diff --git a/openerpcommand/common.py b/openerpcommand/common.py
index 7572bb4efa6..48d1c16eae4 100644
--- a/openerpcommand/common.py
+++ b/openerpcommand/common.py
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ def add_addons_argument(parser):
     Add a common --addons argument to a parser.
     """
     parser.add_argument('--addons', metavar='ADDONS',
-        **required_or_default('ADDONS',
-                              'colon-separated list of paths to addons'))
+        help='colon-separated list of paths to addons')
 def set_addons(args):
     """
     Turn args.addons into a list instead of a column-separated strings.