diff --git a/server/reagent.py b/server/reagent.py
index ff66904fd..e42c01c19 100644
--- a/server/reagent.py
+++ b/server/reagent.py
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ help_opts = [
         (2, '--quiet', 2, _('print results in a scriptable way')),
     None,
     (1, 'repo', 3, _('manage a repository')),
-        (2, '--initialize', 3, _('(re)initialize the current repository database')),
-            (3, '--repo=<repo>', 2, _('(re)create the database for the specified repository')),
+        (2, 'init', 3, _('(re)initialize the current repository')),
         (2, 'bump', 4, _('manually force a revision bump for the current repository database')),
             (3, '--sync', 3, _('synchronize the database')),
         (2, 'flushback [branches]', 2, _('flush back old branches packages to current branch')),
diff --git a/server/server_reagent.py b/server/server_reagent.py
index bc41991ce..1378c0c07 100644
--- a/server/server_reagent.py
+++ b/server/server_reagent.py
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ def _repositories(entropy_server, options):
     elif cmd == "multiremove":
         return _multiremove_packages(entropy_server, myopts)
 
-    elif cmd == "--initialize":
+    elif cmd == "init":
         rc = entropy_server.initialize_repository(default_repository_id)
         if rc == 0:
             print_info(darkgreen(" * ") + \