diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eb62cfe4b..3f7f97a41 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Added
 * Add linux/arm64 platform support to the official Docker image
 * Add `cat` command for downloading file contents directly to stdout
+* Add `-r` as an alias for `--recursive` argument
+* Add `-q` as an alias for `--quiet` argument
 
 ### Fixed
 * Emit `Using https://api.backblazeb2.com` message to stderr instead of stdout, therefor prevent JSON output corruption
diff --git a/b2/console_tool.py b/b2/console_tool.py
index 5c93bc9cc..7774ad053 100644
--- a/b2/console_tool.py
+++ b/b2/console_tool.py
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ def get_parser(cls, subparsers=None, parents=None, for_docs=False):
                 common_parser.add_argument('--logConfig', help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
                 common_parser.add_argument('--profile', default=None, help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
                 common_parser.add_argument(
-                    '--quiet', action='store_true', default=False, help=argparse.SUPPRESS
+                    '-q', '--quiet', action='store_true', default=False, help=argparse.SUPPRESS
                 )
                 parents = [common_parser]
 
@@ -1981,7 +1981,7 @@ class AbstractLsCommand(Command, metaclass=ABCMeta):
     @classmethod
     def _setup_parser(cls, parser):
         parser.add_argument('--versions', action='store_true')
-        parser.add_argument('--recursive', action='store_true')
+        parser.add_argument('-r', '--recursive', action='store_true')
         parser.add_argument('--withWildcard', action='store_true')
         parser.add_argument('bucketName').completer = bucket_name_completer
         parser.add_argument('folderName', nargs='?').completer = file_name_completer
diff --git a/test/unit/console_tool/test_download_file.py b/test/unit/console_tool/test_download_file.py
index 717b05648..326ddc9fd 100644
--- a/test/unit/console_tool/test_download_file.py
+++ b/test/unit/console_tool/test_download_file.py
@@ -54,13 +54,19 @@ def uploaded_file(b2_cli, bucket, local_file):
     }
 
 
-def test_download_file_by_name(b2_cli, local_file, uploaded_file, tmp_path):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    'flag,expected_stdout', [
+        ('--noProgress', EXPECTED_STDOUT_DOWNLOAD),
+        ('-q', ''),
+        ('--quiet', ''),
+    ]
+)
+def test_download_file_by_name(b2_cli, local_file, uploaded_file, tmp_path, flag, expected_stdout):
     output_path = tmp_path / 'output.txt'
 
     b2_cli.run(
         [
-            'download-file-by-name', '--noProgress', uploaded_file['bucket'],
-            uploaded_file['fileName'],
+            'download-file-by-name', uploaded_file['bucket'], uploaded_file['fileName'],
             str(output_path)
         ],
         expected_stdout=EXPECTED_STDOUT_DOWNLOAD
@@ -68,37 +74,22 @@ def test_download_file_by_name(b2_cli, local_file, uploaded_file, tmp_path):
     assert output_path.read_text() == uploaded_file['content']
 
 
-def test_download_file_by_name_quietly(b2_cli, uploaded_file, tmp_path):
-    output_path = tmp_path / 'output.txt'
-
-    b2_cli.run(
-        [
-            'download-file-by-name', '--quiet', uploaded_file['bucket'], uploaded_file['fileName'],
-            str(output_path)
-        ],
-        expected_stdout=''
-    )
-    assert output_path.read_text() == uploaded_file['content']
-
-
-def test_download_file_by_id(b2_cli, uploaded_file, tmp_path):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    'flag,expected_stdout', [
+        ('--noProgress', EXPECTED_STDOUT_DOWNLOAD),
+        ('-q', ''),
+        ('--quiet', ''),
+    ]
+)
+def test_download_file_by_id(b2_cli, uploaded_file, tmp_path, flag, expected_stdout):
     output_path = tmp_path / 'output.txt'
 
     b2_cli.run(
-        ['download-file-by-id', '--noProgress', '9999',
-         str(output_path)],
-        expected_stdout=EXPECTED_STDOUT_DOWNLOAD
+        ['download-file-by-id', flag, '9999', str(output_path)], expected_stdout=expected_stdout
     )
     assert output_path.read_text() == uploaded_file['content']
 
 
-def test_download_file_by_id_quietly(b2_cli, uploaded_file, tmp_path):
-    output_path = tmp_path / 'output.txt'
-
-    b2_cli.run(['download-file-by-id', '--quiet', '9999', str(output_path)], expected_stdout='')
-    assert output_path.read_text() == uploaded_file['content']
-
-
 @skip_on_windows(reason='os.mkfifo is not supported on Windows')
 def test_download_file_by_name__named_pipe(
     b2_cli, local_file, uploaded_file, tmp_path, bg_executor
diff --git a/test/unit/test_console_tool.py b/test/unit/test_console_tool.py
index 285ba3312..649d7b56b 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_console_tool.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_console_tool.py
@@ -2173,6 +2173,7 @@ def test_ls(self):
         c
         '''
         self._run_command(['ls', '--recursive', 'my-bucket'], expected_stdout, '', 0)
+        self._run_command(['ls', '-r', 'my-bucket'], expected_stdout, '', 0)
 
         # Check long output.   (The format expects full-length file ids, so it causes whitespace here)
         expected_stdout = '''