diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index cf23f1f..12b20dc 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ which can be repeated multiple times. -e specifies a regular expression and
 -Q a fixed pattern. When using either flag, any non-flag arguments are treated
 as paths to scan.
 
-Search defaults to case-sensitive but the -I flag may be passed to make regular
+Search defaults to case-sensitive but the -i flag may be passed to make regular
 expression searches case-insensitive. Alternatively, the "(?i)" construct may be
 added to a regular expression to make that specific expression case insensitive.
 Fixed pattern matches are always case-sensitive.`,
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ var (
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.Flags().StringSliceVarP(&searchRegexp, "grep", "e", nil, "pattern to match (regular expression)")
 	rootCmd.Flags().StringSliceVarP(&searchFixed, "fixed", "Q", nil, "pattern to match (fixed string)")
-	rootCmd.Flags().StringSliceVarP(&ignoreList, "ignore", "i", []string{".git"}, "files/directories to ignore")
-	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&ignoreCase, "ignore-case", "I", false, "make all searches case insensitive")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringSliceVarP(&ignoreList, "exclude", "x", []string{".git"}, "files/directories to exclude")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&ignoreCase, "ignore-case", "i", false, "make all searches case insensitive")
 }
 
 func run(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {