diff --git a/doc/manuals/abicompat.rst b/doc/manuals/abicompat.rst
index 93c6ddf7..acb2ab06 100644
--- a/doc/manuals/abicompat.rst
+++ b/doc/manuals/abicompat.rst
@@ -44,27 +44,34 @@ Options
     scripts that wants to compare names of the application and
     libraries independently of what their directory names are.
 
-  * ``--app-debug-info-dir`` <path-to-app-debug-info-directory>
+  * ``--app-debug-info-dir | --appd`` <path-to-app-debug-info-directory>
 
     Set the path to the directory under which the debug information of
     the application is supposed to be laid out.  This is useful for
     application binaries for which the debug info is in a separate set
     of files.
 
-  * ``--lib-debug-info-dir1`` <path-to-lib1-debug-info>
+  * ``--lib-debug-info-dir1 | --libd1`` <path-to-lib1-debug-info>
 
     Set the path to the directory under which the debug information of
     the first version of the shared library is supposed to be laid
     out.  This is useful for shared library binaries for which the
     debug info is in a separate set of files.
 
-  * ``--lib-debug-info-dir2`` <path-to-lib1-debug-info>
+  * ``--lib-debug-info-dir2 | --libd2`` <path-to-lib1-debug-info>
 
     Set the path to the directory under which the debug information of
     the second version of the shared library is supposed to be laid
     out.  This is useful for shared library binaries for which the
     debug info is in a separate set of files.
 
+  * ``--suppressions | --suppr`` <*path-to-suppressions*>
+
+    Use a :ref:`suppression specification <suppr_spec_label>` file
+    located at *path-to-suppressions*.  Note that this option can
+    appear multiple times on the command line; all the suppression
+    specification files are then taken into account.
+
   * ``--no-show-locs``
 
    Do not show information about where in the *second shared library*
diff --git a/tools/abicompat.cc b/tools/abicompat.cc
index 73562c1b..0e444553 100644
--- a/tools/abicompat.cc
+++ b/tools/abicompat.cc
@@ -113,13 +113,13 @@ display_usage(const string& prog_name, ostream& out)
     "undefined symbols of the application\n"
     << "  --show-base-names|b  in the report, only show the base names "
     " of the files; not the full paths\n"
-    << "  --app-debug-info-dir <path-to-app-debug-info>  set the path "
+    << "  --app-debug-info-dir|--appd <path-to-app-debug-info>  set the path "
     "to the debug information directory for the application\n"
-    << "  --lib-debug-info-dir1 <path-to-lib-debug-info1>  set the path "
+    << "  --lib-debug-info-dir1|--libd1 <path-to-lib-debug-info1>  set the path "
     "to the debug information directory for the first library\n"
-    << "  --lib-debug-info-dir2 <path-to-lib-debug-info2>  set the path "
+    << "  --lib-debug-info-dir2|--libd2 <path-to-lib-debug-info2>  set the path "
     "to the debug information directory for the second library\n"
-    <<  "--suppressions <path> specify a suppression file\n"
+    <<  "--suppressions|--suppr <path> specify a suppression file\n"
     << "--no-redundant  do not display redundant changes\n"
     << "--no-show-locs  do now show location information\n"
     << "--redundant  display redundant changes (this is the default)\n"
@@ -159,7 +159,8 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, char* argv[], options& opts)
       else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--show-base-names")
 	       || !strcmp(argv[i], "-b"))
 	opts.show_base_names = true;
-      else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--app-debug-info-dir"))
+      else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--app-debug-info-dir")
+	       || !strcmp(argv[i], "--appd"))
 	{
 	  if (argc <= i + 1
 	      || argv[i + 1][0] == '-')
@@ -170,7 +171,8 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, char* argv[], options& opts)
 	    abigail::tools_utils::make_path_absolute(argv[i + 1]);
 	  ++i;
 	}
-      else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--lib-debug-info-dir1"))
+      else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--lib-debug-info-dir1")
+	       || !strcmp(argv[i], "--libd1"))
 	{
 	  if (argc <= i + 1
 	      || argv[i + 1][0] == '-')
@@ -181,7 +183,8 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, char* argv[], options& opts)
 	    abigail::tools_utils::make_path_absolute(argv[i + 1]);
 	  ++i;
 	}
-      else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--lib-debug-info-dir2"))
+      else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--lib-debug-info-dir2")
+	       || !strcmp(argv[i], "--libd2"))
 	{
 	  if (argc <= i + 1
 	      || argv[i + 1][0] == '-')
@@ -192,7 +195,8 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, char* argv[], options& opts)
 	    abigail::tools_utils::make_path_absolute(argv[i + 1]);
 	  ++i;
 	}
-      else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--suppressions"))
+      else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--suppressions")
+	       || !strcmp(argv[i], "--suppr"))
 	{
 	  int j = i + 1;
 	  if (j >= argc)