1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/expand.c b/coreutils/expand.c
index fa3ff18f4..91084b80b 100644
--- a/coreutils/expand.c
+++ b/coreutils/expand.c
@@ -174,9 +174,10 @@ int expand_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                                 , &opt_t
                 );
         } else {
-                /* -t NUM sets also -a */
-                opt_complementary = "ta";
-                opt = getopt32long(argv, "ft:a",
+                opt = getopt32long(argv, "^"
+                                "ft:a"
+                                "\0"
+                                "ta" /* -t NUM sets -a */,
                                 "first-only\0"       No_argument       "i"
                                 "tabs\0"             Required_argument "t"
                                 "all\0"              No_argument       "a"