diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/RevParse.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/RevParse.java
index e02fffd65..e32fc9cab 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/RevParse.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/RevParse.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Ref;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.internal.CLIText;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.opt.CmdLineParser;
 
 @Command(usage = "usage_RevParse")
 class RevParse extends TextBuiltin {
@@ -78,7 +79,8 @@ class RevParse extends TextBuiltin {
 			}
 		} else {
 			if (verify && commits.size() > 1) {
-				throw new CmdLineException(CLIText.get().needSingleRevision);
+				final CmdLineParser clp = new CmdLineParser(this);
+				throw new CmdLineException(clp, CLIText.get().needSingleRevision);
 			}
 
 			for (final ObjectId o : commits) {
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/opt/AbstractTreeIteratorHandler.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/opt/AbstractTreeIteratorHandler.java
index 229fb67b0..6b8a61d4d 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/opt/AbstractTreeIteratorHandler.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/opt/AbstractTreeIteratorHandler.java
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public class AbstractTreeIteratorHandler extends
 			try {
 				dirc = DirCache.read(new File(name), FS.DETECTED);
 			} catch (IOException e) {
-				throw new CmdLineException(MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().notAnIndexFile, name), e);
+				throw new CmdLineException(clp, MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().notAnIndexFile, name), e);
 			}
 			setter.addValue(new DirCacheIterator(dirc));
 			return 1;
@@ -119,20 +119,20 @@ public class AbstractTreeIteratorHandler extends
 		try {
 			id = clp.getRepository().resolve(name);
 		} catch (IOException e) {
-			throw new CmdLineException(e.getMessage());
+			throw new CmdLineException(clp, e.getMessage());
 		}
 		if (id == null)
-			throw new CmdLineException(MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().notATree, name));
+			throw new CmdLineException(clp, MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().notATree, name));
 
 		final CanonicalTreeParser p = new CanonicalTreeParser();
 		try (ObjectReader curs = clp.getRepository().newObjectReader()) {
 			p.reset(curs, clp.getRevWalk().parseTree(id));
 		} catch (MissingObjectException e) {
-			throw new CmdLineException(MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().notATree, name));
+			throw new CmdLineException(clp, MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().notATree, name));
 		} catch (IncorrectObjectTypeException e) {
-			throw new CmdLineException(MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().notATree, name));
+			throw new CmdLineException(clp, MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().notATree, name));
 		} catch (IOException e) {
-			throw new CmdLineException(MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().cannotReadBecause, name, e.getMessage()));
+			throw new CmdLineException(clp, MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().cannotReadBecause, name, e.getMessage()));
 		}
 
 		setter.addValue(p);
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/opt/ObjectIdHandler.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/opt/ObjectIdHandler.java
index fa24d4b02..364809d83 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/opt/ObjectIdHandler.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/opt/ObjectIdHandler.java
@@ -86,14 +86,14 @@ public class ObjectIdHandler extends OptionHandler<ObjectId> {
 		try {
 			id = clp.getRepository().resolve(name);
 		} catch (IOException e) {
-			throw new CmdLineException(e.getMessage());
+			throw new CmdLineException(clp, e.getMessage());
 		}
 		if (id != null) {
 			setter.addValue(id);
 			return 1;
 		}
 
-		throw new CmdLineException(MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().notAnObject, name));
+		throw new CmdLineException(clp, MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().notAnObject, name));
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/opt/RevCommitHandler.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/opt/RevCommitHandler.java
index b1be128db..9ae56e4ea 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/opt/RevCommitHandler.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/opt/RevCommitHandler.java
@@ -96,8 +96,10 @@ public class RevCommitHandler extends OptionHandler<RevCommit> {
 		final int dot2 = name.indexOf(".."); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		if (dot2 != -1) {
 			if (!option.isMultiValued())
-				throw new CmdLineException(MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().onlyOneMetaVarExpectedIn
-					, option.metaVar(), name));
+				throw new CmdLineException(clp,
+						MessageFormat.format(
+								CLIText.get().onlyOneMetaVarExpectedIn,
+								option.metaVar(), name));
 
