diff --git a/src/config/cmdline.c b/src/config/cmdline.c
index cceee2fd8..add864517 100644
--- a/src/config/cmdline.c
+++ b/src/config/cmdline.c
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ union option_info cmdline_options_info[] = {
 	INIT_OPT_COMMAND("", NULL, "confdir", OPT_HIDDEN, redir_cmd, NULL),
 
 	INIT_OPT_CMDALIAS("", N_("Set mode of displaying colors in documents"),
-		"color-mode", OPT_ALIAS, "document.colors.use_document_colors",
+		"colors", OPT_ALIAS, "document.colors.use_document_colors",
 		N_("Possible values 0, 1 or 2.")),
 
 	INIT_OPT_STRING("", N_("Name of directory with configuration file"),