diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 0df15e4851..8277da8474 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_BOOL('s', "signoff", &signoff, N_("add Signed-off-by:")),
 		OPT_FILENAME('t', "template", &template_file, N_("use specified template file")),
 		OPT_BOOL('e', "edit", &edit_flag, N_("force edit of commit")),
-		OPT_STRING(0, "cleanup", &cleanup_arg, N_("default"), N_("how to strip spaces and #comments from message")),
+		OPT_CLEANUP(&cleanup_arg),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "status", &include_status, N_("include status in commit message template")),
 		{ OPTION_STRING, 'S', "gpg-sign", &sign_commit, N_("key-id"),
 		  N_("GPG sign commit"), PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, NULL, (intptr_t) "" },
diff --git a/builtin/tag.c b/builtin/tag.c
index 02f6bd1279..a3870fbdba 100644
--- a/builtin/tag.c
+++ b/builtin/tag.c
@@ -397,8 +397,7 @@ int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_FILENAME('F', "file", &msgfile, N_("read message from file")),
 		OPT_BOOL('e', "edit", &edit_flag, N_("force edit of tag message")),
 		OPT_BOOL('s', "sign", &opt.sign, N_("annotated and GPG-signed tag")),
-		OPT_STRING(0, "cleanup", &cleanup_arg, N_("mode"),
-			N_("how to strip spaces and #comments from message")),
+		OPT_CLEANUP(&cleanup_arg),
 		OPT_STRING('u', "local-user", &keyid, N_("key-id"),
 					N_("use another key to sign the tag")),
 		OPT__FORCE(&force, N_("replace the tag if exists"), 0),
diff --git a/parse-options.h b/parse-options.h
index 74cce4e7fc..b93169337f 100644
--- a/parse-options.h
+++ b/parse-options.h
@@ -314,5 +314,6 @@ int parse_opt_passthru_argv(const struct option *, const char *, int);
 #define OPT_NO_CONTAINS(v, h) _OPT_CONTAINS_OR_WITH("no-contains", v, h, PARSE_OPT_NONEG)
 #define OPT_WITH(v, h) _OPT_CONTAINS_OR_WITH("with", v, h, PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN | PARSE_OPT_NONEG)
 #define OPT_WITHOUT(v, h) _OPT_CONTAINS_OR_WITH("without", v, h, PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN | PARSE_OPT_NONEG)
+#define OPT_CLEANUP(v) OPT_STRING(0, "cleanup", v, N_("mode"), N_("how to strip spaces and #comments from message"))
 
 #endif