diff --git a/tools/confix/cmd/config.go b/tools/confix/cmd/config.go
index 8ee2e371a992..6ceb6247a2a4 100644
--- a/tools/confix/cmd/config.go
+++ b/tools/confix/cmd/config.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-// ConfigComamnd contains all the confix commands
+// ConfigCommand contains all the confix commands
 // These command can be used to interactively update an application config value.
 func ConfigCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
diff --git a/tools/confix/cmd/mutate.go b/tools/confix/cmd/mutate.go
index 1a59c1845134..0f3c030d385b 100644
--- a/tools/confix/cmd/mutate.go
+++ b/tools/confix/cmd/mutate.go
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ func SetCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	}
 
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&FlagStdOut, "stdout", false, "print the updated config to stdout")
-	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&FlagVerbose, "verbose", false, "log changes to stderr")
-	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&FlagSkipValidate, "skip-validate", false, "skip configuration validation (allows to mutate unknown configurations)")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&FlagVerbose, "verbose", "v", false, "log changes to stderr")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&FlagSkipValidate, "skip-validate", "s", false, "skip configuration validation (allows to mutate unknown configurations)")
 
 	return cmd
 }