 			final String left = name.substring(0, dot2);
 			final String right = name.substring(dot2 + 2);
@@ -116,20 +118,20 @@ public class RevCommitHandler extends OptionHandler<RevCommit> {
 		try {
 			id = clp.getRepository().resolve(name);
 		} catch (IOException e) {
-			throw new CmdLineException(e.getMessage());
+			throw new CmdLineException(clp, e.getMessage());
 		}
 		if (id == null)
-			throw new CmdLineException(MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().notACommit, name));
+			throw new CmdLineException(clp, MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().notACommit, name));
 
 		final RevCommit c;
 		try {
 			c = clp.getRevWalk().parseCommit(id);
 		} catch (MissingObjectException e) {
-			throw new CmdLineException(MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().notACommit, name));
+			throw new CmdLineException(clp, MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().notACommit, name));
 		} catch (IncorrectObjectTypeException e) {
-			throw new CmdLineException(MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().notACommit, name));
+			throw new CmdLineException(clp, MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().notACommit, name));
 		} catch (IOException e) {
-			throw new CmdLineException(MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().cannotReadBecause, name, e.getMessage()));
+			throw new CmdLineException(clp, MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().cannotReadBecause, name, e.getMessage()));
 		}
 
 		if (interesting)
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/opt/RevTreeHandler.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/opt/RevTreeHandler.java
index eb155af9f..e2879e076 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/opt/RevTreeHandler.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/opt/RevTreeHandler.java
@@ -89,20 +89,20 @@ public class RevTreeHandler extends OptionHandler<RevTree> {
 		try {
 			id = clp.getRepository().resolve(name);
 		} catch (IOException e) {
-			throw new CmdLineException(e.getMessage());
+			throw new CmdLineException(clp, e.getMessage());
 		}
 		if (id == null)
-			throw new CmdLineException(MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().notATree, name));
+			throw new CmdLineException(clp, MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().notATree, name));
 
 		final RevTree c;
 		try {
 			c = clp.getRevWalk().parseTree(id);
 		} catch (MissingObjectException e) {
-			throw new CmdLineException(MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().notATree, name));
+			throw new CmdLineException(clp, MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().notATree, name));
 		} catch (IncorrectObjectTypeException e) {
-			throw new CmdLineException(MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().notATree, name));
+			throw new CmdLineException(clp, MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().notATree, name));
 		} catch (IOException e) {
-			throw new CmdLineException(MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().cannotReadBecause, name, e.getMessage()));
+			throw new CmdLineException(clp, MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().cannotReadBecause, name, e.getMessage()));
 		}
 		setter.addValue(c);
 		return 1;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/opt/SubcommandHandler.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/opt/SubcommandHandler.java
index c62ef0d2b..96f3ed0af 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/opt/SubcommandHandler.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/opt/SubcommandHandler.java
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ import org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.internal.CLIText;
  * we can execute at runtime with the remaining arguments of the parser.
  */
 public class SubcommandHandler extends OptionHandler<TextBuiltin> {
+	private final org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.opt.CmdLineParser clp;
+
 	/**
 	 * Create a new handler for the command name.
 	 * <p>
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ public class SubcommandHandler extends OptionHandler<TextBuiltin> {
 	public SubcommandHandler(final CmdLineParser parser,
 			final OptionDef option, final Setter<? super TextBuiltin> setter) {
 		super(parser, option, setter);
+		clp = (org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.opt.CmdLineParser) parser;
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -82,7 +85,7 @@ public class SubcommandHandler extends OptionHandler<TextBuiltin> {
 		final String name = params.getParameter(0);
 		final CommandRef cr = CommandCatalog.get(name);
 		if (cr == null)
-			throw new CmdLineException(MessageFormat.format(
+			throw new CmdLineException(clp, MessageFormat.format(
 					CLIText.get().notAJgitCommand, name));
 
 		// Force option parsing to stop. Everything after us should