Seeing that --prefix and --fallback have a mandatory argument, it should be mentioned in --help. The following patch does that.
diff --git a/build-aux/git-version-gen b/build-aux/git-version-gen index 0278a9c..47d6576 100755 --- a/build-aux/git-version-gen +++ b/build-aux/git-version-gen @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ #!/bin/sh # Print a version string. -scriptversion=2012-12-31.23; # UTC +scriptversion=2014-06-19.19; # UTC # Copyright (C) 2007-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # @@ -85,8 +85,9 @@ Print a version string. Options: - --prefix prefix of git tags (default 'v') - --fallback fallback version to use if \"git --version\" fails + --prefix PREFIX prefix of git tags (default 'v') + --fallback VERSION + fallback version to use if \"git --version\" fails --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit