diff --git a/docs/utils.md b/docs/utils.md
index 12597220a..7ed31376f 100644
--- a/docs/utils.md
+++ b/docs/utils.md
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ Print selected (or all) trades from database to screen.
 ```
 usage: freqtrade show-trades [-h] [-v] [--logfile FILE] [-V] [-c PATH]
                              [-d PATH] [--userdir PATH] [--db-url PATH]
-                             [--tradeids TRADE_IDS [TRADE_IDS ...]]
+                             [--trade-ids TRADE_IDS [TRADE_IDS ...]]
                              [--print-json]
 
 optional arguments:
@@ -538,8 +538,8 @@ optional arguments:
                         deployments (default: `sqlite:///tradesv3.sqlite` for
                         Live Run mode, `sqlite:///tradesv3.dryrun.sqlite` for
                         Dry Run).
-  --tradeids TRADE_IDS [TRADE_IDS ...]
-                        Specify Trade ids to trade
+  --trade-ids TRADE_IDS [TRADE_IDS ...]
+                        Specify the list of trade ids.
   --print-json          Print output in JSON format.
 
 Common arguments:
@@ -564,5 +564,5 @@ Common arguments:
 Print trades with id 2 and 3 as json
 
 ``` bash
-freqtrade show-trades --db-url sqlite:///tradesv3.sqlite --tradeids 2 3 --print-json
+freqtrade show-trades --db-url sqlite:///tradesv3.sqlite --trade-ids 2 3 --print-json
 ```
diff --git a/freqtrade/commands/cli_options.py b/freqtrade/commands/cli_options.py
index 4c51802f0..a8f2ffdba 100644
--- a/freqtrade/commands/cli_options.py
+++ b/freqtrade/commands/cli_options.py
@@ -426,8 +426,8 @@ AVAILABLE_CLI_OPTIONS = {
         default="file",
     ),
     "trade_ids": Arg(
-        '--tradeids',
-        help='Specify Trade ids to trade',
+        '--trade-ids',
+        help='Specify the list of trade ids.',
         nargs='+',
     ),
     # hyperopt-list, hyperopt-show
diff --git a/tests/commands/test_commands.py b/tests/commands/test_commands.py
index 0465858c0..2796a8b45 100644
--- a/tests/commands/test_commands.py
+++ b/tests/commands/test_commands.py
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ def test_show_trades(mocker, fee, capsys, caplog):
         "--db-url",
         "sqlite:///",
         "--print-json",
-        "--tradeids", "1", "2"
+        "--trade-ids", "1", "2"
     ]
     pargs = get_args(args)
     pargs['config'] = None