diff --git a/swh/fuse/cli.py b/swh/fuse/cli.py
index 568f0a2..0d6ce38 100644
--- a/swh/fuse/cli.py
+++ b/swh/fuse/cli.py
@@ -1,120 +1,120 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2020  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 import asyncio
 from contextlib import ExitStack
 import os
 
 # WARNING: do not import unnecessary things here to keep cli startup time under
 # control
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Dict, Tuple
 
 import click
 from daemon import DaemonContext
 
 # from swh.core import config
 from swh.core.cli import CONTEXT_SETTINGS
 from swh.model.cli import SWHIDParamType
 
 # All generic config code should reside in swh.core.config
 DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH = os.environ.get(
     "SWH_CONFIG_FILE", os.path.join(click.get_app_dir("swh"), "global.yml")
 )
 
 CACHE_HOME_DIR: Path = (
     Path(os.environ["XDG_CACHE_HOME"])
     if "XDG_CACHE_HOME" in os.environ
     else Path.home() / ".cache"
 )
 
 DEFAULT_CONFIG: Dict[str, Tuple[str, Any]] = {
     "cache": (
         "dict",
         {
             "metadata": {"path": CACHE_HOME_DIR / "swh/fuse/metadata.sqlite"},
             "blob": {"path": CACHE_HOME_DIR / "swh/fuse/blob.sqlite"},
         },
     ),
     "web-api": (
         "dict",
         {"url": "https://archive.softwareheritage.org/api/1", "auth-token": None,},
     ),
 }
 
 
 @click.group(name="fuse", context_settings=CONTEXT_SETTINGS)
 # XXX  conffile logic temporarily commented out due to:
 # XXX  https://forge.softwareheritage.org/T2632
 # @click.option(
 #     "-C",
 #     "--config-file",
 #     default=DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH,
 #     type=click.Path(exists=True, dir_okay=False, path_type=str),
 #     help="YAML configuration file",
 # )
 @click.pass_context
 def cli(ctx):
     """Software Heritage virtual file system"""
 
     # # recursive merge not done by config.read
     # conf = config.read_raw_config(config.config_basepath(config_file))
     # conf = config.merge_configs(DEFAULT_CONFIG, conf)
     conf = {}
 
     ctx.ensure_object(dict)
     ctx.obj["config"] = conf
 
 
 @cli.command()
 @click.argument(
     "path",
     required=True,
     metavar="PATH",
     type=click.Path(exists=True, dir_okay=True, file_okay=False),
 )
 @click.argument("swhids", nargs=-1, metavar="[SWHID]...", type=SWHIDParamType())
 @click.option(
     "--config-file",
     "-C",
     default=None,
     type=click.Path(exists=True, dir_okay=False,),
     help="YAML configuration file",
 )
 @click.option(
-    "-f",
-    "--foreground",
-    is_flag=True,
-    show_default=True,
-    help="Run FUSE system in foreground instead of daemon",
+    "-f/-d",
+    "--foreground/--daemon",
+    default=False,
+    help="whether to run FUSE attached to the console (foreground) "
+    "or daemonized in the background (default: daemon)",
 )
 @click.pass_context
 def mount(ctx, swhids, path, config_file, foreground):
     """Mount the Software Heritage archive at PATH
 
     If specified, objects referenced by the given SWHIDs will be prefetched and used to
     populate the virtual file system (VFS). Otherwise the VFS will be populated
     on-demand, when accessing its content.
 
     \b
     Example:
 
     \b
       $ mkdir swhfs
       $ swh fuse mount swhfs/
       $ grep printf swhfs/archive/swh:1:cnt:c839dea9e8e6f0528b468214348fee8669b305b2
           printf("Hello, World!");
       $
 
     """
 
     from swh.core import config
     from swh.fuse import fuse
 
     conf = config.read(config_file, DEFAULT_CONFIG)
     with ExitStack() as stack:
         if not foreground:
             stack.enter_context(DaemonContext())
         asyncio.run(fuse.main(swhids, path, conf))