diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/bin/docusaurus.mjs b/packages/docusaurus/bin/docusaurus.mjs
index 6f03172bad9d..759aad41cc98 100755
--- a/packages/docusaurus/bin/docusaurus.mjs
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/bin/docusaurus.mjs
@@ -54,14 +54,8 @@ cli
     '--no-minify',
     'build website without minimizing JS bundles (default: false)',
   )
-  .action(async (siteDir, {bundleAnalyzer, config, outDir, locale, minify}) => {
-    build(await resolveDir(siteDir), {
-      bundleAnalyzer,
-      outDir,
-      config,
-      locale,
-      minify,
-    });
+  .action(async (siteDir, options) => {
+    build(await resolveDir(siteDir), options);
   });
 
 cli
@@ -86,9 +80,9 @@ cli
     'copy TypeScript theme files when possible (default: false)',
   )
   .option('--danger', 'enable swizzle for unsafe component of themes')
-  .action(async (themeName, componentName, siteDir, options) => {
-    swizzle(await resolveDir(siteDir), themeName, componentName, options);
-  });
+  .action(async (themeName, componentName, siteDir, options) =>
+    swizzle(await resolveDir(siteDir), themeName, componentName, options),
+  );
 
 cli
   .command('deploy [siteDir]')
@@ -109,13 +103,9 @@ cli
     '--skip-build',
     'skip building website before deploy it (default: false)',
   )
-  .action(async (siteDir, {outDir, skipBuild, config}) => {
-    deploy(await resolveDir(siteDir), {
-      outDir,
-      config,
-      skipBuild,
-    });
-  });
+  .action(async (siteDir, options) =>
+    deploy(await resolveDir(siteDir), options),
+  );
 
 cli
   .command('start [siteDir]')
@@ -136,18 +126,8 @@ cli
     '--poll [interval]',
     'use polling rather than watching for reload (default: false). Can specify a poll interval in milliseconds',
   )
-  .action(
-    async (siteDir, {port, host, locale, config, hotOnly, open, poll}) => {
-      start(await resolveDir(siteDir), {
-        port,
-        host,
-        locale,
-        config,
-        hotOnly,
-        open,
-        poll,
-      });
-    },
+  .action(async (siteDir, options) =>
+    start(await resolveDir(siteDir), options),
   );
 
 cli
@@ -164,44 +144,25 @@ cli
   .option('-p, --port <port>', 'use specified port (default: 3000)')
   .option('--build', 'build website before serving (default: false)')
   .option('-h, --host <host>', 'use specified host (default: localhost)')
-  .action(
-    async (
-      siteDir,
-      {
-        dir = 'build',
-        port = 3000,
-        host = 'localhost',
-        build: buildSite = false,
-        config,
-      },
-    ) => {
-      serve(await resolveDir(siteDir), {
-        dir,
-        port,
-        build: buildSite,
-        config,
-        host,
-      });
-    },
+  .action(async (siteDir, options) =>
+    serve(await resolveDir(siteDir), options),
   );
 
 cli
   .command('clear [siteDir]')
   .description('Remove build artifacts.')
-  .action(async (siteDir) => {
-    clear(await resolveDir(siteDir));
-  });
+  .action(async (siteDir) => clear(await resolveDir(siteDir)));
 
 cli
   .command('write-translations [siteDir]')
   .description('Extract required translations of your site.')
   .option(
     '-l, --locale <locale>',
-    'the locale folder to write the translations\n"--locale fr" will write translations in ./i18n/fr folder)',
+    'the locale folder to write the translations.\n"--locale fr" will write translations in the ./i18n/fr folder.',
   )
   .option(
     '--override',
-    'by default, we only append missing translation messages to existing translation files. This option allows to override existing translation messages. Make sure to commit or backup your existing translations, as they may be overridden',
+    'By default, we only append missing translation messages to existing translation files. This option allows to override existing translation messages. Make sure to commit or backup your existing translations, as they may be overridden. (default: false)',
   )
   .option(
     '--config <config>',
@@ -209,20 +170,10 @@ cli
   )
   .option(
     '--messagePrefix <messagePrefix>',
-    'allows to init new written messages with a given prefix. This might help you to highlight untranslated message to make them stand out in the UI',
+    'Allows to init new written messages with a given prefix. This might help you to highlight untranslated message by making them stand out in the UI (default: "")',
   )
-  .action(
-    async (
-      siteDir,
-      {locale = undefined, override = false, messagePrefix = '', config},
-    ) => {
-      writeTranslations(await resolveDir(siteDir), {
-        locale,
-        override,
-        config,
-        messagePrefix,
-      });
-    },
+  .action(async (siteDir, options) =>
+    writeTranslations(await resolveDir(siteDir), options),
   );
 
