diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9d53283..6b6c7e9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ### 2025-09-29
 
 grimblast: add getopt to Nix wrapper
+grimblast: refactor getopt error handling to avoid duplicate error messages
 
 ### 2025-09-15
 
diff --git a/grimblast/grimblast b/grimblast/grimblast
index 7f11f80..fd3e6d1 100755
--- a/grimblast/grimblast
+++ b/grimblast/grimblast
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ main() {
     local parsed_args
 
     parsed_args="$(getopt --name "$NAME" --options 'nocfe:w:s:t:' --longoptions 'notify,openparentdir,cursor,freeze,expire-time:,wait:,scale:,filetype:' -- "$@")" || {
-        echo "$NAME: ERROR: failed to parse arguments" >&2
+        usage >&2
         exit 1
     }
     eval "set -- $parsed_args"
diff --git a/grimblast/grimblast.1.scd b/grimblast/grimblast.1.scd
index 43a26ae..ddee4cd 100644
--- a/grimblast/grimblast.1.scd
+++ b/grimblast/grimblast.1.scd
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ grimblast - a helper for screenshots within Hyprland
 
 # SYNOPSIS
 
-*grimblast* [-n|--notify] [-o|--openparentdir] [-e|--expire-time <ms>] [-c|--cursor] [-f|--freeze] [-w N|--wait N] [-s N|--scale N] [-t TYPE|--filetype TYPE] (copy|save|copysave|edit) [TARGET] [FILE]
-*grimblast* check
+*grimblast* [OPTIONS] (copy|save|copysave|edit) [TARGET] [FILE]++
+*grimblast* check++
 *grimblast* usage
 
 # OPTIONS