diff --git a/docs/remote-commands.md b/docs/remote-commands.md
index 4bc907359..943ebfa47 100644
--- a/docs/remote-commands.md
+++ b/docs/remote-commands.md
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ Dokku also supports certain command-line arguments that augment it's behavior. I
 in order to avoid ssh interpretting dokku arguments for itself.
 
 ```shell
--q|--quiet            suppress output headers
--t|--trace            enable DOKKU_TRACE for current execution only
+--quiet                suppress output headers
+--trace                enable DOKKU_TRACE for current execution only
 --rm|--rm-container    remove docker container after successful dokku run <app> <command>
+--force                force flag. currently used in apps:destroy
 ```
diff --git a/dokku b/dokku
index 9b4bf7731..6b4d00306 100755
--- a/dokku
+++ b/dokku
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ source "$PLUGIN_PATH/common/functions"
 
 parse_args "$@"
 for arg in "$@"; do
-  [[ "$arg" =~ ^-.* ]] && shift 1
+  [[ "$arg" =~ ^--.* ]] && shift 1
 done
 ! has_tty && DOKKU_QUIET_OUTPUT=1
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ case "$1" in
     ;;
 
   help|'')
-    echo "Usage: dokku [-q|--quiet|-t|--trace|--rm-container|--rm] COMMAND <app> [command-specific-options]"
+    echo "Usage: dokku [--quiet|--trace|--rm-container|--rm|--force] COMMAND <app> [command-specific-options]"
     echo ""
     echo "Options:"
 
diff --git a/plugins/common/functions b/plugins/common/functions
index 9785b7cdd..7c0aa071a 100755
--- a/plugins/common/functions
+++ b/plugins/common/functions
@@ -98,16 +98,16 @@ is_image_buildstep_based() {
 parse_args() {
   for arg in "$@"; do
     case "$arg" in
-      --quiet|-q)
+      --quiet)
         export DOKKU_QUIET_OUTPUT=1
         ;;
-      --trace|-t)
+      --trace)
         export DOKKU_TRACE=1
         ;;
       --rm-container|--rm)
         export DOKKU_RM_CONTAINER=1
         ;;
-      --force|-f)
+      --force)
         export DOKKU_APPS_FORCE_DELETE=1
         ;;
     esac