diff --git a/dgraph/cmd/bulk/run.go b/dgraph/cmd/bulk/run.go
index 60c7ecbb1f8..a1bac61e6bb 100644
--- a/dgraph/cmd/bulk/run.go
+++ b/dgraph/cmd/bulk/run.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func init() {
 		"Number of reducers to run concurrently. Increasing this can improve performance, and "+
 			"must be less than or equal to the number of reduce shards.")
 	flag.Bool("version", false, "Prints the version of Dgraph Bulk Loader.")
-	flag.BoolP("store_xids", "x", false, "Generate an xid edge for each node.")
+	flag.Bool("store_xids", false, "Generate an xid edge for each node.")
 	flag.StringP("zero", "z", "localhost:5080", "gRPC address for Dgraph zero")
 	flag.String("xidmap", "", "Directory to store xid to uid mapping")
 	// TODO: Potentially move http server to main.
diff --git a/systest/bulk_live_fixture_test.go b/systest/bulk_live_fixture_test.go
index a0b1a5938c3..89eb1c2538f 100644
--- a/systest/bulk_live_fixture_test.go
+++ b/systest/bulk_live_fixture_test.go
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func (s *suite) setup(schemaFile, rdfFile string) {
 			"-s", schemaFile,
 			"--http", "localhost:"+strconv.Itoa(freePort(0)),
 			"-j=1",
-			"-x=true",
+			"--store_xids=true",
 			"-z", "localhost:"+s.bulkCluster.zeroPort,
 		)
 		bulkCmd.Dir = bulkDir