diff --git a/girepository/compiler/compiler.c b/girepository/compiler/compiler.c
index b0fc59d45..c786d4f5e 100644
--- a/girepository/compiler/compiler.c
+++ b/girepository/compiler/compiler.c
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 
   setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
 
-  context = g_option_context_new ("");
+  /* Translators: commandline placeholder */
+  context = g_option_context_new (_("FILE"));
   g_option_context_add_main_entries (context, options, NULL);
   g_option_context_parse (context, &argc, &argv, &error);
   g_option_context_free (context);
diff --git a/girepository/decompiler/decompiler.c b/girepository/decompiler/decompiler.c
index 951e11d82..9e183374d 100644
--- a/girepository/decompiler/decompiler.c
+++ b/girepository/decompiler/decompiler.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ int
 main (int argc, char *argv[])
 {
   GIRepository *repository = NULL;
+  gchar *param;
   gchar *output = NULL;
   gchar **includedirs = NULL;
   gboolean show_all = FALSE;
@@ -60,7 +61,10 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
   setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
 
-  context = g_option_context_new ("");
+  /* Translators: commandline placeholder */
+  param = g_strdup_printf ("%s…", _("FILE"));
+  context = g_option_context_new (param);
+  g_free (param);
   g_option_context_add_main_entries (context, options, NULL);
   if (!g_option_context_parse (context, &argc, &argv, &error))
     {