diff --git a/lib/config/cli.js b/lib/config/cli.js
index ecf0b8665c9b62a675acf976aaf82cd15f3fff6d..3f41b2e9879a6b415c4d0db14770ef4a30c94791 100644
--- a/lib/config/cli.js
+++ b/lib/config/cli.js
@@ -5,18 +5,19 @@ const config = {};
 
 program
   .arguments('[repositories...]')
-  .option('--dep-types <list>', 'List of dependency types', list)
-  .option('--ignore-deps <list>', 'List of dependencies to ignore', list)
-  .option('--labels <list>', 'List of labels to apply', list)
-  .option('--log-level <level>', 'Log Level')
-  .option('--package-files <list>', 'List of package.json file names', list)
-  .option('--recreate-prs', 'Recreate PRs if previously closed')
-  .option('--token <token>', 'GitHub Auth Token')
+  .option('-d, --dep-types <list>', 'List of dependency types', list)
+  .option('-i, --ignore-deps <list>', 'List of dependencies to ignore', list)
+  .option('-b, --labels <list>', 'List of labels to apply', list)
+  .option('-l, --log-level <level>', 'Log Level')
+  .option('-p, --package-files <list>', 'List of package.json file names', list)
+  .option('-r, --recreate-prs', 'Recreate PRs if previously closed')
+  .option('-t, --token <token>', 'GitHub Auth Token')
   .on('--help', () => {
     /* eslint-disable no-console */
     console.log('  Examples:');
     console.log('');
     console.log('    $ renovate --token abc123 singapore/lint-condo');
+    console.log('    $ renovate --token abc123 -l verbose singapore/lint-condo');
     console.log('    $ renovate --token abc123 singapore/lint-condo singapore/package-test');
     console.log('');
     /* eslint-enable no-console */