diff --git a/cmd/zrok/reserve.go b/cmd/zrok/reserve.go
index c0db42a6..a4d552fc 100644
--- a/cmd/zrok/reserve.go
+++ b/cmd/zrok/reserve.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func newReserveCommand() *reserveCommand {
 	command := &reserveCommand{cmd: cmd}
 	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(&command.basicAuth, "basic-auth", []string{}, "Basic authentication users (<username:password>,...)")
 	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(&command.frontendSelection, "frontends", []string{"public"}, "Selected frontends to use for the share")
-	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&command.backendMode, "backend-mode", "proxy", "The backend mode {proxy, web, <tcpTunnel, udpTunnel>, caddy}")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&command.backendMode, "backend-mode", "b", "proxy", "The backend mode {proxy, web, <tcpTunnel, udpTunnel>, caddy}")
 	cmd.Run = command.run
 	return command
 }
diff --git a/cmd/zrok/sharePrivate.go b/cmd/zrok/sharePrivate.go
index 0de9d9a7..ae10692e 100644
--- a/cmd/zrok/sharePrivate.go
+++ b/cmd/zrok/sharePrivate.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func newSharePrivateCommand() *sharePrivateCommand {
 	}
 	command := &sharePrivateCommand{cmd: cmd}
 	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(&command.basicAuth, "basic-auth", []string{}, "Basic authentication users (<username:password>,...")
-	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&command.backendMode, "backend-mode", "proxy", "The backend mode {proxy, web, tcpTunnel, udpTunnel, caddy}")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&command.backendMode, "backend-mode", "b", "proxy", "The backend mode {proxy, web, tcpTunnel, udpTunnel, caddy}")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&command.headless, "headless", false, "Disable TUI and run headless")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&command.insecure, "insecure", false, "Enable insecure TLS certificate validation for <target>")
 	cmd.Run = command.run
diff --git a/cmd/zrok/sharePublic.go b/cmd/zrok/sharePublic.go
index b5ac19d8..00f4cd55 100644
--- a/cmd/zrok/sharePublic.go
+++ b/cmd/zrok/sharePublic.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func newSharePublicCommand() *sharePublicCommand {
 	command := &sharePublicCommand{cmd: cmd}
 	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(&command.basicAuth, "basic-auth", []string{}, "Basic authentication users (<username:password>,...)")
 	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(&command.frontendSelection, "frontends", []string{"public"}, "Selected frontends to use for the share")
-	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&command.backendMode, "backend-mode", "proxy", "The backend mode {proxy, web, caddy}")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&command.backendMode, "backend-mode", "b", "proxy", "The backend mode {proxy, web, caddy}")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&command.headless, "headless", false, "Disable TUI and run headless")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&command.insecure, "insecure", false, "Enable insecure TLS certificate validation for <target>")
 	cmd.Run = command.run