diff --git a/doc/03-cli.md b/doc/03-cli.md
index e3a68cccc..7db7d6239 100644
--- a/doc/03-cli.md
+++ b/doc/03-cli.md
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ php composer.phar update vendor/package:2.0.1 vendor/package2:3.0.*
 * **--no-scripts:** Skips execution of scripts defined in `composer.json`.
 * **--no-progress:** Removes the progress display that can mess with some
   terminals or scripts which don't handle backspace characters.
-* **--with-dependencies:** Update also dependencies of packages in the argument list, except those which are root requirements.
-* **--with-all-dependencies:** Update also dependencies of packages in the argument list, including those which are root requirements.
+* **--with-dependencies (-w):** Update also dependencies of packages in the argument list, except those which are root requirements.
+* **--with-all-dependencies (-W):** Update also dependencies of packages in the argument list, including those which are root requirements.
 * **--optimize-autoloader (-o):** Convert PSR-0/4 autoloading to classmap to get a faster
   autoloader. This is recommended especially for production, but can take
   a bit of time to run, so it is currently not done by default.
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@ If you do not specify a package, composer will prompt you to search for a packag
 * **--no-install:** Does not run the install step after updating the composer.lock file.
 * **--no-scripts:** Skips execution of scripts defined in `composer.json`.
 * **--update-no-dev:** Run the dependency update with the `--no-dev` option.
-* **--update-with-dependencies:** Also update dependencies of the newly required packages, except those that are root requirements.
-* **--update-with-all-dependencies:** Also update dependencies of the newly required packages, including those that are root requirements.
+* **--update-with-dependencies (-w):** Also update dependencies of the newly required packages, except those that are root requirements.
+* **--update-with-all-dependencies (-W):** Also update dependencies of the newly required packages, including those that are root requirements.
 * **--ignore-platform-reqs:** ignore all platform requirements (`php`, `hhvm`,
   `lib-*` and `ext-*`) and force the installation even if the local machine does
   not fulfill these.
@@ -278,7 +278,10 @@ uninstalled.
 * **--no-install:** Does not run the install step after updating the composer.lock file.
 * **--no-scripts:** Skips execution of scripts defined in `composer.json`.
 * **--update-no-dev:** Run the dependency update with the --no-dev option.
-* **--update-with-dependencies:** Also update dependencies of the removed packages.
+* **--update-with-dependencies (-w):** Also update dependencies of the removed packages.
+  (Deprecrated, is now default behavior)
+* **--update-with-all-dependencies (-W):** Allows all inherited dependencies to be updated,
+  including those that are root requirements.
 * **--ignore-platform-reqs:** ignore all platform requirements (`php`, `hhvm`,
   `lib-*` and `ext-*`) and force the installation even if the local machine does
   not fulfill these.
diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/RemoveCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/RemoveCommand.php
index 53c040412..4a7942e55 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/RemoveCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/RemoveCommand.php
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ class RemoveCommand extends BaseCommand
                 new InputOption('no-install', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Skip the install step after updating the composer.lock file.'),
                 new InputOption('no-scripts', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Skips the execution of all scripts defined in composer.json file.'),
                 new InputOption('update-no-dev', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Run the dependency update with the --no-dev option.'),
-                new InputOption('update-with-dependencies', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Allows inherited dependencies to be updated with explicit dependencies. (Deprecrated, is now default behavior)'),
-                new InputOption('update-with-all-dependencies', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Allows all inherited dependencies to be updated, including those that are root requirements.'),
+                new InputOption('update-with-dependencies', 'w', InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Allows inherited dependencies to be updated with explicit dependencies. (Deprecrated, is now default behavior)'),
+                new InputOption('update-with-all-dependencies', 'W', InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Allows all inherited dependencies to be updated, including those that are root requirements.'),
                 new InputOption('with-all-dependencies', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Alias for --update-with-all-dependencies'),
                 new InputOption('no-update-with-dependencies', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Does not allow inherited dependencies to be updated with explicit dependencies.'),
                 new InputOption('unused', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Remove all packages which are locked but not required by any other package.'),
diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/RequireCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/RequireCommand.php
index b60c3f688..2d49a7901 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/RequireCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/RequireCommand.php
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ class RequireCommand extends InitCommand
                 new InputOption('no-install', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Skip the install step after updating the composer.lock file.'),
                 new InputOption('no-scripts', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Skips the execution of all scripts defined in composer.json file.'),
                 new InputOption('update-no-dev', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Run the dependency update with the --no-dev option.'),
-                new InputOption('update-with-dependencies', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Allows inherited dependencies to be updated, except those that are root requirements.'),
-                new InputOption('update-with-all-dependencies', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Allows all inherited dependencies to be updated, including those that are root requirements.'),
-                new InputOption('with-dependencies', 'w', InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Alias for --update-with-dependencies'),
-                new InputOption('with-all-dependencies', 'W', InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Alias for --update-with-all-dependencies'),
+                new InputOption('update-with-dependencies', 'w', InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Allows inherited dependencies to be updated, except those that are root requirements.'),
+                new InputOption('update-with-all-dependencies', 'W', InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Allows all inherited dependencies to be updated, including those that are root requirements.'),
+                new InputOption('with-dependencies', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Alias for --update-with-dependencies'),
+                new InputOption('with-all-dependencies', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Alias for --update-with-all-dependencies'),
                 new InputOption('ignore-platform-req', null, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED | InputOption::VALUE_IS_ARRAY, 'Ignore a specific platform requirement (php & ext- packages).'),
                 new InputOption('ignore-platform-reqs', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Ignore all platform requirements (php & ext- packages).'),
                 new InputOption('prefer-stable', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Prefer stable versions of dependencies.'),