diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/compact.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/compact.rs
index c746e3d5b5..24dff5b559 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/compact.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/compact.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for Compact {
             },
             Example {
                 description: "Filter out all directory entries having no 'target'",
-                example: "ls -af | compact target",
+                example: "ls -la | compact target",
                 result: None,
             },
         ]
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/default.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/default.rs
index 83c69bcd1f..ffe0671da5 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/default.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/default.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for Default {
     fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
         vec![Example {
             description: "Give a default 'target' to all file entries",
-            example: "ls -af | default target 'nothing'",
+            example: "ls -la | default target 'nothing'",
             result: None,
         }]
     }
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/ls.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/ls.rs
index cd25fa92ec..ae3ac26ccd 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/ls.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/ls.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pub struct Ls;
 pub struct LsArgs {
     pub path: Option<Tagged<PathBuf>>,
     pub all: bool,
-    pub full: bool,
+    pub long: bool,
     #[serde(rename = "short-names")]
     pub short_names: bool,
     #[serde(rename = "with-symlink-targets")]
@@ -33,25 +33,26 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for Ls {
                 SyntaxShape::Pattern,
                 "a path to get the directory contents from",
             )
-            .switch("all", "also show hidden files", Some('a'))
+            .switch("all", "Show hidden files", Some('a'))
             .switch(
-                "full",
-                "list all available columns for each entry",
-                Some('f'),
+                "long",
+                "List all available columns for each entry",
+                Some('l'),
             )
             .switch(
                 "short-names",
-                "only print the file names and not the path",
+                "Only print the file names and not the path",
                 Some('s'),
             )
             .switch(
+                // Delete this
                 "with-symlink-targets",
-                "display the paths to the target files that symlinks point to",
+                "Display the paths to the target files that symlinks point to",
                 Some('w'),
             )
             .switch(
                 "du",
-                "display the apparent directory size in place of the directory metadata size",
+                "Display the apparent directory size in place of the directory metadata size",
                 Some('d'),
             )
     }
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/data/files.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/data/files.rs
index d2eaeda030..4bdeada8e1 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/data/files.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/data/files.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ pub(crate) fn dir_entry_dict(
     filename: &std::path::Path,
     metadata: Option<&std::fs::Metadata>,
     tag: impl Into<Tag>,
-    full: bool,
+    long: bool,
     short_name: bool,
     with_symlink_targets: bool,
     du: bool,
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ pub(crate) fn dir_entry_dict(
     let tag = tag.into();
     let mut dict = TaggedDictBuilder::new(&tag);
     // Insert all columns first to maintain proper table alignment if we can't find (or are not allowed to view) any information
-    if full {
+    if long {
         #[cfg(windows)]
         {
             for column in [
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ pub(crate) fn dir_entry_dict(
         dict.insert_untagged("type", get_file_type(md));
     }
 
-    if full || with_symlink_targets {
+    if long || with_symlink_targets {
         if let Some(md) = metadata {
             if md.file_type().is_symlink() {
                 let symlink_target_untagged_value: UntaggedValue;
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ pub(crate) fn dir_entry_dict(
         }
     }
 
-    if full {
+    if long {
         if let Some(md) = metadata {
             dict.insert_untagged(
                 "readonly",
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ pub(crate) fn dir_entry_dict(
     }
 
     if let Some(md) = metadata {
-        if full {
+        if long {
             if let Ok(c) = md.created() {
                 dict.insert_untagged("created", UntaggedValue::system_date(c));
             }
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/shell/filesystem_shell.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/shell/filesystem_shell.rs
index 7bd10857e6..69dd2300d5 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/shell/filesystem_shell.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/shell/filesystem_shell.rs
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ impl Shell for FilesystemShell {
         LsArgs {
             path,
             all,
-            full,
+            long,
             short_names,
             with_symlink_targets,
             du,
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ impl Shell for FilesystemShell {
                 &path,
                 metadata.as_ref(),
                 name_tag.clone(),
-                full,
+                long,
                 short_names,
                 with_symlink_targets,
                 du,
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/ls.rs b/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/ls.rs
index 632b2131c5..bbc907e72e 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/ls.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/ls.rs
@@ -180,10 +180,10 @@ fn list_all_columns() {
             );
             let expected = ["name", "type", "target", "size", "modified"].join("");
             assert_eq!(actual.out, expected, "column names are incorrect for ls -w");
-            // Full
+            // Long
             let actual = nu!(
                 cwd: dirs.test(),
-                "ls -f | get | to md"
+                "ls -l | get | to md"
             );
             let expected = {
                 #[cfg(unix)]
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ fn list_all_columns() {
             };
             assert_eq!(
                 actual.out, expected,
-                "column names are incorrect for ls full"
+                "column names are incorrect for ls long"
             );
         },
     );
diff --git a/crates/nu-parser/src/parse.rs b/crates/nu-parser/src/parse.rs
index bc34fdf69e..c5ab69e684 100644
--- a/crates/nu-parser/src/parse.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-parser/src/parse.rs
@@ -805,8 +805,8 @@ mod test {
     }
 }
 
