diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 3a35a85..c71b0f3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -208,7 +208,8 @@
 inheritance is automatically disabled.  --per-thread is ignored with a warning
 if combined with -a or -C options.
 
---initial-delay msecs::
+-D::
+--delay=::
 After starting the program, wait msecs before measuring. This is useful to
 filter out the startup phase of the program, which is often very different.
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 78e790f..3c394bf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@
 	OPT_CALLBACK('G', "cgroup", &record.evlist, "name",
 		     "monitor event in cgroup name only",
 		     parse_cgroups),
-	OPT_UINTEGER(0, "initial-delay", &record.opts.initial_delay,
+	OPT_UINTEGER('D', "delay", &record.opts.initial_delay,
 		  "ms to wait before starting measurement after program start"),
 	OPT_STRING('u', "uid", &record.opts.target.uid_str, "user",
 		   "user to profile"),