diff --git a/sys-utils/mount.8 b/sys-utils/mount.8
index 4abea5d2f..453860567 100644
--- a/sys-utils/mount.8
+++ b/sys-utils/mount.8
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ journal if the filesystem is dirty. To prevent this kind of write access, you
 may want to mount ext3 or ext4 filesystem with "ro,noload" mount options or
 set the block device to read-only mode, see command
 .BR blockdev (8).
-.IP "\fB\-w, \-\-rw\fP"
+.IP "\fB\-w, \-\-rw, \-\-read\-write\fP"
 Mount the filesystem read/write. This is the default. A synonym is
 .BR "\-o rw" .
 .IP "\fB\-L, \-\-label \fIlabel\fP"
diff --git a/sys-utils/mount.c b/sys-utils/mount.c
index 664c46f6b..8ff94611c 100644
--- a/sys-utils/mount.c
+++ b/sys-utils/mount.c
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ static void __attribute__((__noreturn__)) usage(FILE *out)
 	fprintf(out, _(
 	" -v, --verbose           say what is being done\n"
 	" -V, --version           display version information and exit\n"
-	" -w, --read-write        mount the filesystem read-write (default)\n"));
+	" -w, --rw, --read-write  mount the filesystem read-write (default)\n"));
 
 	fputs(USAGE_SEPARATOR, out);
 	fputs(USAGE_HELP, out);