diff --git a/features/core.feature b/features/core.feature
index 08f7aea8..7ad048f5 100644
--- a/features/core.feature
+++ b/features/core.feature
@@ -47,3 +47,11 @@ Feature: Basic reading and writing to a journal
         When we run "jrnl -v"
         Then we should get no error
         Then the output should contain "version"
+
+    Scenario: --short and -s display the short version of entries (only the title)
+      Given we use the config "basic.yaml"
+      When we run "jrnl -on 2013-06-10 --short"
+      Then the output should be "2013-06-10 15:40 Life is good."
+      When we run "jrnl -on 2013-06-10 -s"
+      Then the output should be "2013-06-10 15:40 Life is good."
+
diff --git a/jrnl/cli.py b/jrnl/cli.py
index 389afc0a..11388ca7 100644
--- a/jrnl/cli.py
+++ b/jrnl/cli.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def parse_args(args=None):
     reading.add_argument('-n', dest='limit', default=None, metavar="N", help="Shows the last n entries matching the filter. '-n 3' and '-3' have the same effect.", nargs="?", type=int)
 
     exporting = parser.add_argument_group('Export / Import', 'Options for transmogrifying your journal')
-    exporting.add_argument('--short', dest='short', action="store_true", help='Show only titles or line containing the search tags')
+    exporting.add_argument('-s', '--short', dest='short', action="store_true", help='Show only titles or line containing the search tags')
     exporting.add_argument('--tags', dest='tags', action="store_true", help='Returns a list of all tags and number of occurences')
     exporting.add_argument('--export', metavar='TYPE', dest='export', choices=plugins.BaseExporter.PLUGIN_NAMES, help='Export your journal. TYPE can be %s.' % plugins.BaseExporter.get_plugin_types_string(), default=False, const=None)
     exporting.add_argument('-o', metavar='OUTPUT', dest='output', help='Optionally specifies output file when using --export. If OUTPUT is a directory, exports each entry into an individual file instead.', default=False, const=None)