diff --git a/lib/optparse.rb b/lib/optparse.rb
index 2ee592954c78ea..08abca220f14e2 100644
--- a/lib/optparse.rb
+++ b/lib/optparse.rb
@@ -1654,21 +1654,21 @@ def separator(string)
   #
   # Returns the rest of +argv+ left unparsed.
   #
-  def order(*argv, into: nil, &nonopt)
+  def order(*argv, **keywords, &nonopt)
     argv = argv[0].dup if argv.size == 1 and Array === argv[0]
-    order!(argv, into: into, &nonopt)
+    order!(argv, **keywords, &nonopt)
   end
 
   #
   # Same as #order, but removes switches destructively.
   # Non-option arguments remain in +argv+.
   #
-  def order!(argv = default_argv, into: nil, &nonopt)
+  def order!(argv = default_argv, into: nil, **keywords, &nonopt)
     setter = ->(name, val) {into[name.to_sym] = val} if into
-    parse_in_order(argv, setter, &nonopt)
+    parse_in_order(argv, setter, **keywords, &nonopt)
   end
 
-  def parse_in_order(argv = default_argv, setter = nil, &nonopt)  # :nodoc:
+  def parse_in_order(argv = default_argv, setter = nil, exact: require_exact, **, &nonopt)  # :nodoc:
     opt, arg, val, rest = nil
     nonopt ||= proc {|a| throw :terminate, a}
     argv.unshift(arg) if arg = catch(:terminate) {
@@ -1679,7 +1679,7 @@ def parse_in_order(argv = default_argv, setter = nil, &nonopt)  # :nodoc:
           opt, rest = $1, $2
           opt.tr!('_', '-')
           begin
-            if require_exact
+            if exact
               sw, = search(:long, opt)
             else
               sw, = complete(:long, opt, true)
@@ -1714,7 +1714,7 @@ def parse_in_order(argv = default_argv, setter = nil, &nonopt)  # :nodoc:
                 val = arg.delete_prefix('-')
                 has_arg = true
               rescue InvalidOption
-                raise if require_exact
+                raise if exact
                 # if no short options match, try completion with long
                 # options.
                 sw, = complete(:long, opt)
@@ -1779,18 +1779,18 @@ def callback!(cb, max_arity, *args) # :nodoc:
   # <code>[]=</code> method (so it can be Hash, or OpenStruct, or other
   # similar object).
   #
-  def permute(*argv, into: nil)
+  def permute(*argv, **keywords)
     argv = argv[0].dup if argv.size == 1 and Array === argv[0]
-    permute!(argv, into: into)
+    permute!(argv, **keywords)
   end
 
   #
   # Same as #permute, but removes switches destructively.
   # Non-option arguments remain in +argv+.
   #
-  def permute!(argv = default_argv, into: nil)
+  def permute!(argv = default_argv, **keywords)
     nonopts = []
-    order!(argv, into: into, &nonopts.method(:<<))
+    order!(argv, **keywords, &nonopts.method(:<<))
     argv[0, 0] = nonopts
     argv
   end
@@ -1802,20 +1802,20 @@ def permute!(argv = default_argv, into: nil)
   # values are stored there via <code>[]=</code> method (so it can be Hash,
   # or OpenStruct, or other similar object).
   #
-  def parse(*argv, into: nil)
+  def parse(*argv, **keywords)
     argv = argv[0].dup if argv.size == 1 and Array === argv[0]
-    parse!(argv, into: into)
+    parse!(argv, **keywords)
   end
 
   #
   # Same as #parse, but removes switches destructively.
   # Non-option arguments remain in +argv+.
   #
-  def parse!(argv = default_argv, into: nil)
+  def parse!(argv = default_argv, **keywords)
     if ENV.include?('POSIXLY_CORRECT')
-      order!(argv, into: into)
+      order!(argv, **keywords)
     else
-      permute!(argv, into: into)
+      permute!(argv, **keywords)
     end
   end
 
@@ -1838,7 +1838,7 @@ def parse!(argv = default_argv, into: nil)
   #   # params[:bar] = "x"  # --bar x
   #   # params[:zot] = "z"  # --zot Z
   #
-  def getopts(*args, symbolize_names: false)
+  def getopts(*args, symbolize_names: false, **keywords)
     argv = Array === args.first ? args.shift : default_argv
     single_options, *long_options = *args
 
@@ -1866,7 +1866,7 @@ def getopts(*args, symbolize_names: false)
       end
     end
 
-    parse_in_order(argv, result.method(:[]=))
+    parse_in_order(argv, result.method(:[]=), **keywords)
     symbolize_names ? result.transform_keys(&:to_sym) : result
   end
 
