diff --git a/man/systemd-report.xml b/man/systemd-report.xml
index 530dac1e14..010cf2e2f1 100644
--- a/man/systemd-report.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-report.xml
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
 
       <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
       <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="json" />
+      <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="j" />
       <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
       <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
     </variablelist>
diff --git a/src/report/report.c b/src/report/report.c
index d6c52b6ff9..bf216dd2e3 100644
--- a/src/report/report.c
+++ b/src/report/report.c
@@ -607,6 +607,8 @@ static int verb_help(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
                "     --system           Connect to system service manager (default)\n"
                "     --json=pretty|short\n"
                "                        Configure JSON output\n"
+               "  -j                    Equivalent to --json=pretty (on TTY) or --json=short\n"
+               "                        (otherwise)\n"
                "\nSee the %2$s for details.\n",
                program_invocation_short_name,
                link,
@@ -642,7 +644,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         assert(argc >= 0);
         assert(argv);
 
-        while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "h", options, NULL)) >= 0)
+        while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hj", options, NULL)) >= 0)
                 switch (c) {
                 case 'h':
                         return verb_help(/* argc= */ 0, /* argv= */ NULL, /* userdata= */ NULL);
@@ -669,6 +671,10 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
                         break;
 
+                case 'j':
+                        arg_json_format_flags = SD_JSON_FORMAT_PRETTY_AUTO|SD_JSON_FORMAT_COLOR_AUTO;
+                        break;
+
                 case '?':
                         return -EINVAL;