diff --git a/app/ghcup/GHCup/OptParse.hs b/app/ghcup/GHCup/OptParse.hs
index cf2d582..b36f82c 100644
--- a/app/ghcup/GHCup/OptParse.hs
+++ b/app/ghcup/GHCup/OptParse.hs
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ opts =
   Options
     <$> invertableSwitch "verbose" (Just 'v') False (help "Enable verbosity (default: disabled)")
     <*> invertableSwitch "cache" (Just 'c') False (help "Cache downloads in ~/.ghcup/cache (default: disabled)")
-    <*> optional (option auto (long "metadata-caching" <> help "How long the yaml metadata caching interval is (in seconds), 0 to disable" <> internal))
+    <*> optional (option auto (long "metadata-caching" <> metavar "SEC" <> help "How long the yaml metadata caching interval is (in seconds), 0 to disable"))
     <*> optional (option auto (long "metadata-fetching-mode" <> metavar "<Strict|Lax>" <> help "Whether to fail on metadata download failure (Strict) or fall back to cached version (Lax (default))"))
     <*> optional
       (option