diff --git a/core/commands/ls.go b/core/commands/ls.go
index f44d505ce..26a23be78 100644
--- a/core/commands/ls.go
+++ b/core/commands/ls.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ it contains, with the following format:
 		cmds.StringArg("ipfs-path", true, true, "The path to the IPFS object(s) to list links from").EnableStdin(),
 	},
 	Options: []cmds.Option{
-		cmds.BoolOption("headers", "", "Print table headers (Hash, Name, Size)"),
+		cmds.BoolOption("headers", "v", "Print table headers (Hash, Name, Size)"),
 	},
 	Run: func(req cmds.Request, res cmds.Response) {
 		node, err := req.InvocContext().GetNode()