diff --git a/scripts/rpc.py b/scripts/rpc.py
index 91a163d64..2750a54c4 100755
--- a/scripts/rpc.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     p = subparsers.add_parser('load_config', help="""Configure SPDK subsystems and tagets using JSON RPC. If no file is
     provided or file is '-' read configuration from stdin.""")
-    p.add_argument('--filename', help="""JSON Configuration file.""")
+    p.add_argument('-f', '--filename', help="""JSON Configuration file.""")
     p.set_defaults(func=load_config)
 
     # app