diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/restapi/group/ListGroups.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/restapi/group/ListGroups.java
index 2567f6ab8c..7fe9e90106 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/restapi/group/ListGroups.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/restapi/group/ListGroups.java
@@ -205,7 +205,10 @@ public class ListGroups implements RestReadView<TopLevelResource> {
     options.addAll(ListGroupsOption.fromBits(Integer.parseInt(hex, 16)));
   }
 
-  @Option(name = "--owned-by", usage = "list groups owned by the given group uuid")
+  @Option(
+      name = "--owned-by",
+      aliases = {"--ownedby"},
+      usage = "list groups owned by the given group uuid")
   public void setOwnedBy(String ownedBy) {
     this.ownedBy = ownedBy;
   }