diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go
index ceb7694b1..8d72a27b0 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func init() {
 	f.VarP(&backupOptions.GroupBy, "group-by", "g", "`group` snapshots by host, paths and/or tags, separated by comma (disable grouping with '')")
 	f.BoolVarP(&backupOptions.Force, "force", "f", false, `force re-reading the source files/directories (overrides the "parent" flag)`)
 
-	initExcludePatternOptions(f, &backupOptions.excludePatternOptions)
+	backupOptions.excludePatternOptions.Add(f)
 
 	f.BoolVarP(&backupOptions.ExcludeOtherFS, "one-file-system", "x", false, "exclude other file systems, don't cross filesystem boundaries and subvolumes")
 	f.StringArrayVar(&backupOptions.ExcludeIfPresent, "exclude-if-present", nil, "takes `filename[:header]`, exclude contents of directories containing filename (except filename itself) if header of that file is as provided (can be specified multiple times)")
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go
index c58b0b80d..f20359dc0 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ func init() {
 	flags := cmdRestore.Flags()
 	flags.StringVarP(&restoreOptions.Target, "target", "t", "", "directory to extract data to")
 
-	initExcludePatternOptions(flags, &restoreOptions.excludePatternOptions)
-	initIncludePatternOptions(flags, &restoreOptions.includePatternOptions)
+	restoreOptions.excludePatternOptions.Add(flags)
+	restoreOptions.includePatternOptions.Add(flags)
 
 	initSingleSnapshotFilter(flags, &restoreOptions.SnapshotFilter)
 	flags.BoolVar(&restoreOptions.DryRun, "dry-run", false, "do not write any data, just show what would be done")
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_rewrite.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_rewrite.go
index 7788016b7..fc9da5b60 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_rewrite.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_rewrite.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func init() {
 	f.StringVar(&rewriteOptions.Metadata.Time, "new-time", "", "replace time of the backup")
 
 	initMultiSnapshotFilter(f, &rewriteOptions.SnapshotFilter, true)
-	initExcludePatternOptions(f, &rewriteOptions.excludePatternOptions)
+	rewriteOptions.excludePatternOptions.Add(f)
 }
 
 type rewriteFilterFunc func(ctx context.Context, sn *restic.Snapshot) (restic.ID, error)
diff --git a/cmd/restic/exclude.go b/cmd/restic/exclude.go
index 40eb93933..a37f9c68e 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/exclude.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/exclude.go
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ type excludePatternOptions struct {
 	InsensitiveExcludeFiles []string
 }
 
-func initExcludePatternOptions(f *pflag.FlagSet, opts *excludePatternOptions) {
+func (opts *excludePatternOptions) Add(f *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	f.StringArrayVarP(&opts.Excludes, "exclude", "e", nil, "exclude a `pattern` (can be specified multiple times)")
 	f.StringArrayVar(&opts.InsensitiveExcludes, "iexclude", nil, "same as --exclude `pattern` but ignores the casing of filenames")
 	f.StringArrayVar(&opts.ExcludeFiles, "exclude-file", nil, "read exclude patterns from a `file` (can be specified multiple times)")
diff --git a/cmd/restic/include.go b/cmd/restic/include.go
index dcc4c7f37..514a24016 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/include.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/include.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ type includePatternOptions struct {
 	InsensitiveIncludeFiles []string
 }
 
-func initIncludePatternOptions(f *pflag.FlagSet, opts *includePatternOptions) {
+func (opts *includePatternOptions) Add(f *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	f.StringArrayVarP(&opts.Includes, "include", "i", nil, "include a `pattern` (can be specified multiple times)")
 	f.StringArrayVar(&opts.InsensitiveIncludes, "iinclude", nil, "same as --include `pattern` but ignores the casing of filenames")
 	f.StringArrayVar(&opts.IncludeFiles, "include-file", nil, "read include patterns from a `file` (can be specified multiple times)")