diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 37bfed7bba..e27e802d1b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 * Templates now support the `>=`, `>`, `<=`, and `<` relational operators for
   `Integer` types.
 
+* The `--stat` option for `jj log`, `jj show` and `jj diff` now has a
+  short alias `-S`
+
 ### Fixed bugs
 
 * The `$NO_COLOR` environment variable must now be non-empty to be respected.
diff --git a/cli/src/diff_util.rs b/cli/src/diff_util.rs
index 9fbffbca32..9684a20b06 100644
--- a/cli/src/diff_util.rs
+++ b/cli/src/diff_util.rs
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ pub struct DiffFormatArgs {
     #[arg(long, short)]
     pub summary: bool,
     /// Show a histogram of the changes
-    #[arg(long)]
+    #[arg(long, short = "S")]
     pub stat: bool,
     /// For each path, show only its type before and after
     ///