diff --git a/manual/cli-options-header.rst b/manual/cli-options-header.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f8808c230c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manual/cli-options-header.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[options]
+----------------
diff --git a/manual/conf.py b/manual/conf.py
index 46c0cb10fc..e88907b4b1 100644
--- a/manual/conf.py
+++ b/manual/conf.py
@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ source_suffix = '.rst'
 master_doc = 'index' if tags.has('online') else 'simple_index'  # noqa
 # kill the warning about index/simple_index not being in a toctree
 exclude_patterns = ['simple_index.rst'] if master_doc == 'index' else ['index.rst']
+exclude_patterns.append('cli-options-header.rst')
 if tags.has('gettext'):  # noqa
-    # Do not exclude simple_index as its string must be translated. This will
-    # generate a warning about simple_index not being in a toctree, just ignore
+    # Do not exclude anything as the strings must be translated. This will
+    # generate a warning about the documents not being in a toctree, just ignore
     # it.
     exclude_patterns = []
 
diff --git a/manual/custom.py b/manual/custom.py
index 6bd2617d20..c3c12f4326 100644
--- a/manual/custom.py
+++ b/manual/custom.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def source_read_handler(app, docname, source):
         src = re.sub(r'(\s+generated/)en/', r'\1' + app.config.language + '/', src)
     # Sphinx does not call source_read_handle for the .. include directive
     for m in reversed(tuple(include_pat.finditer(src))):
-        ss = [open(m.group(1)).read().decode('utf-8')]
+        ss = [open(m.group(1).lstrip('/')).read().decode('utf-8')]
         source_read_handler(app, m.group(1).partition('.')[0], ss)
         src = src[:m.start()] + ss[0] + src[m.end():]
     source[0] = src
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ def update_cli_doc(name, raw, app):
 def render_options(cmd, groups, options_header=True, add_program=True, header_level='~'):
     lines = ['']
     if options_header:
-        lines = ['[options]', '-'*15, '']
+        lines = ['.. include:: /cli-options-header.rst', '']
     if add_program:
         lines += ['.. program:: '+cmd, '']
     for title, desc, options in groups:
diff --git a/src/calibre/debug.py b/src/calibre/debug.py
index 98143e58b4..a75d4d0e9d 100644
--- a/src/calibre/debug.py
+++ b/src/calibre/debug.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ You can also use %prog to run standalone scripts. To do that use it like this:
     {1}
 
 Everything after the -- is passed to the script.
-''').format('%prog [options]', '%prog myscript.py -- --option1 --option2 file1 file2 ...'))
+''').format(_('%prog [options]'), '%prog myscript.py -- --option1 --option2 file1 file2 ...'))
     parser.add_option('-c', '--command', help=_('Run python code.'))
     parser.add_option('-e', '--exec-file', help=_('Run the python code in file.'))
     parser.add_option('-f', '--subset-font', action='store_true', default=False,
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/cli.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/cli.py
index 5ffc84bbf6..cb17937a9d 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/cli.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/cli.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from calibre.ebooks.lrf.meta import LRFMetaFile
 from calibre import prints
 from calibre.utils.date import parse_date
 
-USAGE='%%prog ebook_file [' + _('options') + ']\n' + \
+USAGE=_('%%prog ebook_file [' + _('options') + ']\n') + \
 _('''
 Read/Write metadata from/to ebook files.
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/polish/main.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/polish/main.py
index 4aeb099f9f..d60a3151d1 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/polish/main.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/polish/main.py
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ def tweak_polish(container, actions, customization=None):
 
 def option_parser():
     from calibre.utils.config import OptionParser
-    USAGE = '%prog [options] input_file [output_file]\n\n' + re.sub(
+    USAGE = _('%prog [options] input_file [output_file]\n\n') + re.sub(
         r'<.*?>', '', CLI_HELP['about'])
     parser = OptionParser(usage=USAGE)
     a = parser.add_option
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/main.py b/src/calibre/gui2/main.py
index 5775d00cba..d02d5784da 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/main.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/main.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class AbortInit(Exception):
 
 def option_parser():
     parser = _option_parser(_('''\
-%prog [opts] [path_to_ebook]
+%prog [options] [path_to_ebook]
 
 Launch the main calibre Graphical User Interface and optionally add the ebook at
 path_to_ebook to the database.