diff --git a/cmd/cron.go b/cmd/cron.go
index ff7c2a05..c869ff23 100644
--- a/cmd/cron.go
+++ b/cmd/cron.go
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ func init() {
 		"from specified directory after merging")
 	cronCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&createPartial, "create_partial_dir", "p", false, "perform the walk, "+
 		"stat, and combine steps only")
+	cronCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&finishPartial, "partial_dir_finish", "z", false, "perform the basedir and tidy step on a partial run")
 	cronCmd.Flags().IntVarP(&multiInodes, "inodes_per_stat", "n",
 		defaultInodesPerJob, "number of inodes per parallel stat job")
 	cronCmd.Flags().IntVarP(&multiStatJobs, "num_stat_jobs", "j",
diff --git a/cmd/multi.go b/cmd/multi.go
index cdf696a1..fc720e1f 100644
--- a/cmd/multi.go
+++ b/cmd/multi.go
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func init() {
 		"from specified directory after merging")
 	multiCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&createPartial, "create_partial_dir", "p", false, "perform the walk, "+
 		"stat, and combine steps only")
-	multiCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&finishPartial, "partial_dir_finish", "c", false, "perform the basedir and tidy step on a partial run")
+	multiCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&finishPartial, "partial_dir_finish", "z", false, "perform the basedir and tidy step on a partial run")
 	multiCmd.Flags().IntVarP(&multiInodes, "inodes_per_stat", "n",
 		defaultInodesPerJob, "number of inodes per parallel stat job")
 	multiCmd.Flags().IntVarP(&multiStatJobs, "num_stat_jobs", "j",
diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
index 10e9ff94..1075a042 100644
--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ func testPartial(t *testing.T, sudo bool, subcommand []string, date string, walk
 	Convey("…finishing the partial run runs the correct jobs", func() {
 		workingDir := t.TempDir()
 		_, _, jobs, err := runWRStat(append(subcommand, "-w", workingDir, "-f", "final_output", "-q", "quota_file",
-			"-o", "owners_file", "-c", "/some/path", "/some-other/path")...)
+			"-o", "owners_file", "-z", "/some/path", "/some-other/path")...)
 		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
 
 		So(len(jobs), ShouldEqual, 2)