diff --git a/common/common.cpp b/common/common.cpp
index d8891b0d9..7053ed270 100644
--- a/common/common.cpp
+++ b/common/common.cpp
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ bool gpt_params_parse_ex(int argc, char ** argv, gpt_params & params) {
                 break;
             }
             params.seed = std::stoul(argv[i]);
-        } else if (arg == "-awq" || arg == "--use-awq") {
+        } else if (arg == "--use-awq") {
             params.use_awq = true;
         } else if (arg == "-t" || arg == "--threads") {
             if (++i >= argc) {
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ void gpt_print_usage(int /*argc*/, char ** argv, const gpt_params & params) {
     printf("                        (can be specified more than once for multiple prompts).\n");
     printf("  --color               colorise output to distinguish prompt and user input from generations\n");
     printf("  -s SEED, --seed SEED  RNG seed (default: -1, use random seed for < 0)\n");
-    printf("  -awq, --use-awq       Using AWQ quantization model in inferences\n");
+    printf("  --use-awq             Using AWQ quantization model in inferences\n");
     printf("  -t N, --threads N     number of threads to use during generation (default: %d)\n", params.n_threads);
     printf("  -tb N, --threads-batch N\n");
     printf("                        number of threads to use during batch and prompt processing (default: same as --threads)\n");