diff --git a/docs/wdl/developing.rst b/docs/wdl/developing.rst
index 9bae8111e7..6f4b988d9f 100644
--- a/docs/wdl/developing.rst
+++ b/docs/wdl/developing.rst
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Cromwell::
 
 you can instead run with ``toil-wdl-runner``::
 
-    toil-wdl-runner myWorkflow.wdl --inputs myWorkflow_inputs.json
+    toil-wdl-runner myWorkflow.wdl --input myWorkflow_inputs.json
 
 .. _`official WDL tutorials`: https://wdl-docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
 .. _`executing your workflow`: https://wdl-docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/WDL/execute/
diff --git a/docs/wdl/running.rst b/docs/wdl/running.rst
index 46b0242b9a..6274a68f32 100644
--- a/docs/wdl/running.rst
+++ b/docs/wdl/running.rst
@@ -24,15 +24,18 @@ Instead of running a workflow with Cromwell::
 
 You can run the workflow with ``toil-wdl-runner``::
 
-    toil-wdl-runner myWorkflow.wdl --inputs myWorkflow_inputs.json
+    toil-wdl-runner myWorkflow.wdl --input myWorkflow_inputs.json
+
+(We're here running Toil with ``--input``, but it can also accept the
+Cromwell-style ``--inputs``.)
 
 This will default to executing on the current machine, with a job store in an
 automatically determined temporary location, but you can add a few Toil options
 to use other Toil-supported batch systems, such as Kubernetes::
 
-    toil-wdl-runner --jobStore aws:us-west-2:wdl-job-store --batchSystem kubernetes myWorkflow.wdl --inputs myWorkflow_inputs.json
+    toil-wdl-runner --jobStore aws:us-west-2:wdl-job-store --batchSystem kubernetes myWorkflow.wdl --input myWorkflow_inputs.json
 
-For Toil, the ``--inputs`` is optional, and inputs can be passed as a positional
+For Toil, the ``--input`` is optional, and inputs can be passed as a positional
 argument::
 
     toil-wdl-runner myWorkflow.wdl myWorkflow_inputs.json
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ directory.
 ``-m`` or ``--outputFile``: Specifies a JSON file name or URI to save workflow
 output values at. Defaults to standard output.
 
-``-i`` or ``--input``: Alternative to the positional argument for the
+``-i``, ``--input``, or ``--inputs``: Alternative to the positional argument for the
 input JSON file, for compatibility with other WDL runners.
 
 ``--outputDialect``: Specifies an output format dialect. Can be
diff --git a/src/toil/common.py b/src/toil/common.py
index f50f6d7263..6180b031e0 100644
--- a/src/toil/common.py
+++ b/src/toil/common.py
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ def check_arguments(typ: str) -> None:
                             help="WDL document URI")
         parser.add_argument("inputs_uri", type=str, nargs='?',
                             help="WDL input JSON URI")
-        parser.add_argument("--input", "-i", dest="inputs_uri", type=str,
+        parser.add_argument("--input", "--inputs", "-i", dest="inputs_uri", type=str,
                             help="WDL input JSON URI")
         check_arguments(typ="wdl")