diff --git a/src/command_modules/azure-cli-configure/azure/cli/command_modules/configure/_params.py b/src/command_modules/azure-cli-configure/azure/cli/command_modules/configure/_params.py
index ce5bdce8615..4f628bc9501 100644
--- a/src/command_modules/azure-cli-configure/azure/cli/command_modules/configure/_params.py
+++ b/src/command_modules/azure-cli-configure/azure/cli/command_modules/configure/_params.py
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 from azure.cli.core.commands import register_cli_argument
 
 # pylint: disable=line-too-long
-register_cli_argument('configure', 'defaults', nargs='+',
+register_cli_argument('configure', 'defaults', nargs='+', options_list=('--defaults', '-d'),
                       help="space separated 'name=value' pairs for common arguments defaults, e.g. '--defaults group=myRG web=myweb vm=myvm'. Use '' to clear the defaults, e.g. --defaults vm='' web=''")