.merge_dist = 1000,
        };
        const char *output_name = "output.svg";
+       const struct option timechart_common_options[] = {
+       OPT_BOOLEAN('P', "power-only", &tchart.power_only, "output power data only"),
+       OPT_BOOLEAN('T', "tasks-only", &tchart.tasks_only, "output processes data only"),
+       OPT_END()
+       };
        const struct option timechart_options[] = {
        OPT_STRING('i', "input", &input_name, "file", "input file name"),
        OPT_STRING('o', "output", &output_name, "file", "output file name"),
        OPT_CALLBACK(0, "highlight", NULL, "duration or task name",
                      "highlight tasks. Pass duration in ns or process name.",
                       parse_highlight),
-       OPT_BOOLEAN('P', "power-only", &tchart.power_only, "output power data only"),
-       OPT_BOOLEAN('T', "tasks-only", &tchart.tasks_only,
-                   "output processes data only"),
        OPT_CALLBACK('p', "process", NULL, "process",
                      "process selector. Pass a pid or process name.",
                       parse_process),
                     "merge events that are merge-dist us apart",
                     parse_time),
        OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &tchart.force, "don't complain, do it"),
-       OPT_END()
+       OPT_PARENT(timechart_common_options),
        };
        const char * const timechart_subcommands[] = { "record", NULL };
        const char *timechart_usage[] = {
                "perf timechart [<options>] {record}",
                NULL
        };
-
        const struct option timechart_record_options[] = {
-       OPT_BOOLEAN('P', "power-only", &tchart.power_only, "output power data only"),
-       OPT_BOOLEAN('T', "tasks-only", &tchart.tasks_only,
-                   "output processes data only"),
        OPT_BOOLEAN('I', "io-only", &tchart.io_only,
                    "record only IO data"),
        OPT_BOOLEAN('g', "callchain", &tchart.with_backtrace, "record callchain"),
-       OPT_END()
+       OPT_PARENT(timechart_common_options),
        };
        const char * const timechart_record_usage[] = {
                "perf timechart record [<options>]",