diff --git a/src/daemon/cmdline.c b/src/daemon/cmdline.c
index 5ad37f6d6..9f717834b 100644
--- a/src/daemon/cmdline.c
+++ b/src/daemon/cmdline.c
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ static const struct option long_options[] = {
     {"realtime",                    2, 0, ARG_REALTIME},
     {"disallow-module-loading",     2, 0, ARG_DISALLOW_MODULE_LOADING},
     {"disallow-exit",               2, 0, ARG_DISALLOW_EXIT},
-    {"exit-idle-time",              2, 0, ARG_EXIT_IDLE_TIME},
-    {"scache-idle-time",            2, 0, ARG_SCACHE_IDLE_TIME},
+    {"exit-idle-time",              1, 0, ARG_EXIT_IDLE_TIME},
+    {"scache-idle-time",            1, 0, ARG_SCACHE_IDLE_TIME},
     {"log-target",                  1, 0, ARG_LOG_TARGET},
     {"log-meta",                    2, 0, ARG_LOG_META},
     {"log-time",                    2, 0, ARG_LOG_TIME},