#define OPT_SHORT 1
 #define OPT_UNSET 2
 
+static struct strbuf error_buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+
 static int opterror(const struct option *opt, const char *reason, int flags)
 {
        if (flags & OPT_SHORT)
                exit(130);
        default: /* PARSE_OPT_UNKNOWN */
                if (ctx.argv[0][1] == '-') {
-                       error("unknown option `%s'", ctx.argv[0] + 2);
+                       strbuf_addf(&error_buf, "unknown option `%s'",
+                                   ctx.argv[0] + 2);
                } else {
-                       error("unknown switch `%c'", *ctx.opt);
+                       strbuf_addf(&error_buf, "unknown switch `%c'",
+                                   *ctx.opt);
                }
                usage_with_options(usagestr, options);
        }
        if (!usagestr)
                return PARSE_OPT_HELP;
 
+       setup_pager();
+
+       if (strbuf_avail(&error_buf)) {
+               fprintf(stderr, "  Error: %s\n", error_buf.buf);
+               strbuf_release(&error_buf);
+       }
+
        fprintf(stderr, "\n Usage: %s\n", *usagestr++);
        while (*usagestr && **usagestr)
                fprintf(stderr, "    or: %s\n", *usagestr++);