diff --git a/plugins/bcli.c b/plugins/bcli.c
index e9bafca5d..c66f27778 100644
--- a/plugins/bcli.c
+++ b/plugins/bcli.c
@@ -1283,7 +1283,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 				  "bitcoind RPC timeout in seconds during HTTP requests",
 				  u64_option, &bitcoind->rpcclienttimeout),
 		    plugin_option("bitcoin-retry-timeout",
-				  "string",
+				  "int",
 				  "how long to keep retrying to contact bitcoind"
 				  " before fatally exiting",
 				  u64_option, &bitcoind->retry_timeout),
diff --git a/plugins/sql.c b/plugins/sql.c
index ed331e466..bafe6e70c 100644
--- a/plugins/sql.c
+++ b/plugins/sql.c
@@ -1644,9 +1644,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 	plugin_main(argv, init, PLUGIN_RESTARTABLE, true, NULL, commands, ARRAY_SIZE(commands),
 	            NULL, 0, NULL, 0, NULL, 0,
-		    plugin_option("dev-sqlfilename",
-				  "string",
-				  "Use on-disk sqlite3 file instead of in memory (e.g. debugging)",
-				  charp_option, &dbfilename),
+		    plugin_option_dev("dev-sqlfilename",
+				      "string",
+				      "Use on-disk sqlite3 file instead of in memory (e.g. debugging)",
+				      charp_option, NULL, &dbfilename),
 		    NULL);
 }