diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d6737d16d08..847f782b648 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ chrono = { version = "0.4.41", default-features = false, features = [
   "alloc",
   "clock",
 ] }
-clap = { version = "4.5", features = ["wrap_help", "cargo", "color"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5", features = ["wrap_help", "cargo", "color", "string"] }
 clap_complete = "4.4"
 clap_mangen = "0.2"
 compare = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/src/uu/split/locales/en-US.ftl b/src/uu/split/locales/en-US.ftl
index 4247eb5b9d9..02c4bab73de 100644
--- a/src/uu/split/locales/en-US.ftl
+++ b/src/uu/split/locales/en-US.ftl
@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@ split-after-help = Output fixed-size pieces of INPUT to PREFIXaa, PREFIXab, ...;
   - r/N like 'l' but use round robin distribution
   - r/K/N likewise but only output Kth of N to stdout
 
+# Variable names
+split-var-name-size = SIZE
+split-var-name-number = NUMBER
+split-var-name-chunks = CHUNKS
+split-var-name-suffix = SUFFIX
+split-var-name-command = COMMAND
+split-var-name-from = FROM
+split-var-name-sep = SEP
+split-var-name-input = INPUT
+split-var-name-prefix = PREFIX
+
 # Error messages
 split-error-suffix-not-parsable = invalid suffix length: { $value }
 split-error-suffix-contains-separator = invalid suffix { $value }, contains directory separator
diff --git a/src/uu/split/locales/fr-FR.ftl b/src/uu/split/locales/fr-FR.ftl
index e8e70c280fa..5f490f4c49c 100644
--- a/src/uu/split/locales/fr-FR.ftl
+++ b/src/uu/split/locales/fr-FR.ftl
@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@ split-after-help = Sortir des morceaux de taille fixe d'ENTRÉE vers PREFIXEaa,
   - r/N comme 'l' mais utiliser la distribution round robin
   - r/K/N pareillement mais ne sortir que le Kème de N vers stdout
 
+# Noms des variables
+split-var-name-size = TAILLE
+split-var-name-number = NOMBRE
+split-var-name-chunks = BLOCS
+split-var-name-suffix = SUFFIXE
+split-var-name-command = COMMANDE
+split-var-name-from = DEPART
+split-var-name-sep = SEP
+split-var-name-input = ENTREE
+split-var-name-prefix = PREFIXE
+
 # Messages d'erreur
 split-error-suffix-not-parsable = longueur de suffixe invalide : { $value }
 split-error-suffix-contains-separator = suffixe invalide { $value }, contient un séparateur de répertoire
diff --git a/src/uu/split/src/split.rs b/src/uu/split/src/split.rs
index 6f290a7d5e4..e54f0460089 100644
--- a/src/uu/split/src/split.rs
+++ b/src/uu/split/src/split.rs
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('b')
                 .long(OPT_BYTES)
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
-                .value_name("SIZE")
+                .value_name(translate!("split-var-name-size"))
                 .help(translate!("split-help-bytes")),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('C')
                 .long(OPT_LINE_BYTES)
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
-                .value_name("SIZE")
+                .value_name(translate!("split-var-name-size"))
                 .help(translate!("split-help-line-bytes")),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('l')
                 .long(OPT_LINES)
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
-                .value_name("NUMBER")
+                .value_name(translate!("split-var-name-number"))
                 .default_value("1000")
                 .help(translate!("split-help-lines")),
         )
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('n')
                 .long(OPT_NUMBER)
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
-                .value_name("CHUNKS")
+                .value_name(translate!("split-var-name-chunks"))
                 .help(translate!("split-help-number")),
         )
         // rest of the arguments
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(OPT_ADDITIONAL_SUFFIX)
                 .long(OPT_ADDITIONAL_SUFFIX)
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
-                .value_name("SUFFIX")
+                .value_name(translate!("split-var-name-suffix"))
                 .default_value("")
                 .value_parser(clap::value_parser!(OsString))
                 .help(translate!("split-help-additional-suffix")),
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(OPT_FILTER)
                 .long(OPT_FILTER)
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
-                .value_name("COMMAND")
+                .value_name(translate!("split-var-name-command"))
                 .value_hint(ValueHint::CommandName)
                 .help(translate!("split-help-filter")),
         )
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                     OPT_HEX_SUFFIXES,
                     OPT_HEX_SUFFIXES_SHORT,
                 ])
-                .value_name("FROM")
+                .value_name(translate!("split-var-name-from"))
                 .help(translate!("split-help-numeric-suffixes")),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                     OPT_HEX_SUFFIXES,
                     OPT_HEX_SUFFIXES_SHORT,
                 ])
-                .value_name("FROM")
+                .value_name(translate!("split-var-name-from"))
                 .help(translate!("split-help-hex-suffixes")),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .short('t')
                 .long(OPT_SEPARATOR)
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
-                .value_name("SEP")
+                .value_name(translate!("split-var-name-sep"))
                 .action(ArgAction::Append)
                 .help(translate!("split-help-separator")),
         )
@@ -376,12 +376,14 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(ARG_INPUT)
                 .default_value("-")
                 .value_hint(ValueHint::FilePath)
-                .value_parser(clap::value_parser!(OsString)),
+                .value_parser(clap::value_parser!(OsString))
+                .value_name(translate!("split-var-name-input")),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(ARG_PREFIX)
                 .default_value("x")
-                .value_parser(clap::value_parser!(OsString)),
+                .value_parser(clap::value_parser!(OsString))
+                .value_name(translate!("split-var-name-prefix")),
         )
 }