diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml
index bdead3f8b5..eac2faf2f8 100644
--- a/man/journalctl.xml
+++ b/man/journalctl.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
     <emphasis>are</emphasis> being shown.</para>
 
     <para>The set of journal files which will be used can be modified using the <option>--user</option>,
-    <option>--system</option>, <option>--directory</option>, and <option>--file</option> options, see
+    <option>--system</option>, <option>--directory=</option>, and <option>--file=</option> options, see
     below.</para>
 
     <para>All users are granted access to their private per-user journals. However, by default, only root and
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>
+        <term><option>-i <replaceable>GLOB</replaceable></option></term>
         <term><option>--file=<replaceable>GLOB</replaceable></option></term>
 
         <listitem><para>Takes a file glob as an argument. If specified, journalctl will operate on the
@@ -295,7 +296,7 @@
         <constant>2</constant> the second and so on; while <constant>-0</constant> is the last boot,
         <constant>-1</constant> the boot before last, and so on. An empty <replaceable>offset</replaceable>
         is equivalent to specifying <constant>-0</constant>, except when the current boot is not the last
-        boot (e.g. because <option>--directory</option> was specified to look at logs from a different
+        boot (e.g. because <option>--directory=</option> was specified to look at logs from a different
         machine).</para>
 
         <para>If the 32-character <replaceable>ID</replaceable> is specified, it may optionally be followed
diff --git a/src/journal/journalctl.c b/src/journal/journalctl.c
index c52a8d13be..e79acc65bc 100644
--- a/src/journal/journalctl.c
+++ b/src/journal/journalctl.c
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ static int help(void) {
                "  -M --machine=CONTAINER     Operate on local container\n"
                "  -m --merge                 Show entries from all available journals\n"
                "  -D --directory=PATH        Show journal files from directory\n"
-               "     --file=PATH             Show journal file\n"
+               "  -i --file=PATH             Show journal file\n"
                "     --root=PATH             Operate on an alternate filesystem root\n"
                "     --image=PATH            Operate on disk image as filesystem root\n"
                "     --image-policy=POLICY   Specify disk image dissection policy\n"
@@ -461,7 +461,6 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 ARG_HEADER,
                 ARG_FACILITY,
                 ARG_SETUP_KEYS,
-                ARG_FILE,
                 ARG_INTERVAL,
                 ARG_VERIFY,
                 ARG_VERIFY_KEY,
@@ -514,7 +513,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 { "system",               no_argument,       NULL, ARG_SYSTEM               },
                 { "user",                 no_argument,       NULL, ARG_USER                 },
                 { "directory",            required_argument, NULL, 'D'                      },
-                { "file",                 required_argument, NULL, ARG_FILE                 },
+                { "file",                 required_argument, NULL, 'i'                      },
                 { "root",                 required_argument, NULL, ARG_ROOT                 },
                 { "image",                required_argument, NULL, ARG_IMAGE                },
                 { "image-policy",         required_argument, NULL, ARG_IMAGE_POLICY         },
@@ -565,7 +564,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         assert(argc >= 0);
         assert(argv);
 
-        while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hefo:aln::qmb::kD:p:g:c:S:U:t:u:NF:xrM:", options, NULL)) >= 0)
+        while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hefo:aln::qmb::kD:p:g:c:S:U:t:u:NF:xrM:i:", options, NULL)) >= 0)
 
                 switch (c) {
 
@@ -727,7 +726,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         arg_directory = optarg;
                         break;
 
-                case ARG_FILE:
+                case 'i':
                         if (streq(optarg, "-"))
                                 /* An undocumented feature: we can read journal files from STDIN. We don't document
                                  * this though, since after all we only support this for mmap-able, seekable files, and