diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 58cf20c87..e63d01c4b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ BREAKING CHANGES
 * [lcd] Switch key creation output to return bech32
 * [x/stake] store-value for delegation, validator, ubd, and red do not hold duplicate information contained store-key
 * [gaiad] genesis transactions now use bech32 addresses / pubkeys
+* [lcd] Removed shorthand CLI flags (`a`, `c`, `n`, `o`)
 
 DEPRECATED
 * [cli] Deprecate `--name` flag in commands that send txs, in favor of `--from`
diff --git a/client/lcd/root.go b/client/lcd/root.go
index 5c427546a..7406a3056 100644
--- a/client/lcd/root.go
+++ b/client/lcd/root.go
@@ -4,14 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 
-	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"github.com/spf13/viper"
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
-
-	cmn "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/common"
-	tmserver "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/lib/server"
-
 	client "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/context"
 	keys "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/keys"
@@ -24,6 +16,12 @@ import (
 	ibc "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/ibc/client/rest"
 	slashing "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/slashing/client/rest"
 	stake "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/stake/client/rest"
+	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+	cmn "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/common"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
+	tmserver "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/lib/server"
 )
 
 // ServeCommand will generate a long-running rest server
@@ -40,28 +38,35 @@ func ServeCommand(cdc *wire.Codec) *cobra.Command {
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			listenAddr := viper.GetString(flagListenAddr)
 			handler := createHandler(cdc)
-			logger := log.NewTMLogger(log.NewSyncWriter(os.Stdout)).
-				With("module", "rest-server")
+			logger := log.NewTMLogger(log.NewSyncWriter(os.Stdout)).With("module", "rest-server")
 			maxOpen := viper.GetInt(flagMaxOpenConnections)
-			listener, err := tmserver.StartHTTPServer(listenAddr, handler, logger, tmserver.Config{MaxOpenConnections: maxOpen})
+
+			listener, err := tmserver.StartHTTPServer(
+				listenAddr, handler, logger,
+				tmserver.Config{MaxOpenConnections: maxOpen},
+			)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+
 			logger.Info("REST server started")
 
-			// Wait forever and cleanup
+			// wait forever and cleanup
 			cmn.TrapSignal(func() {
 				err := listener.Close()
 				logger.Error("error closing listener", "err", err)
 			})
+
 			return nil
 		},
 	}
-	cmd.Flags().StringP(flagListenAddr, "a", "tcp://localhost:1317", "Address for server to listen on")
-	cmd.Flags().String(flagCORS, "", "Set to domains that can make CORS requests (* for all)")
-	cmd.Flags().StringP(client.FlagChainID, "c", "", "ID of chain we connect to")
-	cmd.Flags().StringP(client.FlagNode, "n", "tcp://localhost:26657", "Node to connect to")
-	cmd.Flags().IntP(flagMaxOpenConnections, "o", 1000, "Maximum open connections")
+
+	cmd.Flags().String(flagListenAddr, "tcp://localhost:1317", "The address for the server to listen on")
+	cmd.Flags().String(flagCORS, "", "Set the domains that can make CORS requests (* for all)")
+	cmd.Flags().String(client.FlagChainID, "", "The chain ID to connect to")
+	cmd.Flags().String(client.FlagNode, "tcp://localhost:26657", "Address of the node to connect to")
+	cmd.Flags().Int(flagMaxOpenConnections, 1000, "The number of maximum open connections")
+
 	return cmd
 }
 
@@ -75,9 +80,10 @@ func createHandler(cdc *wire.Codec) http.Handler {
 
 	ctx := context.NewCoreContextFromViper()
 
-	// TODO make more functional? aka r = keys.RegisterRoutes(r)
+	// TODO: make more functional? aka r = keys.RegisterRoutes(r)
 	r.HandleFunc("/version", CLIVersionRequestHandler).Methods("GET")
 	r.HandleFunc("/node_version", NodeVersionRequestHandler(ctx)).Methods("GET")
+
 	keys.RegisterRoutes(r)
 	rpc.RegisterRoutes(ctx, r)
 	tx.RegisterRoutes(ctx, r, cdc)
@@ -87,5 +93,6 @@ func createHandler(cdc *wire.Codec) http.Handler {
 	stake.RegisterRoutes(ctx, r, cdc, kb)
 	slashing.RegisterRoutes(ctx, r, cdc, kb)
 	gov.RegisterRoutes(ctx, r, cdc)
+
 	return r
 }