diff --git a/src/plumbing/main.rs b/src/plumbing/main.rs
index f0916449ef1..c458f39d5ab 100644
--- a/src/plumbing/main.rs
+++ b/src/plumbing/main.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use clap::Parser;
 use gitoxide_core as core;
 use gitoxide_core::pack::verify;
 
+use crate::plumbing::options::pack::multi_index;
 #[cfg(any(feature = "gitoxide-core-async-client", feature = "gitoxide-core-blocking-client"))]
 use crate::plumbing::options::remote;
 use crate::{
@@ -376,8 +377,8 @@ pub fn main() -> Result<()> {
                 },
             )
             .map(|_| ()),
-            pack::Subcommands::MultiIndex(subcommands) => match subcommands {
-                pack::multi_index::Subcommands::Verify { multi_index_path } => prepare_and_run(
+            pack::Subcommands::MultiIndex(multi_index::Platform { multi_index_path, cmd }) => match cmd {
+                pack::multi_index::Subcommands::Verify => prepare_and_run(
                     "pack-multi-index-verify",
                     verbose,
                     progress,
@@ -391,10 +392,7 @@ pub fn main() -> Result<()> {
                         )
                     },
                 ),
-                pack::multi_index::Subcommands::Create {
-                    output_path,
-                    index_paths,
-                } => prepare_and_run(
+                pack::multi_index::Subcommands::Create { index_paths } => prepare_and_run(
                     "pack-multi-index-create",
                     verbose,
                     progress,
@@ -403,7 +401,7 @@ pub fn main() -> Result<()> {
                     move |progress, _out, _err| {
                         core::pack::multi_index::create(
                             index_paths,
-                            output_path,
+                            multi_index_path,
                             progress,
                             &git_repository::interrupt::IS_INTERRUPTED,
                             object_hash,
diff --git a/src/plumbing/options.rs b/src/plumbing/options.rs
index 8208d618a1c..b6a7b9aa31c 100644
--- a/src/plumbing/options.rs
+++ b/src/plumbing/options.rs
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ pub mod pack {
         #[clap(subcommand)]
         Index(index::Subcommands),
         /// Subcommands for interacting with multi-pack indices (named "multi-pack-index")
-        #[clap(subcommand)]
-        MultiIndex(multi_index::Subcommands),
+        MultiIndex(multi_index::Platform),
         /// Create a new pack with a set of objects.
         Create {
             #[clap(long, short = 'r')]
@@ -255,22 +254,26 @@ pub mod pack {
     pub mod multi_index {
         use std::path::PathBuf;
 
+        #[derive(Debug, clap::Parser)]
+        pub struct Platform {
+            /// The path to the index file.
+            #[clap(short = 'i', long, default_value = ".git/objects/packs/multi-pack-index")]
+            pub multi_index_path: PathBuf,
+
+            /// Subcommands
+            #[clap(subcommand)]
+            pub cmd: Subcommands,
+        }
+
         #[derive(Debug, clap::Subcommand)]
         pub enum Subcommands {
             /// Verify a multi-index quickly without inspecting objects themselves
-            Verify {
-                /// The path to the multi-pack-index to verify.
-                multi_index_path: PathBuf,
-            },
-            /// Create a multi-pack index from one or more pack index files
+            Verify,
+            /// Create a multi-pack index from one or more pack index files, overwriting possibloy existing files.
             Create {
-                /// The path to which the multi-index file should be written, overwriting any possibly existing file.
+                /// Paths to the pack index files to read (with .idx extension).
                 ///
                 /// Note for the multi-index to be useful, it should be side-by-side with the supplied `.idx` files.
-                #[clap(long, short = 'o')]
-                output_path: PathBuf,
-
-                /// Paths to the pack index files to read (with .idx extension).
                 #[clap(required = true)]
                 index_paths: Vec<PathBuf>,
             },