diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Print.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Print.hs
index 5dd9570d3..448ddffec 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Print.hs
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Print.hs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ printmode = hledgerCommandMode
   ([
    flagNone ["explicit","x"] (setboolopt "explicit") "show all amounts explicitly"
   ,flagNone ["invert"] (setboolopt "invert") "display all amounts with reversed sign"
-  ,flagNone ["location"] (setboolopt "location") "add tags showing file paths and line numbers"
+  ,flagNone ["locations"] (setboolopt "locations") "add tags showing file paths and line numbers"
   ,let arg = "DESC" in
    flagReq  ["match","m"] (\s opts -> Right $ setopt "match" s opts) arg
     ("fuzzy search for one recent transaction with description closest to "++arg)
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ printmode = hledgerCommandMode
   ,outputFileFlag
   ])
   cligeneralflagsgroups1
-  hiddenflags
+  (hiddenflags ++
+  -- this works already as a unique abbreviation, but declare here in case it ever becomes nonunique
+  [flagNone ["location"] (setboolopt "locations") "deprecated, use --locations instead"
+  ])
   ([], Just $ argsFlag "[QUERY]")
 
 roundFlag = flagReq  ["round"] (\s opts -> Right $ setopt "round" s opts) "TYPE" $
@@ -114,7 +117,7 @@ print' opts@CliOpts{rawopts_=rawopts} j = do
       -- & dbg9With (lbl "amounts before setting full precision".showJournalPostingAmountsDebug)
       & journalMapPostingAmounts mixedAmountSetFullPrecision
       -- & dbg9With (lbl "amounts after  setting full precision: ".showJournalPostingAmountsDebug)
-      & if boolopt "location" rawopts then journalMapTransactions addLocationTag else id
+      & if boolopt "locations" rawopts then journalMapTransactions addLocationTag else id
 
   case maybestringopt "match" $ rawopts_ opts of
     Nothing   -> printEntries opts j'
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Print.md b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Print.md
index e20c11cbe..b764ed322 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Print.md
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Print.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Show full journal entries, representing transactions.
 Flags:
   -x --explicit             show all amounts explicitly
      --invert               display all amounts with reversed sign
-     --location             add tags showing file paths and line numbers
+     --locations            add tags showing file paths and line numbers
   -m --match=DESC           fuzzy search for one recent transaction with
                             description closest to DESC
      --new                  show only newer-dated transactions added in each
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ DESC should contain at least two characters.
 If there is no similar-enough match, 
 no transaction will be shown and the program exit code will be non-zero.
 
-With `--location`, print adds the source file and line number to every transaction, as a tag.
+With `--locations`, print adds the source file and line number to every transaction, as a tag.
 
 ### print output format