diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go
index ac96ce654daa..fd5db45a7c11 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ func initMinikubeFlags() {
 	startCmd.Flags().Bool(disableMetrics, false, "If set, disables metrics reporting (CPU and memory usage), this can improve CPU usage. Defaults to false.")
 	startCmd.Flags().String(staticIP, "", "Set a static IP for the minikube cluster, the IP must be: private, IPv4, and the last octet must be between 2 and 254, for example 192.168.200.200 (Docker and Podman drivers only)")
 	startCmd.Flags().Duration(autoPauseInterval, time.Minute*1, "Duration of inactivity before the minikube VM is paused (default 1m0s).  To disable, set to 0s")
-	startCmd.Flags().String(gpus, "", "Allow pods to use your NVIDIA GPUs. Options include: [all,nvidia] (Docker driver with Docker container-runtime only)")
+	startCmd.Flags().StringP(gpus, "g", "", "Allow pods to use your NVIDIA GPUs. Options include: [all,nvidia] (Docker driver with Docker container-runtime only)")
 }
 
 // initKubernetesFlags inits the commandline flags for Kubernetes related options