diff --git a/tools/virsh-domain-monitor.c b/tools/virsh-domain-monitor.c
index 64ec03dfc0cb17b9385162473d5f7eb8098c54b3..7dcf83378b1c35fbda5a2cd0b018873b15d90784 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-domain-monitor.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-domain-monitor.c
@@ -2243,9 +2243,9 @@ cmdDomIfAddr(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
     if (!(dom = virshCommandOptDomain(ctl, cmd, NULL)))
         return false;
 
-    if (vshCommandOptString(ctl, cmd, "interface", &ifacestr) < 0)
+    if (vshCommandOptStringReq(ctl, cmd, "interface", &ifacestr) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
-    if (vshCommandOptString(ctl, cmd, "source", &sourcestr) < 0)
+    if (vshCommandOptStringReq(ctl, cmd, "source", &sourcestr) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (sourcestr) {
diff --git a/tools/virsh-domain.c b/tools/virsh-domain.c
index 413220ba09476659ed49ba851800d0fa74c37b5c..4d798902b53da407ae4dc078fffb7f04232a0378 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-domain.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-domain.c
@@ -2332,11 +2332,11 @@ cmdBlockCopy(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
 
     if (vshCommandOptStringReq(ctl, cmd, "path", &path) < 0)
         return false;
-    if (vshCommandOptString(ctl, cmd, "dest", &dest) < 0)
+    if (vshCommandOptStringReq(ctl, cmd, "dest", &dest) < 0)
         return false;
-    if (vshCommandOptString(ctl, cmd, "xml", &xml) < 0)
+    if (vshCommandOptStringReq(ctl, cmd, "xml", &xml) < 0)
         return false;
-    if (vshCommandOptString(ctl, cmd, "format", &format) < 0)
+    if (vshCommandOptStringReq(ctl, cmd, "format", &format) < 0)
         return false;
     /* XXX: Parse bandwidth as scaled input, rather than forcing
      * MiB/s, and either reject negative input or treat it as 0 rather
@@ -9241,7 +9241,7 @@ cmdQemuMonitorEvent(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
     data.count = 0;
     if (vshCommandOptTimeoutToMs(ctl, cmd, &timeout) < 0)
         return false;
-    if (vshCommandOptString(ctl, cmd, "event", &event) < 0)
+    if (vshCommandOptStringReq(ctl, cmd, "event", &event) < 0)
         return false;
 
     if (vshCommandOptBool(cmd, "domain"))
@@ -12568,7 +12568,7 @@ cmdEvent(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
         return true;
     }
 
-    if (vshCommandOptString(ctl, cmd, "event", &eventName) < 0)
+    if (vshCommandOptStringReq(ctl, cmd, "event", &eventName) < 0)
         return false;
     if (eventName) {
         for (event = 0; event < VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_ID_LAST; event++)
diff --git a/tools/virsh-network.c b/tools/virsh-network.c
index a0f7707b93319655a54c0749933d0011b14ce7d9..bd89c11a791326d5de42e20ec63f52e48fc38a83 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-network.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-network.c
@@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@ cmdNetworkEvent(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
         return true;
     }
 
-    if (vshCommandOptString(ctl, cmd, "event", &eventName) < 0)
+    if (vshCommandOptStringReq(ctl, cmd, "event", &eventName) < 0)
         return false;
     if (!eventName) {
         vshError(ctl, "%s", _("either --list or event type is required"));
@@ -1372,7 +1372,7 @@ cmdNetworkDHCPLeases(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
     unsigned int flags = 0;
     virNetworkPtr network = NULL;
 
-    if (vshCommandOptString(ctl, cmd, "mac", &mac) < 0)
+    if (vshCommandOptStringReq(ctl, cmd, "mac", &mac) < 0)
         return false;
 
     if (!(network = virshCommandOptNetwork(ctl, cmd, &name)))