diff -ur rsync-3.1.2.orig/options.c rsync-3.1.2/options.c
--- rsync-3.1.2.orig/options.c	2015-12-18 23:46:28.000000000 +0100
+++ rsync-3.1.2/options.c	2016-11-23 10:20:42.307437630 +0100
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@
   rprintf(F,"     --partial-dir=DIR       put a partially transferred file into DIR\n");
   rprintf(F,"     --delay-updates         put all updated files into place at transfer's end\n");
   rprintf(F," -m, --prune-empty-dirs      prune empty directory chains from the file-list\n");
-  rprintf(F,"     --numeric-ids           don't map uid/gid values by user/group name\n");
+  rprintf(F," -N, --numeric-ids           don't map uid/gid values by user/group name\n");
   rprintf(F,"     --usermap=STRING        custom username mapping\n");
   rprintf(F,"     --groupmap=STRING       custom groupname mapping\n");
   rprintf(F,"     --chown=USER:GROUP      simple username/groupname mapping\n");
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@
   {"protect-args",    's', POPT_ARG_VAL,    &protect_args, 1, 0, 0},
   {"no-protect-args",  0,  POPT_ARG_VAL,    &protect_args, 0, 0, 0},
   {"no-s",             0,  POPT_ARG_VAL,    &protect_args, 0, 0, 0},
-  {"numeric-ids",      0,  POPT_ARG_VAL,    &numeric_ids, 1, 0, 0 },
+  {"numeric-ids",     'N', POPT_ARG_VAL,    &numeric_ids, 1, 0, 0 },
   {"no-numeric-ids",   0,  POPT_ARG_VAL,    &numeric_ids, 0, 0, 0 },
   {"usermap",          0,  POPT_ARG_STRING, 0, OPT_USERMAP, 0, 0 },
   {"groupmap",         0,  POPT_ARG_STRING, 0, OPT_GROUPMAP, 0, 0 },
diff -ur rsync-3.1.2.orig/rsync.yo rsync-3.1.2/rsync.yo
--- rsync-3.1.2.orig/rsync.yo	2015-12-21 21:00:49.000000000 +0100
+++ rsync-3.1.2/rsync.yo	2016-11-23 10:21:57.143963503 +0100
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@
      --partial-dir=DIR       put a partially transferred file into DIR
      --delay-updates         put all updated files into place at end
  -m, --prune-empty-dirs      prune empty directory chains from file-list
-     --numeric-ids           don't map uid/gid values by user/group name
+ -N, --numeric-ids           don't map uid/gid values by user/group name
      --usermap=STRING        custom username mapping
      --groupmap=STRING       custom groupname mapping
      --chown=USER:GROUP      simple username/groupname mapping