diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Diff.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Diff.java
index 7747dc7dd..3d6ebfd8b 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Diff.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Diff.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class Diff extends TextBuiltin {
 	@Argument(index = 1, metaVar = "metaVar_treeish")
 	private AbstractTreeIterator newTree;
 
-	@Option(name = "--cached", usage = "usage_cached")
+	@Option(name = "--cached", aliases = { "--staged" }, usage = "usage_cached")
 	private boolean cached;
 
 	@Option(name = "--", metaVar = "metaVar_paths", handler = PathTreeFilterHandler.class)