--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@
 
 Date        Modules         Changes
 
-2007-07-26  human           The function human_options takes an additional
-                            third argument, the option that introduced the
-                            argument that was passed to a xstrto* function.
-
 2007-07-14  gpl, lgpl       New Texinfo versions with no sectioning commands.
 
 2007-07-10  version-etc     Output now mentions GPLv3+, not GPLv2+.  Use

--- a/lib/human.c
+++ b/lib/human.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* human.c -- print human readable file size
 
    Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
-   2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -464,8 +464,7 @@
 }
 
 int
-human_options (char const *spec, bool report_errors, char const *option,
-	       uintmax_t *block_size)
+human_options (char const *spec, bool report_errors, uintmax_t *block_size)
 {
   int opts;
   strtol_error e = humblock (spec, block_size, &opts);
@@ -475,6 +474,6 @@
       e = LONGINT_INVALID;
     }
   if (e != LONGINT_OK && report_errors)
-    STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR (spec, option, e);
+    STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR (spec, _("block size"), e);
   return opts;
 }

--- a/lib/human.h
+++ b/lib/human.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* human.h -- print human readable file size
 
    Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
-   2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -78,6 +78,6 @@
 
 char *human_readable (uintmax_t, char *, int, uintmax_t, uintmax_t);
 
-int human_options (char const *, bool, char const *, uintmax_t *);
+int human_options (char const *, bool, uintmax_t *);
 
 #endif /* HUMAN_H_ */

--- a/lib/xstrtol.h
+++ b/lib/xstrtol.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* A more useful interface to strtol.
 
-   Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001-2004, 2006-2007
+   Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006
    Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -50,14 +50,7 @@
 _DECLARE_XSTRTOL (xstrtoimax, intmax_t)
 _DECLARE_XSTRTOL (xstrtoumax, uintmax_t)
 
-/* Signal an error for an out-of-range integer argument, through the error()
-   function.
-   EXIT_CODE is the exit code (0 for a non-fatal error).
-   STR is the value of the given argument value.
-   OPTION is the option that takes the argument (usually starting with one
-   or two minus signs).
-   ERR is the error code returned by one of the xstrto* functions.  */
-# define _STRTOL_ERROR(Exit_code, Str, Option, Err)			\
+# define _STRTOL_ERROR(Exit_code, Str, Argument_type_string, Err)	\
   do									\
     {									\
       switch ((Err))							\
@@ -66,29 +59,29 @@
 	  abort ();							\
 									\
 	case LONGINT_INVALID:						\
-	  error ((Exit_code), 0, gettext ("invalid %s argument `%s'"),	\
-		 (Option), (Str));					\
+	  error ((Exit_code), 0, gettext ("invalid %s `%s'"),		\
+		 (Argument_type_string), (Str));			\
 	  break;							\
 									\
 	case LONGINT_INVALID_SUFFIX_CHAR:				\
 	case LONGINT_INVALID_SUFFIX_CHAR | LONGINT_OVERFLOW:		\
 	  error ((Exit_code), 0,					\
-		 gettext ("invalid character following %s argument in `%s'"), \
-		 (Option), (Str));					\
+		 gettext ("invalid character following %s in `%s'"),	\
+		 (Argument_type_string), (Str));			\
 	  break;							\
 									\
 	case LONGINT_OVERFLOW:						\
-	  error ((Exit_code), 0, gettext ("%s argument `%s' too large"), \
-		 (Option), (Str));					\
+	  error ((Exit_code), 0, gettext ("%s `%s' too large"),		\
+		 (Argument_type_string), (Str));			\
 	  break;							\
 	}								\
     }									\
   while (0)
 
-# define STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR(Str, Option, Err)				\
-  _STRTOL_ERROR (exit_failure, Str, Option, Err)
+# define STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR(Str, Argument_type_string, Err)		\
+  _STRTOL_ERROR (exit_failure, Str, Argument_type_string, Err)
 
-# define STRTOL_FAIL_WARN(Str, Option, Err)				\
-  _STRTOL_ERROR (0, Str, Option, Err)
+# define STRTOL_FAIL_WARN(Str, Argument_type_string, Err)		\
+  _STRTOL_ERROR (0, Str, Argument_type_string, Err)
 
 #endif /* not XSTRTOL_H_ */