diff --git a/src/bin/elua/lualian.lua b/src/bin/elua/lualian.lua
index 0fd1e97405..6b2e4a3c2d 100644
--- a/src/bin/elua/lualian.lua
+++ b/src/bin/elua/lualian.lua
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ local opts, args, arg_parser = getopt.parse {
     usage = "Usage: %prog [OPTIONS] file1.eo file2.eo ... fileN.eo",
     args  = arg, descs = {
         { "h", "help", false, help = "Show this message.",
-            callback = function(d, p)
-                getopt.help_cb(io.stdout)(d, p)
+            callback = function(d, parser)
+                getopt.help(parser, io.stdout)
                 quit = true
             end
         },
@@ -45,15 +45,13 @@ local opts, args, arg_parser = getopt.parse {
                 output_files[#output_files + 1] = v
             end
         }
-    }
+    }, error_cb = function(parser, msg)
+        io.stderr:write(msg, "\n")
+        getopt.help(parser, io.stderr)
+        quit = true
+    end
 }
 
-if not opts then
-    io.stderr:write(args, "\n")
-    getopt.help(arg_parser, io.stderr)
-    return
-end
-
 if quit then return end
 
 if not libname then
diff --git a/src/bin/elua/modules/getopt.lua b/src/bin/elua/modules/getopt.lua
index f90b0e70d0..8ec42170a6 100644
--- a/src/bin/elua/modules/getopt.lua
+++ b/src/bin/elua/modules/getopt.lua
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
 
 local M = {}
 
+local prefixes = { "-", "--" }
+
 local get_desc = function(opt, j, descs)
     for i, v in ipairs(descs) do
         if v[j] == opt then
             return v
         end
     end
-    error("option --" .. opt .. " not recognized", 4)
+    error("option " .. prefixes[j] .. opt .. " not recognized", 4)
 end
 
-local prefixes = { "-", "--" }
-
 local is_arg = function(opt, j, descs)
     if opt == "--" then return true end
     for i, v in ipairs(descs) do
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ end
 M.parse = function(parser)
     local ret, opts, args = pcall(getopt_u, parser)
     if not ret then
+        if  parser.error_cb then
+            parser:error_cb(opts)
+        end
         return nil, opts
     end
     return opts, args, parser