diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py b/src/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py
index 24dc9d14107..f71c0b02011 100644
--- a/src/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py
+++ b/src/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py
@@ -824,6 +824,15 @@ def _handle_no_use_pep517(option, opt, value, parser):
     "directory path, be sure to use absolute path.",
 )  # type: Callable[..., Option]
 
+build_options = partial(
+    Option,
+    "--build-option",
+    dest="build_options",
+    metavar="options",
+    action="append",
+    help="Extra arguments to be supplied to 'setup.py bdist_wheel'.",
+)  # type: Callable[..., Option]
+
 global_options = partial(
     Option,
     "--global-option",
@@ -831,7 +840,7 @@ def _handle_no_use_pep517(option, opt, value, parser):
     action="append",
     metavar="options",
     help="Extra global options to be supplied to the setup.py "
-    "call before the install command.",
+    "call before the install or bdist_wheel command.",
 )  # type: Callable[..., Option]
 
 no_clean = partial(
diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/commands/wheel.py b/src/pip/_internal/commands/wheel.py
index 842988ba570..ff47dbac51c 100644
--- a/src/pip/_internal/commands/wheel.py
+++ b/src/pip/_internal/commands/wheel.py
@@ -54,13 +54,6 @@ def add_options(self):
         self.cmd_opts.add_option(cmdoptions.no_binary())
         self.cmd_opts.add_option(cmdoptions.only_binary())
         self.cmd_opts.add_option(cmdoptions.prefer_binary())
-        self.cmd_opts.add_option(
-            '--build-option',
-            dest='build_options',
-            metavar='options',
-            action='append',
-            help="Extra arguments to be supplied to 'setup.py bdist_wheel'.",
-        )
         self.cmd_opts.add_option(cmdoptions.no_build_isolation())
         self.cmd_opts.add_option(cmdoptions.use_pep517())
         self.cmd_opts.add_option(cmdoptions.no_use_pep517())
@@ -81,13 +74,8 @@ def add_options(self):
             help="Don't verify if built wheel is valid.",
         )
 
-        self.cmd_opts.add_option(
-            '--global-option',
-            dest='global_options',
-            action='append',
-            metavar='options',
-            help="Extra global options to be supplied to the setup.py "
-            "call before the 'bdist_wheel' command.")
+        self.cmd_opts.add_option(cmdoptions.build_options())
+        self.cmd_opts.add_option(cmdoptions.global_options())
 
         self.cmd_opts.add_option(
             '--pre',