 cli
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/build.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/build.ts
index 8c211c225fba..69a35f758bb3 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/build.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/build.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import type {HelmetServerState} from 'react-helmet-async';
 
 export async function build(
   siteDir: string,
-  cliOptions: Partial<BuildCLIOptions> = {},
+  cliOptions: Partial<BuildCLIOptions>,
   // When running build, we force terminate the process to prevent async
   // operations from never returning. However, if run as part of docusaurus
   // deploy, we have to let deploy finish.
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/clear.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/clear.ts
index 600ab0703472..450b2f9e8751 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/clear.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/clear.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ async function removePath(entry: {path: string; description: string}) {
   }
 }
 
-export async function clear(siteDir: string): Promise<unknown> {
+export async function clear(siteDir: string): Promise<void> {
   const generatedFolder = {
     path: path.join(siteDir, GENERATED_FILES_DIR_NAME),
     description: 'generated folder',
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export async function clear(siteDir: string): Promise<unknown> {
     path: path.join(siteDir, p, '.cache'),
     description: 'Webpack persistent cache folder',
   }));
-  return Promise.all(
+  await Promise.all(
     [generatedFolder, buildFolder, ...cacheFolders].map(removePath),
   );
 }
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/deploy.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/deploy.ts
index 2382c696a889..2e0fbb504767 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/deploy.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/deploy.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function shellExecLog(cmd: string) {
 
 export async function deploy(
   siteDir: string,
-  cliOptions: Partial<BuildCLIOptions> = {},
+  cliOptions: Partial<BuildCLIOptions>,
 ): Promise<void> {
   const {outDir, siteConfig, siteConfigPath} = await loadContext({
     siteDir,
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/serve.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/serve.ts
index c1ef7e9e6e00..35ba82fd5a01 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/serve.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/serve.ts
@@ -12,13 +12,15 @@ import path from 'path';
 import {loadSiteConfig} from '../server/config';
 import {build} from './build';
 import {getCLIOptionHost, getCLIOptionPort} from './commandUtils';
+import {DEFAULT_BUILD_DIR_NAME} from '@docusaurus/utils';
 import type {ServeCLIOptions} from '@docusaurus/types';
 
 export async function serve(
   siteDir: string,
-  cliOptions: ServeCLIOptions,
+  cliOptions: Partial<ServeCLIOptions>,
 ): Promise<void> {
-  let dir = path.resolve(siteDir, cliOptions.dir);
+  const buildDir = cliOptions.dir ?? DEFAULT_BUILD_DIR_NAME;
+  let dir = path.resolve(siteDir, buildDir);
 
   if (cliOptions.build) {
     dir = await build(
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ export async function serve(
     });
   });
 
-  logger.success`Serving path=${cliOptions.dir} directory at url=${
+  logger.success`Serving path=${buildDir} directory at url=${
     servingUrl + baseUrl
   }.`;
   server.listen(port);
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/writeHeadingIds.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/writeHeadingIds.ts
index 83481a8f0708..fe15c0b1f3ef 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/writeHeadingIds.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/writeHeadingIds.ts
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ async function getPathsToWatch(siteDir: string): Promise<string[]> {
 
 export async function writeHeadingIds(
   siteDir: string,
-  files?: string[],
-  options?: WriteHeadingIDOptions,
+  files: string[],
+  options: WriteHeadingIDOptions,
 ): Promise<void> {
   const markdownFiles = await safeGlobby(
     files ?? (await getPathsToWatch(siteDir)),
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/writeTranslations.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/writeTranslations.ts
index 1e8a7f13637e..43acf9c5fab0 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/writeTranslations.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/writeTranslations.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ async function writePluginTranslationFiles({
 
 export async function writeTranslations(
   siteDir: string,
-  options: WriteTranslationsOptions & ConfigOptions & {locale?: string},
+  options: Partial<
+    WriteTranslationsOptions & ConfigOptions & {locale?: string}
+  >,
 ): Promise<void> {
   const context = await loadContext({
     siteDir,