diff --git a/docs/source/en/package_reference/cli.md b/docs/source/en/package_reference/cli.md
index cb60a58732..aaf9bf562a 100644
--- a/docs/source/en/package_reference/cli.md
+++ b/docs/source/en/package_reference/cli.md
@@ -328,16 +328,13 @@ Deploy an Inference Endpoint from the Model Catalog.
 **Usage**:
 
 ```console
-$ hf endpoints catalog deploy [OPTIONS] NAME
+$ hf endpoints catalog deploy [OPTIONS]
 ```
 
-**Arguments**:
-
-* `NAME`: Endpoint name.  [required]
-
 **Options**:
 
 * `--repo TEXT`: The name of the model repository associated with the Inference Endpoint (e.g. 'openai/gpt-oss-120b').  [required]
+* `--name TEXT`: Endpoint name.
 * `--namespace TEXT`: The namespace associated with the Inference Endpoint. Defaults to the current user's namespace.
 * `--token TEXT`: A User Access Token generated from https://huggingface.co/settings/tokens.
 * `--help`: Show this message and exit.
diff --git a/src/huggingface_hub/cli/inference_endpoints.py b/src/huggingface_hub/cli/inference_endpoints.py
index cfc169672d..f592a480e7 100644
--- a/src/huggingface_hub/cli/inference_endpoints.py
+++ b/src/huggingface_hub/cli/inference_endpoints.py
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
     str,
     typer.Argument(help="Endpoint name."),
 ]
+NameOpt = Annotated[
+    Optional[str],
+    typer.Option(help="Endpoint name."),
+]
 
 NamespaceOpt = Annotated[
     Optional[str],
@@ -130,13 +134,13 @@ def deploy(
 
 @catalog_app.command(name="deploy")
 def deploy_from_catalog(
-    name: NameArg,
     repo: Annotated[
         str,
         typer.Option(
             help="The name of the model repository associated with the Inference Endpoint (e.g. 'openai/gpt-oss-120b').",
         ),
     ],
+    name: NameOpt = None,
     namespace: NamespaceOpt = None,
     token: TokenOpt = None,
 ) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 03abb29a36..fb725d2204 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -1344,7 +1344,6 @@ def test_deploy_from_catalog(self, runner: CliRunner) -> None:
                     "endpoints",
                     "catalog",
                     "deploy",
-                    "catalog-endpoint",
                     "--repo",
                     "catalog/model",
                 ],
@@ -1353,7 +1352,7 @@ def test_deploy_from_catalog(self, runner: CliRunner) -> None:
         api_cls.assert_called_once_with(token=None)
         api.create_inference_endpoint_from_catalog.assert_called_once_with(
             repo_id="catalog/model",
-            name="catalog-endpoint",
+            name=None,
             namespace=None,
             token=None,
         )