diff --git a/parse-options.c b/parse-options.c
index 2a2c0ee24f..e7885844be 100644
--- a/parse-options.c
+++ b/parse-options.c
@@ -860,11 +860,11 @@ int parse_options_end(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx)
 	return ctx->cpidx + ctx->argc;
 }
 
-enum parse_opt_result parse_options(int argc, const char **argv,
-				    const char *prefix,
-				    const struct option *options,
-				    const char * const usagestr[],
-				    enum parse_opt_flags flags)
+int parse_options(int argc, const char **argv,
+		  const char *prefix,
+		  const struct option *options,
+		  const char * const usagestr[],
+		  enum parse_opt_flags flags)
 {
 	struct parse_opt_ctx_t ctx;
 	struct option *real_options;
diff --git a/parse-options.h b/parse-options.h
index dd79c9c566..ce2c0df37b 100644
--- a/parse-options.h
+++ b/parse-options.h
@@ -211,11 +211,10 @@ struct option {
  * untouched and parse_options() returns the number of options
  * processed.
  */
-enum parse_opt_result parse_options(int argc, const char **argv,
-				    const char *prefix,
-				    const struct option *options,
-				    const char * const usagestr[],
-				    enum parse_opt_flags flags);
+int parse_options(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
+		  const struct option *options,
+		  const char * const usagestr[],
+		  enum parse_opt_flags flags);
 
 NORETURN void usage_with_options(const char * const *usagestr,
 				 const struct option *options);