diff --git a/parse-options.c b/parse-options.c
index acf3fe3a1a..8071711e5d 100644
--- a/parse-options.c
+++ b/parse-options.c
@@ -312,8 +312,12 @@ void usage_with_options_internal(const char * const *usagestr,
 	fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s\n", *usagestr++);
 	while (*usagestr && **usagestr)
 		fprintf(stderr, "   or: %s\n", *usagestr++);
-	while (*usagestr)
-		fprintf(stderr, "    %s\n", *usagestr++);
+	while (*usagestr) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s%s\n",
+				**usagestr ? "    " : "",
+				*usagestr);
+		usagestr++;
+	}
 
 	if (opts->type != OPTION_GROUP)
 		fputc('\n', stderr);
diff --git a/t/t1502-rev-parse-parseopt.sh b/t/t1502-rev-parse-parseopt.sh
index d24a47d114..7cdd70a188 100755
--- a/t/t1502-rev-parse-parseopt.sh
+++ b/t/t1502-rev-parse-parseopt.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ test_description='test git rev-parse --parseopt'
 
 cat > expect.err <<EOF
 usage: some-command [options] <args>...
-    
+
     some-command does foo and bar!
 
     -h, --help            show the help