diff --git a/src/66/66-boot.c b/src/66/66-boot.c
index f7c0089aa4e4aadcf747c940601dca72d08244a0..eb885e18e10d2b09968a21eba011bec6f84fe70b 100644
--- a/src/66/66-boot.c
+++ b/src/66/66-boot.c
@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@ static void sulogin(char const *msg,char const *arg)
 
 static inline void info_help (void)
 {
-  static char const *help =
+    DEFAULT_MSG = 0 ;
+
+    static char const *help =
 "\n"
 "options :\n"
 "   -h: print this help\n"
diff --git a/src/66/66-hpr.c b/src/66/66-hpr.c
index 65ee7d7207725562a2794abd6c3acd005344a73a..ca093be1129ecdf509aefd5f125acca032633713 100644
--- a/src/66/66-hpr.c
+++ b/src/66/66-hpr.c
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ char const *live = 0 ;
 
 static inline void info_help (void)
 {
-  static char const *help =
+    DEFAULT_MSG = 0 ;
+
+    static char const *help =
 "\n"
 "options :\n"
 "   -H: print this help\n"
diff --git a/src/66/66-inresolve.c b/src/66/66-inresolve.c
index 81f89bfc7ac0abc99b0bd34369ce17412b3fc8ec..b9f721cec90b62bd873c21dd0abcd3ece668292f 100644
--- a/src/66/66-inresolve.c
+++ b/src/66/66-inresolve.c
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ static char fields[INFO_NKEY][INFO_FIELD_MAXLEN] = {{ 0 }} ;
 
 static inline void info_help (void)
 {
-  static char const *help =
+    DEFAULT_MSG = 0 ;
+
+    static char const *help =
 "\n"
 "options :\n"
 "   -h: print this help\n"
diff --git a/src/66/66-inservice.c b/src/66/66-inservice.c
index 9bcdc3e120a2d75e1fb595f97e234ebd78fc063e..9a2d29c4ff011688dcc89baad9e8270cd9bc091a 100644
--- a/src/66/66-inservice.c
+++ b/src/66/66-inservice.c
@@ -108,7 +108,9 @@ info_opts_map_t const opts_sv_table[] =
 
 static inline void info_help (void)
 {
-  static char const *help =
+    DEFAULT_MSG = 0 ;
+
+    static char const *help =
 "\n"
 "options :\n"
 "   -h: print this help\n"
diff --git a/src/66/66-instate.c b/src/66/66-instate.c
index 73cc87c813e8c3044a5b8bb95d2c414d5281407c..0e0078d2111d5469a5993ec0baaee1445b9fdce7 100644
--- a/src/66/66-instate.c
+++ b/src/66/66-instate.c
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ static char fields[INFO_NKEY][INFO_FIELD_MAXLEN] = {{ 0 }} ;
 
 static inline void info_help (void)
 {
-  static char const *help =
+    DEFAULT_MSG = 0 ;
+
+    static char const *help =
 "\n"
 "options :\n"
 "   -h: print this help\n"
diff --git a/src/66/66-intree.c b/src/66/66-intree.c
index c8e8019c0f5b0e25f3d3e3e5d85b33e2c6941f3f..2e1ba32eceb0f167b07b556d82cc3118c16c0ca1 100644
--- a/src/66/66-intree.c
+++ b/src/66/66-intree.c
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ info_opts_map_t const opts_tree_table[] =
 
 static inline void info_help (void)
 {
-  static char const *help =
+    DEFAULT_MSG = 0 ;
+
+    static char const *help =
 "\n"
 "options :\n"
 "   -h: print this help\n"
diff --git a/src/66/66-parser.c b/src/66/66-parser.c
index ca40cb503c7cb4fdce87542bc60fb5752ce5cc3b..bb6f7704cf472ca63fc1dc3bd0d4fae3f8419dfc 100644
--- a/src/66/66-parser.c
+++ b/src/66/66-parser.c
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@
 
 static inline void info_help (void)
 {
-  static char const *help =
+    DEFAULT_MSG = 0 ;
+
+    static char const *help =
 "\n"
 "options :\n"
 "   -h: print this help\n"
diff --git a/src/66/66-scanctl.c b/src/66/66-scanctl.c
index 0575077b8d5630ae6a22273c69ae54cc9efd1041..6b40aeccfea58f4ac6503043fda83438293f4ea4 100644
--- a/src/66/66-scanctl.c
+++ b/src/66/66-scanctl.c
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ static char TMPENV[MAXENV + 1] ;
 
 static inline void info_help (void)
 {
-  static char const *help =
+    DEFAULT_MSG = 0 ;
+
+    static char const *help =
 "\n"
 "options :\n"
 "   -h: print this help\n"
diff --git a/src/66/66-scandir.c b/src/66/66-scandir.c
index 799ff93aecb693cf76e3a522da7f4a9af157ae4b..8759b19c3ccb7b96b132ed41f612d59b7a75a314 100644
--- a/src/66/66-scandir.c
+++ b/src/66/66-scandir.c
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ static unsigned int CATCH_LOG = SS_BOOT_CATCH_LOG ;
 
 static inline void info_help (void)
 {
-  static char const *help =
+    DEFAULT_MSG = 0 ;
+
+    static char const *help =
 "\n"
 "options :\n"
 "   -h: print this help\n"
diff --git a/src/66/66-shutdown.c b/src/66/66-shutdown.c
index 9bc6cec9bb4fb70065e7b45f0cd39a6407eb5135..53e4571ac3dc40e0af71e75516d660e8c5582de3 100644
--- a/src/66/66-shutdown.c
+++ b/src/66/66-shutdown.c
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ static char const *live = 0 ;
 
 static inline void info_help (void)
 {
-  static char const *help =
+    DEFAULT_MSG = 0 ;
+
+    static char const *help =
 "\n"
 "options :\n"
 "   -H: print this help\n"
diff --git a/src/66/66-shutdownd.c b/src/66/66-shutdownd.c
index 1d3e776e5bbcc6666eba0c74c7b885a7ba94a47a..940fcc24ddb37ed1cfb9f6d95c88434f10b96d31 100644
--- a/src/66/66-shutdownd.c
+++ b/src/66/66-shutdownd.c
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ static int nologger = 0 ;
 
 static inline void info_help (void)
 {
-  static char const *help =
+    DEFAULT_MSG = 0 ;
+
+    static char const *help =
 "\n"
 "options :\n"
 "   -h: print this help\n"
diff --git a/src/66/66-tree.c b/src/66/66-tree.c
index 57edcb62d7141eec58954428a8202ea77c55730a..1996600bccef3c23b9abbee57881b24c3577370e 100644
--- a/src/66/66-tree.c
+++ b/src/66/66-tree.c
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ static char const *cleantree = 0 ;
 
 static inline void info_help (void)
 {
-  static char const *help =
+    DEFAULT_MSG = 0 ;
+
+    static char const *help =
 "\n"
 "options :\n"
 "   -h: print this help\n"
diff --git a/src/66/66-update.c b/src/66/66-update.c
index c79f43dbcae1746b5d31c8bcc8559cd1ba17c199..f94307c8d81bff5aff34d90f48d7ae75e75fe1fd 100644
--- a/src/66/66-update.c
+++ b/src/66/66-update.c
@@ -45,11 +45,12 @@
 static stralloc WORKDIR = STRALLOC_ZERO ;
 static uint8_t DRYRUN = 0 ;
 static char *drun = "dry run do: " ;
+
 static inline void info_help (void)
 {
     DEFAULT_MSG = 0 ;
 
-  static char const *help =
+    static char const *help =
 "\n"
 "options :\n"
 "   -h: print this help\n"