diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 4235316..9891d8c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -693,17 +693,17 @@
 	OPT_STRING('o', "output", &output_name, "file", "output file name"),
 	OPT_STRING('p', "pid", &trace.opts.target.pid, "pid",
 		    "trace events on existing process id"),
-	OPT_STRING(0, "tid", &trace.opts.target.tid, "tid",
+	OPT_STRING('t', "tid", &trace.opts.target.tid, "tid",
 		    "trace events on existing thread id"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "all-cpus", &trace.opts.target.system_wide,
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all-cpus", &trace.opts.target.system_wide,
 		    "system-wide collection from all CPUs"),
-	OPT_STRING(0, "cpu", &trace.opts.target.cpu_list, "cpu",
+	OPT_STRING('C', "cpu", &trace.opts.target.cpu_list, "cpu",
 		    "list of cpus to monitor"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "no-inherit", &trace.opts.no_inherit,
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('i', "no-inherit", &trace.opts.no_inherit,
 		    "child tasks do not inherit counters"),
-	OPT_UINTEGER(0, "mmap-pages", &trace.opts.mmap_pages,
+	OPT_UINTEGER('m', "mmap-pages", &trace.opts.mmap_pages,
 		     "number of mmap data pages"),
-	OPT_STRING(0, "uid", &trace.opts.target.uid_str, "user",
+	OPT_STRING('u', "uid", &trace.opts.target.uid_str, "user",
 		   "user to profile"),
 	OPT_CALLBACK(0, "duration", &trace, "float",
 		     "show only events with duration > N.M ms",