diff --git a/src/app/rpmostree-builtin-status.c b/src/app/rpmostree-builtin-status.c
index 623242f5..df15da2e 100644
--- a/src/app/rpmostree-builtin-status.c
+++ b/src/app/rpmostree-builtin-status.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static gboolean opt_verbose;
 static gboolean opt_json;
 
 static GOptionEntry option_entries[] = {
-  { "pretty", 'p', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opt_pretty, "This option is deprecated and no longer has any effect", NULL },
+  { "pretty", 'p', G_OPTION_FLAG_HIDDEN, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opt_pretty, "This option is deprecated and no longer has any effect", NULL },
   { "verbose", 'v', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opt_verbose, "Print additional fields (e.g. StateRoot)", NULL },
   { "json", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opt_json, "Output JSON", NULL },
   { NULL }