diff --git a/src/uu/od/src/od.rs b/src/uu/od/src/od.rs
index 1e7b4533a..642618cac 100644
--- a/src/uu/od/src/od.rs
+++ b/src/uu/od/src/od.rs
@@ -128,36 +128,27 @@ impl OdOptions {
             }
         };
 
-        let mut skip_bytes = match matches.value_of(options::SKIP_BYTES) {
-            None => 0,
-            Some(s) => match parse_number_of_bytes(s) {
-                Ok(i) => i,
-                Err(_) => {
-                    return Err(format!("Invalid argument --skip-bytes={}", s));
-                }
-            },
-        };
+        let mut skip_bytes = matches
+            .value_of(options::SKIP_BYTES)
+            .map(|s| {
+                parse_number_of_bytes(s).map_err(|_| format!("Invalid argument --skip-bytes={}", s))
+            })
+            .transpose()?
+            .unwrap_or(0);
 
         let mut label: Option<usize> = None;
 
-        let input_strings = match parse_inputs(&matches) {
-            Ok(CommandLineInputs::FileNames(v)) => v,
-            Ok(CommandLineInputs::FileAndOffset((f, s, l))) => {
+        let parsed_input = parse_inputs(&matches).map_err(|e| format!("Invalid inputs: {}", e))?;
+        let input_strings = match parsed_input {
+            CommandLineInputs::FileNames(v) => v,
+            CommandLineInputs::FileAndOffset((f, s, l)) => {
                 skip_bytes = s;
                 label = l;
                 vec![f]
             }
-            Err(e) => {
-                return Err(format!("Invalid inputs: {}", e));
-            }
         };
 
-        let formats = match parse_format_flags(&args) {
-            Ok(f) => f,
-            Err(e) => {
-                return Err(e);
-            }
-        };
+        let formats = parse_format_flags(&args)?;
 
         let mut line_bytes = match matches.value_of(options::WIDTH) {
             None => 16,
@@ -174,15 +165,12 @@ impl OdOptions {
 
         let output_duplicates = matches.is_present(options::OUTPUT_DUPLICATES);
 
-        let read_bytes = match matches.value_of(options::READ_BYTES) {
-            None => None,
-            Some(s) => match parse_number_of_bytes(s) {
-                Ok(i) => Some(i),
-                Err(_) => {
-                    return Err(format!("Invalid argument --read-bytes={}", s));
-                }
-            },
-        };
+        let read_bytes = matches
+            .value_of(options::READ_BYTES)
+            .map(|s| {
+                parse_number_of_bytes(s).map_err(|_| format!("Invalid argument --read-bytes={}", s))
+            })
+            .transpose()?;
 
         let radix = match matches.value_of(options::ADDRESS_RADIX) {
             None => Radix::Octal,
diff --git a/src/uu/od/src/parse_formats.rs b/src/uu/od/src/parse_formats.rs
index fca908016..f5b150d61 100644
--- a/src/uu/od/src/parse_formats.rs
+++ b/src/uu/od/src/parse_formats.rs
@@ -108,10 +108,8 @@ pub fn parse_format_flags(args: &[String]) -> Result<Vec<ParsedFormatterItemInfo
 
     for arg in arg_iter {
         if expect_type_string {
-            match parse_type_string(arg) {
-                Ok(v) => formats.extend(v.into_iter()),
-                Err(e) => return Err(e),
-            }
+            let v = parse_type_string(arg)?;
+            formats.extend(v.into_iter());
             expect_type_string = false;
         } else if arg.starts_with("--") {
             if arg.len() == 2 {
@@ -119,10 +117,8 @@ pub fn parse_format_flags(args: &[String]) -> Result<Vec<ParsedFormatterItemInfo
             }
             if arg.starts_with("--format=") {
                 let params: String = arg.chars().skip_while(|c| *c != '=').skip(1).collect();
-                match parse_type_string(&params) {
-                    Ok(v) => formats.extend(v.into_iter()),
-                    Err(e) => return Err(e),
-                }
+                let v = parse_type_string(&params)?;
+                formats.extend(v.into_iter());
             }
             if arg == "--format" {
                 expect_type_string = true;
@@ -145,10 +141,8 @@ pub fn parse_format_flags(args: &[String]) -> Result<Vec<ParsedFormatterItemInfo
                 }
             }
             if !format_spec.is_empty() {
-                match parse_type_string(&format_spec) {
-                    Ok(v) => formats.extend(v.into_iter()),
-                    Err(e) => return Err(e),
-                }
+                let v = parse_type_string(&format_spec)?;
+                formats.extend(v.into_iter());
                 expect_type_string = false;
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/uu/od/src/partialreader.rs b/src/uu/od/src/partialreader.rs
index ee3588830..f155a7bd2 100644
--- a/src/uu/od/src/partialreader.rs
+++ b/src/uu/od/src/partialreader.rs
@@ -36,16 +36,15 @@ impl<R: Read> Read for PartialReader<R> {
             while self.skip > 0 {
                 let skip_count = cmp::min(self.skip, MAX_SKIP_BUFFER);
 
-                match self.inner.read(&mut bytes[..skip_count]) {
-                    Ok(0) => {
+                match self.inner.read(&mut bytes[..skip_count])? {
+                    0 => {
                         // this is an error as we still have more to skip
                         return Err(io::Error::new(
                             io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof,
                             "tried to skip past end of input",
                         ));
                     }
-                    Ok(n) => self.skip -= n,
-                    Err(e) => return Err(e),
+                    n => self.skip -= n,
                 }
             }
         }