diff --git a/src/uu/id/src/id.rs b/src/uu/id/src/id.rs
index a32d955a3..33766ad1d 100644
--- a/src/uu/id/src/id.rs
+++ b/src/uu/id/src/id.rs
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
         "",
         "Display the process audit (not available on Linux)",
     );
-    opts.optflag("G", "", "Display the different group IDs");
-    opts.optflag("g", "", "Display the effective group ID as a number");
+    opts.optflag("G", "groups", "Display the different group IDs");
+    opts.optflag("g", "group", "Display the effective group ID as a number");
     opts.optflag(
         "n",
         "",
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     opts.optflag("P", "", "Display the id as a password file entry");
     opts.optflag("p", "", "Make the output human-readable");
     opts.optflag("r", "", "Display the real ID for the -g and -u options");
-    opts.optflag("u", "", "Display the effective user ID as a number");
+    opts.optflag("u", "user", "Display the effective user ID as a number");
 
     let matches = opts.parse(args);