multi_pack_index_repack(int argc, const char **argv)
 	static struct option builtin_multi_pack_index_repack_options[] = {
 		OPT_MAGNITUDE(0, "batch-size", &opts.batch_size,
 		  N_("during repack, collect pack-files of smaller size into a batch that is larger than this size")),
+		OPT_BIT(0, "progress", &opts.flags,
+		  N_("force progress reporting"), MIDX_PROGRESS),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
 
@@ -135,6 +156,8 @@ static int cmd_multi_pack_index_repack(int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	trace2_cmd_mode(argv[0]);
 
+	if (isatty(2))
+		opts.flags |= MIDX_PROGRESS;
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, NULL,
 			     options,
 			     builtin_multi_pack_index_repack_usage,
@@ -156,8 +179,6 @@ int cmd_multi_pack_index(int argc, const char **argv,
 
 	git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
 
-	if (isatty(2))
-		opts.flags |= MIDX_PROGRESS;
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix,
 			     builtin_multi_pack_index_options,
 			     builtin_multi_pack_index_usage,
diff --git a/t/t5319-multi-pack-index.sh b/t/t5319-multi-pack-index.sh
index bb04f0f23b..bd17f308b3 100755
--- a/t/t5319-multi-pack-index.sh
+++ b/t/t5319-multi-pack-index.sh
@@ -174,12 +174,12 @@ test_expect_success 'write progress off for redirected stderr' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'write force progress on for stderr' '
-	GIT_PROGRESS_DELAY=0 git multi-pack-index --object-dir=$objdir --progress write 2>err &&
+	GIT_PROGRESS_DELAY=0 git multi-pack-index --object-dir=$objdir write --progress 2>err &&
 	test_file_not_empty err
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'write with the --no-progress option' '
-	GIT_PROGRESS_DELAY=0 git multi-pack-index --object-dir=$objdir --no-progress write 2>err &&
+	GIT_PROGRESS_DELAY=0 git multi-pack-index --object-dir=$objdir write --no-progress 2>err &&
 	test_line_count = 0 err
 '
 
@@ -474,12 +474,12 @@ test_expect_success 'repack progress off for redirected stderr' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'repack force progress on for stderr' '
-	GIT_PROGRESS_DELAY=0 git multi-pack-index --object-dir=$objdir --progress repack 2>err &&
+	GIT_PROGRESS_DELAY=0 git multi-pack-index --object-dir=$objdir repack --progress 2>err &&
 	test_file_not_empty err
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'repack with the --no-progress option' '
-	GIT_PROGRESS_DELAY=0 git multi-pack-index --object-dir=$objdir --no-progress repack 2>err &&
+	GIT_PROGRESS_DELAY=0 git multi-pack-index --object-dir=$objdir repack --no-progress 2>err &&
 	test_line_count = 0 err
 '
 
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ test_expect_success 'expire progress off for redirected stderr' '
 test_expect_success 'expire force progress on for stderr' '
 	(
 		cd dup &&
-		GIT_PROGRESS_DELAY=0 git multi-pack-index --progress expire 2>err &&
+		GIT_PROGRESS_DELAY=0 git multi-pack-index expire --progress 2>err &&
 		test_file_not_empty err
 	)
 '
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ test_expect_success 'expire force progress on for stderr' '
 test_expect_success 'expire with the --no-progress option' '
 	(
 		cd dup &&
-		GIT_PROGRESS_DELAY=0 git multi-pack-index --no-progress expire 2>err &&
+		GIT_PROGRESS_DELAY=0 git multi-pack-index expire --no-progress 2>err &&
 		test_line_count = 0 err
 	)
 '