diff --git a/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs b/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs
index b1443dbb9..2cf693af6 100644
--- a/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use std::io::{copy, stdin, stdout, Error, ErrorKind, Read, Result, Write};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::UResult;
+use uucore::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
 use uucore::{format_usage, help_about, help_section, help_usage, show_error};
 
 // spell-checker:ignore nopipe
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(options::OUTPUT_ERROR)
                 .require_equals(true)
                 .num_args(0..=1)
-                .value_parser([
+                .value_parser(ShortcutValueParser::new([
                     PossibleValue::new("warn")
                         .help("produce warnings for errors writing to any output"),
                     PossibleValue::new("warn-nopipe")
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                     PossibleValue::new("exit").help("exit on write errors to any output"),
                     PossibleValue::new("exit-nopipe")
                         .help("exit on write errors to any output that are not pipe errors (equivalent to exit on non-unix platforms)"),
-                ])
+                ]))
                 .help("set write error behavior")
                 .conflicts_with(options::IGNORE_PIPE_ERRORS),
         )
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_tee.rs b/tests/by-util/test_tee.rs
index 9ff4ea7dc..8b94fe77f 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_tee.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_tee.rs
@@ -311,6 +311,23 @@ mod linux_only {
         expect_correct(file_out_a, &at, content.as_str());
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_pipe_error_warn_nopipe_3_shortcut() {
+        let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+
+        let file_out_a = "tee_file_out_a";
+
+        let proc = ucmd
+            .arg("--output-error=warn-")
+            .arg(file_out_a)
+            .set_stdout(make_broken_pipe());
+
+        let (content, output) = run_tee(proc);
+
+        expect_success(&output);
+        expect_correct(file_out_a, &at, content.as_str());
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_pipe_error_warn() {
         let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
@@ -362,6 +379,23 @@ mod linux_only {
         expect_correct(file_out_a, &at, content.as_str());
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_pipe_error_exit_nopipe_shortcut() {
+        let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+
+        let file_out_a = "tee_file_out_a";
+
+        let proc = ucmd
+            .arg("--output-error=exit-nop")
+            .arg(file_out_a)
+            .set_stdout(make_broken_pipe());
+
+        let (content, output) = run_tee(proc);
+
+        expect_success(&output);
+        expect_correct(file_out_a, &at, content.as_str());
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_space_error_default() {
         let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();