diff --git a/chroot.c b/chroot.c
index 22bc62e..45f2dc7 100644
--- a/chroot.c
+++ b/chroot.c
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	char *shell[] = { "/bin/sh", "-i", NULL }, *aux, *cmd;
 	int savederrno;
 
-	argv0 = *argv, argv0 ? (argc--, argv++) : (void *)0;
+	ARGBEGIN {
+	default:
+		usage();
+	} ARGEND
 
 	if (!argc)
 		usage();
diff --git a/cksum.c b/cksum.c
index 4e7dce6..50107b2 100644
--- a/cksum.c
+++ b/cksum.c
@@ -92,12 +92,21 @@ cksum(int fd, const char *s)
 	putchar('\n');
 }
 
+static void
+usage(void)
+{
+	eprintf("usage: %s [file ...]\n", argv0);
+}
+
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	int fd;
 
-	argv0 = *argv, argv0 ? (argc--, argv++) : (void *)0;
+	ARGBEGIN {
+	default:
+		usage();
+	} ARGEND
 
 	if (!argc) {
 		cksum(0, NULL);
diff --git a/hostname.c b/hostname.c
index 495d40d..2532ec8 100644
--- a/hostname.c
+++ b/hostname.c
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	char host[HOST_NAME_MAX + 1];
 
-	argv0 = *argv, argv0 ? (argc--, argv++) : (void *)0;
+	ARGBEGIN {
+	default:
+		usage();
+	} ARGEND
 
 	if (!argc) {
 		if (gethostname(host, sizeof(host)) < 0)
diff --git a/link.c b/link.c
index a260136..7cee4d0 100644
--- a/link.c
+++ b/link.c
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ usage(void)
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	argv0 = *argv, argv0 ? (argc--, argv++) : (void *)0;
+	ARGBEGIN {
+	default:
+		usage();
+	} ARGEND
 
 	if (argc != 2)
 		usage();
diff --git a/nohup.c b/nohup.c
index c75ea45..2825c5d 100644
--- a/nohup.c
+++ b/nohup.c
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	int fd, savederrno;
 
-	argv0 = *argv, argv0 ? (argc--, argv++) : (void *)0;
+	ARGBEGIN {
+	default:
+		usage();
+	} ARGEND
 
 	if (!argc)
 		usage();
diff --git a/printenv.c b/printenv.c
index 7ff5393..19b5b7d 100644
--- a/printenv.c
+++ b/printenv.c
@@ -6,13 +6,22 @@
 
 extern char **environ;
 
+static void
+usage(void)
+{
+	eprintf("usage: %s [var ...]\n", argv0);
+}
+
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	char *var;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	argv0 = *argv, argv0 ? (argc--, argv++) : (void *)0;
+	ARGBEGIN {
+	default:
+		usage();
+	} ARGEND
 
 	if (!argc) {
 		for (; *environ; environ++)
diff --git a/setsid.c b/setsid.c
index eb682f2..28d3442 100644
--- a/setsid.c
+++ b/setsid.c
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	int savederrno;
 
-	argv0 = *argv, argv0 ? (argc--, argv++) : (void *)0;
+	ARGBEGIN {
+	default:
+		usage();
+	} ARGEND
 
 	if (!argc)
 		usage();
diff --git a/sleep.c b/sleep.c
index 36dfb1c..00ea268 100644
--- a/sleep.c
+++ b/sleep.c
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	unsigned seconds;
 
-	argv0 = *argv, argv0 ? (argc--, argv++) : (void *)0;
+	ARGBEGIN {
+	default:
+		usage();
+	} ARGEND
 
 	if (argc != 1)
 		usage();
diff --git a/sponge.c b/sponge.c
index 11c8ad4..7a0b272 100644
--- a/sponge.c
+++ b/sponge.c
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	char tmp[] = "/tmp/sponge-XXXXXX";
 	int fd, tmpfd;
 
-	argv0 = *argv, argv0 ? (argc--, argv++) : (void *)0;
+	ARGBEGIN {
+	default:
+		usage();
+	} ARGEND
 
 	if (argc != 1)
 		usage();
diff --git a/sync.c b/sync.c
index d3390de..f1b9818 100644
--- a/sync.c
+++ b/sync.c
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ usage(void)
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	argv0 = *argv, argv0 ? (argc--, argv++) : (void *)0;
+	ARGBEGIN {
+	default:
+		usage();
+	} ARGEND
 
 	if (argc)
 		usage();
diff --git a/tty.c b/tty.c
index 7ffb04a..6515128 100644
--- a/tty.c
+++ b/tty.c
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	char *tty;
 
-	argv0 = *argv, argv0 ? (argc--, argv++) : (void *)0;
+	ARGBEGIN {
+	default:
+		usage();
+	} ARGEND
 
 	if (argc)
 		usage();
diff --git a/unlink.c b/unlink.c
index 241cf25..c695fa8 100644
--- a/unlink.c
+++ b/unlink.c
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ usage(void)
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	argv0 = *argv, argv0 ? (argc--, argv++) : (void *)0;
+	ARGBEGIN {
+	default:
+		usage();
+	} ARGEND
 
 	if (argc != 1)
 		usage();
diff --git a/yes.c b/yes.c
index dd97ea6..ffc77f0 100644
--- a/yes.c
+++ b/yes.c
@@ -3,12 +3,21 @@
 
 #include "util.h"
 
+static void
+usage(void)
+{
+	eprintf("usage: %s [string ...]\n", argv0);
+}
+
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	char **p;
 
-	argv0 = *argv, argv0 ? (argc--, argv++) : (void *)0;
+	ARGBEGIN {
+	default:
+		usage();
+	} ARGEND
 
 	for (p = argv; ; p = (*p && *(p + 1)) ? p + 1 : argv) {
 		fputs(*p ? *p : "y", stdout);