diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/cli.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/cli.ts
index c6f453e90a01..7328ec981e1b 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/cli.ts
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ cli
   .option('--inspect', 'Enable Node.js inspector')
   .option('--inspect-brk', 'Enable Node.js inspector with break')
   .option('--test-timeout <time>', 'Default timeout of a test in milliseconds (default: 5000)')
-  .option('--bail <number>', 'Stop test execution when given number of tests have failed', { default: 0 })
-  .option('--retry <times>', 'Retry the test specific number of times if it fails', { default: 0 })
+  .option('--bail <number>', 'Stop test execution when given number of tests have failed (default: 0)')
+  .option('--retry <times>', 'Retry the test specific number of times if it fails (default: 0)')
   .option('--diff <path>', 'Path to a diff config that will be used to generate diff interface')
   .option('--expand-snapshot-diff', 'Show full diff when snapshot fails')
   .option('--typecheck [options]', 'Custom options for typecheck pool')
diff --git a/test/config/fixtures/retry/vitest.config.ts b/test/config/fixtures/retry/vitest.config.ts
index 117d98336427..5a17dbbf8f7e 100644
--- a/test/config/fixtures/retry/vitest.config.ts
+++ b/test/config/fixtures/retry/vitest.config.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config'
 
 export default defineConfig({
   test: {
-    include: ['*.test.ts'],
     retry: 3,
   },
 })
diff --git a/test/config/test/retry.test.ts b/test/config/test/retry.test.ts
index 56ca5e6ece0e..592877456356 100644
--- a/test/config/test/retry.test.ts
+++ b/test/config/test/retry.test.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
-import path from 'node:path'
 import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest'
-import { runVitest } from '../../test-utils'
+import { runVitestCli } from '../../test-utils'
 
-const root = path.resolve('./fixtures/retry')
-function run(testNamePattern?: string) {
-  return runVitest({
-    root,
-    testNamePattern,
-  })
+function run(testNamePattern: string) {
+  return runVitestCli('run', 'fixtures/retry/retry.test.ts', '-c', 'fixtures/retry/vitest.config.ts', '-t', testNamePattern)
 }
 
 describe('retry', () => {