-/// Match the available flags in a signature with what the user provided. This will check both long-form flags (--full) and shorthand flags (-f)
-/// This also allows users to provide a group of shorthand flags (-af) that correspond to multiple shorthand flags at once.
+/// Match the available flags in a signature with what the user provided. This will check both long-form flags (--long) and shorthand flags (-l)
+/// This also allows users to provide a group of shorthand flags (-la) that correspond to multiple shorthand flags at once.
 fn get_flags_from_flag(
     signature: &nu_protocol::Signature,
     cmd: &Spanned<String>,
diff --git a/crates/nu_plugin_ps/src/nu/mod.rs b/crates/nu_plugin_ps/src/nu/mod.rs
index 7801ecb898..7604b31284 100644
--- a/crates/nu_plugin_ps/src/nu/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu_plugin_ps/src/nu/mod.rs
@@ -10,15 +10,15 @@ impl Plugin for Ps {
         Ok(Signature::build("ps")
             .desc("View information about system processes.")
             .switch(
-                "full",
+                "long",
                 "list all available columns for each entry",
-                Some('f'),
+                Some('l'),
             )
             .filter())
     }
 
     fn begin_filter(&mut self, callinfo: CallInfo) -> Result<Vec<ReturnValue>, ShellError> {
-        Ok(block_on(ps(callinfo.name_tag, callinfo.args.has("full")))?
+        Ok(block_on(ps(callinfo.name_tag, callinfo.args.has("long")))?
             .into_iter()
             .map(ReturnSuccess::value)
             .collect())
diff --git a/crates/nu_plugin_ps/src/ps.rs b/crates/nu_plugin_ps/src/ps.rs
index cb80c0d9ac..28be7007a0 100644
--- a/crates/nu_plugin_ps/src/ps.rs
+++ b/crates/nu_plugin_ps/src/ps.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ async fn usage(process: Process) -> ProcessResult<(process::Process, Ratio, proc
     Ok((process, usage_2 - usage_1, memory))
 }
 
-pub async fn ps(tag: Tag, full: bool) -> Result<Vec<Value>, ShellError> {
+pub async fn ps(tag: Tag, long: bool) -> Result<Vec<Value>, ShellError> {
     let processes = process::processes()
         .await
         .map_err(|_| {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ pub async fn ps(tag: Tag, full: bool) -> Result<Vec<Value>, ShellError> {
                 "virtual",
                 UntaggedValue::filesize(memory.vms().get::<information::byte>()),
             );
-            if full {
+            if long {
                 if let Ok(parent_pid) = process.parent_pid().await {
                     dict.insert_untagged("parent", UntaggedValue::int(parent_pid))
                 }
diff --git a/docs/commands/histogram.md b/docs/commands/histogram.md
index 8db4aad903..c610a1ebb9 100644
--- a/docs/commands/histogram.md
+++ b/docs/commands/histogram.md
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ We can also set the name of the second column or sort the table:
 Of course, histogram operations are not restricted to just analyzing numbers in files, you can also analyze your directories
 
 ```shell
-> ls -fa | histogram type | sort-by count
+> ls -la | histogram type | sort-by count
 ───┬─────────┬───────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  # │ type    │ count │ frequency
 ───┼─────────┼───────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/docs/commands/history.md b/docs/commands/history.md
index 1847d1389c..1cbe8016bc 100644
--- a/docs/commands/history.md
+++ b/docs/commands/history.md
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ Displays the last 100 commands.
 ...
  97  │ date
  98  │ ls
- 99  │ ls -fa
+ 99  │ ls -la
 ─────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 ```
diff --git a/docs/commands/where.md b/docs/commands/where.md
index 7ef791fab0..c400067045 100644
--- a/docs/commands/where.md
+++ b/docs/commands/where.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Dates can also be compared using the duration types. For example, `where accesse
 
 ## Boolean check
 
-Where with the form `| where readonly` is used to check boolean values. For example, the command `ls --full | where readonly` will list only those files that are readonly.
+Where with the form `| where readonly` is used to check boolean values. For example, the command `ls --long | where readonly` will list only those files that are readonly.
 
 ## Usage
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Where with the form `| where readonly` is used to check boolean values. For exam
 ```
 
 ```shell
-> ls -f | where accessed <= 1w
+> ls -l | where accessed <= 1w
 ───┬────────────────────┬──────┬────────┬──────────┬───────────┬─────────────┬───────┬──────────┬──────────────┬─────────────┬─────────────
  # │ name               │ type │ target │ readonly │ mode      │ uid         │ group │ size     │ created      │ accessed    │ modified
 ───┼────────────────────┼──────┼────────┼──────────┼───────────┼─────────────┼───────┼──────────┼──────────────┼─────────────┼─────────────
diff --git a/docs/sample_config/config.toml b/docs/sample_config/config.toml
index 9ff26ef5b8..ab6412d303 100644
--- a/docs/sample_config/config.toml
+++ b/docs/sample_config/config.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ header_align = "l"
 header_color = "c"
 header_bold = true
 nonzero_exit_errors = true
-startup = ["alias la [path] {ls --full $path}", "alias nudown [] {fetch https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nushell/releases | get assets | select name download_count}"]
+startup = ["alias la [path] {ls --long $path}", "alias nudown [] {fetch https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nushell/releases | get assets | select name download_count}"]
 table_mode = "other"
 plugin_dirs = ["D:\\Src\\GitHub\\nu-plugin-lib\\samples\\Nu.Plugin.Len\\bin\\Debug\\netcoreapp3.1"]
 pivot_mode = "auto"
@@ -44,4 +44,4 @@ theme = "TwoDark"
 
 # To add path and env do this
 # > config set path $nu.path
-# > config set env $nu.env
\ No newline at end of file
+# > config set env $nu.env