diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli.ts
index 27530c59ff215..708f9f5783677 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli.ts
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ async function parseCommandLineArguments(args: string[]) {
       .option('fail', { type: 'boolean', desc: 'Fail with exit code 1 in case of diff' })
       .option('processed', { type: 'boolean', desc: 'Whether to compare against the template with Transforms already processed', default: false })
       .option('quiet', { type: 'boolean', alias: 'q', desc: 'Do not print stack name and default message when there is no diff to stdout', default: false })
-      .option('change-set', { type: 'boolean', desc: 'Whether to create a changeset to analyze resource replacements. In this mode, diff will use the deploy role instead of the lookup role.', default: true }))
+      .option('change-set', { type: 'boolean', alias: 'changeset', desc: 'Whether to create a changeset to analyze resource replacements. In this mode, diff will use the deploy role instead of the lookup role.', default: true }))
     .command('metadata [STACK]', 'Returns all metadata associated with this stack')
     .command(['acknowledge [ID]', 'ack [ID]'], 'Acknowledge a notice so that it does not show up anymore')
     .command('notices', 'Returns a list of relevant notices')