diff --git a/doc/ffprobe.texi b/doc/ffprobe.texi
index 1f6566802c..a725c37676 100644
--- a/doc/ffprobe.texi
+++ b/doc/ffprobe.texi
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Use sexagesimal format HH:MM:SS.MICROSECONDS for time values.
 Prettify the format of the displayed values, it corresponds to the
 options "-unit -prefix -byte_binary_prefix -sexagesimal".
 
-@item -print_format @var{writer_name}[=@var{writer_options}]
+@item -of, -print_format @var{writer_name}[=@var{writer_options}]
 Set the output printing format.
 
 @var{writer_name} specifies the name of the writer, and
diff --git a/ffprobe.c b/ffprobe.c
index afc088320d..d86ff0bae0 100644
--- a/ffprobe.c
+++ b/ffprobe.c
@@ -1904,6 +1904,7 @@ static const OptionDef options[] = {
       "prettify the format of displayed values, make it more human readable" },
     { "print_format", OPT_STRING | HAS_ARG, {(void*)&print_format},
       "set the output printing format (available formats are: default, compact, csv, ini, json, xml)", "format" },
+    { "of", OPT_STRING | HAS_ARG, {(void*)&print_format}, "alias for -print_format", "format" },
     { "show_error",   OPT_BOOL, {(void*)&do_show_error} ,  "show probing error" },
     { "show_format",  OPT_BOOL, {(void*)&do_show_format} , "show format/container info" },
     { "show_frames",  OPT_BOOL, {(void*)&do_show_frames} , "show frames info" },