diff --git a/Documentation/rest-api-groups.txt b/Documentation/rest-api-groups.txt
index e0df4ca28a..336c7cabf1 100644
--- a/Documentation/rest-api-groups.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rest-api-groups.txt
@@ -174,13 +174,12 @@ Query 25 groups starting from index 50.
 
 [[suggest-group]]
 ==== Suggest Group
-The `suggest` option indicates a user-entered string that
+The `suggest` or `s` option indicates a user-entered string that
 should be auto-completed to group names.
 If this option is set and `n` is not set, then `n` defaults to 10.
 
-When using this option,
-the `project` or `p` option can be used to name the current project,
-to allow context-dependent suggestions.
+When using this option, the `project` or `p` option can be used to
+name the current project, to allow context-dependent suggestions.
 
 Not compatible with `visible-to-all`, `owned`, `user`, `match`, `q`,
 or `S`.
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/group/ListGroups.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/group/ListGroups.java
index f3a2ea2b8e..1b1ddbf7c1 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/group/ListGroups.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/group/ListGroups.java
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ public class ListGroups implements RestReadView<TopLevelResource> {
     this.matchSubstring = matchSubstring;
   }
 
-  @Option(name = "--suggest", usage = "to get a suggestion of groups")
+  @Option(name = "--suggest", aliases = {"-s"},
+      usage = "to get a suggestion of groups")
   public void setSuggest(String suggest) {
     this.suggest = suggest;
   }