diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/image.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/image.go
index 1f3a7c3a237d..2de8af2a6518 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/image.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/image.go
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ $ minikube image push busybox
 }
 
 func init() {
-	loadImageCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&pull, "pull", "", false, "Pull the remote image (no caching)")
+	loadImageCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&pull, "pull", false, "Pull the remote image (no caching)")
 	loadImageCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&imgDaemon, "daemon", false, "Cache image from docker daemon")
 	loadImageCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&imgRemote, "remote", false, "Cache image from remote registry")
 	loadImageCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&overwrite, "overwrite", true, "Overwrite image even if same image:tag name exists")
@@ -394,12 +394,12 @@ func init() {
 	imageCmd.AddCommand(removeImageCmd)
 	imageCmd.AddCommand(pullImageCmd)
 	buildImageCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&tag, "tag", "t", "", "Tag to apply to the new image (optional)")
-	buildImageCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&push, "push", "", false, "Push the new image (requires tag)")
+	buildImageCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&push, "push", false, "Push the new image (requires tag)")
 	buildImageCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&dockerFile, "file", "f", "", "Path to the Dockerfile to use (optional)")
 	buildImageCmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(&buildEnv, "build-env", nil, "Environment variables to pass to the build. (format: key=value)")
 	buildImageCmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(&buildOpt, "build-opt", nil, "Specify arbitrary flags to pass to the build. (format: key=value)")
 	buildImageCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&nodeName, "node", "n", "", "The node to build on. Defaults to the primary control plane.")
-	buildImageCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&allNodes, "all", "", false, "Build image on all nodes.")
+	buildImageCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&allNodes, "all", false, "Build image on all nodes.")
 	imageCmd.AddCommand(buildImageCmd)
 	saveImageCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&imgDaemon, "daemon", false, "Cache image to docker daemon")
 	saveImageCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&imgRemote, "remote", false, "Cache image to remote registry")
diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go
index e1cda1036de2..d7b12c8c9f73 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go
@@ -194,9 +194,9 @@ func initMinikubeFlags() {
 	startCmd.Flags().Bool(noKubernetes, false, "If set, minikube VM/container will start without starting or configuring Kubernetes. (only works on new clusters)")
 	startCmd.Flags().Bool(deleteOnFailure, false, "If set, delete the current cluster if start fails and try again. Defaults to false.")
 	startCmd.Flags().Bool(forceSystemd, false, "If set, force the container runtime to use systemd as cgroup manager. Defaults to false.")
-	startCmd.Flags().StringP(network, "", "", "network to run minikube with. Now it is used by docker/podman and KVM drivers. If left empty, minikube will create a new network.")
+	startCmd.Flags().String(network, "", "network to run minikube with. Now it is used by docker/podman and KVM drivers. If left empty, minikube will create a new network.")
 	startCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&outputFormat, "output", "o", "text", "Format to print stdout in. Options include: [text,json]")
-	startCmd.Flags().StringP(trace, "", "", "Send trace events. Options include: [gcp]")
+	startCmd.Flags().String(trace, "", "Send trace events. Options include: [gcp]")
 	startCmd.Flags().Int(extraDisks, 0, "Number of extra disks created and attached to the minikube VM (currently only implemented for hyperkit, kvm2, and qemu2 drivers)")
 	startCmd.Flags().Duration(certExpiration, constants.DefaultCertExpiration, "Duration until minikube certificate expiration, defaults to three years (26280h).")
 	startCmd.Flags().String(binaryMirror, "", "Location to fetch kubectl, kubelet, & kubeadm binaries from.")