@@ -1979,10 +1979,10 @@ def candidate(word)
   # The optional +into+ keyword argument works exactly like that accepted in
   # method #parse.
   #
-  def load(filename = nil, into: nil)
+  def load(filename = nil, **keywords)
     unless filename
       basename = File.basename($0, '.*')
-      return true if load(File.expand_path(basename, '~/.options'), into: into) rescue nil
+      return true if load(File.expand_path(basename, '~/.options'), **keywords) rescue nil
       basename << ".options"
       return [
         # XDG
@@ -1994,11 +1994,11 @@ def load(filename = nil, into: nil)
         '~/config/settings',
       ].any? {|dir|
         next if !dir or dir.empty?
-        load(File.expand_path(basename, dir), into: into) rescue nil
+        load(File.expand_path(basename, dir), **keywords) rescue nil
       }
     end
     begin
-      parse(*File.readlines(filename, chomp: true), into: into)
+      parse(*File.readlines(filename, chomp: true), **keywords)
       true
     rescue Errno::ENOENT, Errno::ENOTDIR
       false
@@ -2011,10 +2011,10 @@ def load(filename = nil, into: nil)
   #
   # +env+ defaults to the basename of the program.
   #
-  def environment(env = File.basename($0, '.*'))
+  def environment(env = File.basename($0, '.*'), **keywords)
     env = ENV[env] || ENV[env.upcase] or return
     require 'shellwords'
-    parse(*Shellwords.shellwords(env))
+    parse(*Shellwords.shellwords(env), **keywords)
   end
 
   #
@@ -2331,19 +2331,19 @@ def options
     # Parses +self+ destructively in order and returns +self+ containing the
     # rest arguments left unparsed.
     #
-    def order!(&blk) options.order!(self, &blk) end
+    def order!(**keywords, &blk) options.order!(self, **keywords, &blk) end
 
     #
     # Parses +self+ destructively in permutation mode and returns +self+
     # containing the rest arguments left unparsed.
     #
-    def permute!() options.permute!(self) end
+    def permute!(**keywords) options.permute!(self, **keywords) end
 
     #
     # Parses +self+ destructively and returns +self+ containing the
     # rest arguments left unparsed.
     #
-    def parse!() options.parse!(self) end
+    def parse!(**keywords) options.parse!(self, **keywords) end
 
     #
     # Substitution of getopts is possible as follows. Also see
@@ -2356,8 +2356,8 @@ def parse!() options.parse!(self) end
     #   rescue OptionParser::ParseError
     #   end
     #
-    def getopts(*args, symbolize_names: false)
-      options.getopts(self, *args, symbolize_names: symbolize_names)
+    def getopts(*args, symbolize_names: false, **keywords)
+      options.getopts(self, *args, symbolize_names: symbolize_names, **keywords)
     end
 
     #
diff --git a/test/optparse/test_optparse.rb b/test/optparse/test_optparse.rb
index 3b9ccc756ace06..393b0334b136df 100644
--- a/test/optparse/test_optparse.rb
+++ b/test/optparse/test_optparse.rb
@@ -116,6 +116,35 @@ def test_require_exact
     assert_equal(false, @foo)
   end
 
+  def test_exact_option
+    @opt.def_option('-F', '--zrs=IRS', 'zrs')
+    %w(--zrs --zr --z -zfoo -z -F -Ffoo).each do |arg|
+      result = {}
+      @opt.parse([arg, 'foo'], into: result)
+      assert_equal({zrs: 'foo'}, result)
+    end
+
+    [%w(--zrs foo), %w(--zrs=foo), %w(-F foo), %w(-Ffoo)].each do |args|
+      result = {}
+      @opt.parse(args, into: result, exact: true)
+      assert_equal({zrs: 'foo'}, result)
+    end
+
+    assert_raise(OptionParser::InvalidOption) {@opt.parse(%w(--zr foo), exact: true)}
+    assert_raise(OptionParser::InvalidOption) {@opt.parse(%w(--z foo), exact: true)}
+    assert_raise(OptionParser::InvalidOption) {@opt.parse(%w(-zrs foo), exact: true)}
+    assert_raise(OptionParser::InvalidOption) {@opt.parse(%w(-zr foo), exact: true)}
+    assert_raise(OptionParser::InvalidOption) {@opt.parse(%w(-z foo), exact: true)}
+
+    @opt.def_option('-f', '--[no-]foo', 'foo') {|arg| @foo = arg}
+    @opt.parse(%w[-f], exact: true)
+    assert_equal(true, @foo)
+    @opt.parse(%w[--foo], exact: true)
+    assert_equal(true, @foo)
+    @opt.parse(%w[--no-foo], exact: true)
+    assert_equal(false, @foo)
+  end
+
   def test_raise_unknown
     @opt.def_option('--my-foo [ARG]') {|arg| @foo = arg}
     assert @opt.raise_unknown