diff --git a/lib/types/json.js b/lib/types/json.js
index 5b4a5ff..4647c0a 100644
--- a/lib/types/json.js
+++ b/lib/types/json.js
@@ -12,13 +12,12 @@
  * @private
  */
 
-var bytes = require('bytes')
 var createError = require('http-errors')
 var debug = require('debug')('body-parser:json')
 var isFinished = require('on-finished').isFinished
 var read = require('../read')
 var typeis = require('type-is')
-var { getCharset, typeChecker } = require('../utils')
+var { getCharset, normalizeOptions } = require('../utils')
 
 /**
  * Module exports.
@@ -53,24 +52,10 @@ var JSON_SYNTAX_REGEXP = /#+/g
 
 function json (options) {
   var opts = options || {}
+  var { inflate, limit, verify, shouldParse } = normalizeOptions(opts, 'application/json')
 
-  var limit = typeof opts.limit !== 'number'
-    ? bytes.parse(opts.limit || '100kb')
-    : opts.limit
-  var inflate = opts.inflate !== false
   var reviver = opts.reviver
   var strict = opts.strict !== false
-  var type = opts.type || 'application/json'
-  var verify = opts.verify || false
-
-  if (verify !== false && typeof verify !== 'function') {
-    throw new TypeError('option verify must be function')
-  }
-
-  // create the appropriate type checking function
-  var shouldParse = typeof type !== 'function'
-    ? typeChecker(type)
-    : type
 
   function parse (body) {
     if (body.length === 0) {
diff --git a/lib/types/raw.js b/lib/types/raw.js
index f393111..611ac0c 100644
--- a/lib/types/raw.js
+++ b/lib/types/raw.js
@@ -10,12 +10,11 @@
  * Module dependencies.
  */
 
-var bytes = require('bytes')
 var debug = require('debug')('body-parser:raw')
 var isFinished = require('on-finished').isFinished
 var read = require('../read')
 var typeis = require('type-is')
-var { typeChecker } = require('../utils')
+var { normalizeOptions } = require('../utils')
 
 /**
  * Module exports.
@@ -33,22 +32,7 @@ module.exports = raw
 
 function raw (options) {
   var opts = options || {}
-
-  var inflate = opts.inflate !== false
-  var limit = typeof opts.limit !== 'number'
-    ? bytes.parse(opts.limit || '100kb')
-    : opts.limit
-  var type = opts.type || 'application/octet-stream'
-  var verify = opts.verify || false
-
-  if (verify !== false && typeof verify !== 'function') {
-    throw new TypeError('option verify must be function')
-  }
-
-  // create the appropriate type checking function
-  var shouldParse = typeof type !== 'function'
-    ? typeChecker(type)
-    : type
+  var { inflate, limit, verify, shouldParse } = normalizeOptions(opts, 'application/octet-stream')
 
   function parse (buf) {
     return buf
diff --git a/lib/types/text.js b/lib/types/text.js
index 8cbd333..3b51060 100644
--- a/lib/types/text.js
+++ b/lib/types/text.js
@@ -10,12 +10,11 @@
  * Module dependencies.
  */
 
-var bytes = require('bytes')
 var debug = require('debug')('body-parser:text')
 var isFinished = require('on-finished').isFinished
 var read = require('../read')
 var typeis = require('type-is')
-var { getCharset, typeChecker } = require('../utils')
+var { getCharset, normalizeOptions } = require('../utils')
 
 /**
  * Module exports.
@@ -33,23 +32,9 @@ module.exports = text
 
 function text (options) {
   var opts = options || {}
+  var { inflate, limit, verify, shouldParse } = normalizeOptions(opts, 'text/plain')
 
   var defaultCharset = opts.defaultCharset || 'utf-8'
-  var inflate = opts.inflate !== false
-  var limit = typeof opts.limit !== 'number'
-    ? bytes.parse(opts.limit || '100kb')
-    : opts.limit
-  var type = opts.type || 'text/plain'
-  var verify = opts.verify || false
-
-  if (verify !== false && typeof verify !== 'function') {
-    throw new TypeError('option verify must be function')
-  }
-
-  // create the appropriate type checking function
-  var shouldParse = typeof type !== 'function'
-    ? typeChecker(type)
-    : type
 
   function parse (buf) {
     return buf
diff --git a/lib/types/urlencoded.js b/lib/types/urlencoded.js
index a974f34..725fec2 100644
--- a/lib/types/urlencoded.js
+++ b/lib/types/urlencoded.js
@@ -12,14 +12,13 @@
  * @private
  */
 
-var bytes = require('bytes')
 var createError = require('http-errors')
 var debug = require('debug')('body-parser:urlencoded')
 var isFinished = require('on-finished').isFinished
 var read = require('../read')
 var typeis = require('type-is')
 var qs = require('qs')
-var { getCharset, typeChecker } = require('../utils')
+var { getCharset, normalizeOptions } = require('../utils')
 
 /**
  * Module exports.
@@ -37,21 +36,12 @@ module.exports = urlencoded
 
 function urlencoded (options) {
   var opts = options || {}
+  var { inflate, limit, verify, shouldParse } = normalizeOptions(opts, 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
 
   var extended = Boolean(opts.extended)
-  var inflate = opts.inflate !== false
-  var limit = typeof opts.limit !== 'number'
-    ? bytes.parse(opts.limit || '100kb')
-    : opts.limit
-  var type = opts.type || 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
-  var verify = opts.verify || false
   var charsetSentinel = opts.charsetSentinel
   var interpretNumericEntities = opts.interpretNumericEntities
 
-  if (verify !== false && typeof verify !== 'function') {
-    throw new TypeError('option verify must be function')
-  }
-
   var defaultCharset = opts.defaultCharset || 'utf-8'
   if (defaultCharset !== 'utf-8' && defaultCharset !== 'iso-8859-1') {
     throw new TypeError('option defaultCharset must be either utf-8 or iso-8859-1')
@@ -60,11 +50,6 @@ function urlencoded (options) {
   // create the appropriate query parser
   var queryparse = createQueryParser(opts, extended)
 
-  // create the appropriate type checking function
-  var shouldParse = typeof type !== 'function'
-    ? typeChecker(type)
-    : type
-
   function parse (body, encoding) {
     return body.length
       ? queryparse(body, encoding)
diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index 3e97f78..6f255f4 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  * Module dependencies.
  */
 
+var bytes = require('bytes')
 var contentType = require('content-type')
 var typeis = require('type-is')
 
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ var typeis = require('type-is')
 
 module.exports = {
   getCharset,
-  typeChecker
+  normalizeOptions
 }
 
 /**
@@ -49,3 +50,35 @@ function typeChecker (type) {
     return Boolean(typeis(req, type))
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Normalizes the common options for all parsers.
+ *
+ * @param {object} options
+ * @param {string} defaultType
+ * @returns {object}
+ */
+function normalizeOptions (options, defaultType) {
+  var inflate = options.inflate !== false
+  var limit = typeof options.limit !== 'number'
+    ? bytes.parse(options.limit || '100kb')
+    : options.limit
+  var type = options.type || defaultType
+  var verify = options.verify || false
+
+  if (verify !== false && typeof verify !== 'function') {
+    throw new TypeError('option verify must be function')
+  }
+
+  // create the appropriate type checking function
+  var shouldParse = typeof type !== 'function'
+    ? typeChecker(type)
+    : type
+
+  return {
+    inflate,
+    limit,
+    verify,
+    shouldParse
+  }
+}