diff --git a/z.1 b/z.1
index bed5d3b..e94d81b 100644
--- a/z.1
+++ b/z.1
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ NAME
 z \- jump around
 .SH
 SYNOPSIS
-z [\-c] [\-h] [\-l] [\-r] [\-t] [regex1 regex2 ... regexn]
+z [\-chlrt] [regex1 regex2 ... regexn]
 .SH
 AVAILABILITY
 bash, zsh
diff --git a/z.sh b/z.sh
index 7b0f02e..c54872e 100755
--- a/z.sh
+++ b/z.sh
@@ -101,12 +101,14 @@ _z() {
  else
   # list/go
   while [ "$1" ]; do case "$1" in
-   -c) local fnd="$PWD $fnd";;
-   -h) echo "${_Z_CMD:-z} [-c][-h][-l][-r][-t] args" >&2; return;;
-   -l) local list=1;;
-   -r) local typ="rank";;
-   -t) local typ="recent";;
    --) while [ "$1" ]; do shift; local fnd="$fnd $1";done;;
+   -*) local opt=${1:1}; while [ "$opt" ]; do case ${opt:0:1} in
+        c) local fnd="$PWD $fnd";;
+        h) echo "${_Z_CMD:-z} [-chlrt] args" >&2; return;;
+        l) local list=1;;
+        r) local typ="rank";;
+        t) local typ="recent";;
+       esac; opt=${opt:1}; done;;
     *) local fnd="$fnd $1";;
   esac; local last=$1; shift; done
   [ "$fnd" -a "$fnd" != "$PWD " ] || local list=1