diff --git a/cmd/carapace/cmd/macros.go b/cmd/carapace/cmd/macro.go
similarity index 86%
rename from cmd/carapace/cmd/macros.go
rename to cmd/carapace/cmd/macro.go
index 13349eb787..a0bb0f80e4 100644
--- a/cmd/carapace/cmd/macros.go
+++ b/cmd/carapace/cmd/macro.go
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-var macrosCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "--macros [macro] ...",
+var macroCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "--macro [macro] ...",
 	Short: "",
 	Args:  cobra.ArbitraryArgs,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ var macrosCmd = &cobra.Command{
 }
 
 func init() {
-	carapace.Gen(macrosCmd).Standalone()
-	macrosCmd.Flags().SetInterspersed(false)
+	carapace.Gen(macroCmd).Standalone()
+	macroCmd.Flags().SetInterspersed(false)
 
-	carapace.Gen(macrosCmd).PositionalCompletion(
+	carapace.Gen(macroCmd).PositionalCompletion(
 		carapace.ActionMultiPartsN("(", 2, func(c carapace.Context) carapace.Action {
 			switch len(c.Parts) {
 			case 0:
-				return carapace.ActionExecCommand("carapace", "--macros")(func(output []byte) carapace.Action {
+				return carapace.ActionExecCommand("carapace", "--macro")(func(output []byte) carapace.Action {
 					lines := strings.Split(string(output), "\n")
 
 					vals := make([]string, 0)
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func init() {
 		}),
 	)
 
-	carapace.Gen(macrosCmd).PositionalAnyCompletion(
+	carapace.Gen(macroCmd).PositionalAnyCompletion(
 		carapace.ActionCallback(func(c carapace.Context) carapace.Action {
 			return spec.ActionMacro("$carapace." + c.Args[0]).Shift(1) // TODO macro prefix
 		}),
diff --git a/cmd/carapace/cmd/macros_test.go b/cmd/carapace/cmd/macros_test.go
index 36b31a5940..b0f193a5f0 100644
--- a/cmd/carapace/cmd/macros_test.go
+++ b/cmd/carapace/cmd/macros_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestMacros(t *testing.T) {
 	sandbox.Package(t, "github.com/rsteube/carapace-bin/cmd/carapace")(func(s *sandbox.Sandbox) {
-		s.Run("--macros", "color.XtermColorNames", "G").
+		s.Run("--macro", "color.XtermColorNames", "G").
 			Expect(carapace.ActionStyledValues(
 				"Green", "color2",
 				"Grey", "color8",
diff --git a/cmd/carapace/cmd/root.go b/cmd/carapace/cmd/root.go
index f375d143f7..2c1d232de4 100644
--- a/cmd/carapace/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/carapace/cmd/root.go
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		// since flag parsing is disabled do this manually
 		switch args[0] {
-		case "--macros":
-			macrosCmd.SetArgs(args[1:])
-			macrosCmd.Execute()
+		case "--macro":
+			macroCmd.SetArgs(args[1:])
+			macroCmd.Execute()
 		case "-h", "--help":
 			cmd.Help()
 		case "-v", "--version":
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ func Execute(version string) error {
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.Flags().Bool("codegen", false, "generate code from spec file")
 	rootCmd.Flags().Bool("list", false, "list completers")
-	rootCmd.Flags().Bool("macros", false, "list spec macros")
+	rootCmd.Flags().Bool("macro", false, "list or execute macros")
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolP("help", "h", false, "help for carapace")
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolP("version", "v", false, "version for carapace")
 	rootCmd.Flags().Bool("run", false, "run spec")
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ func init() {
 		"codegen",
 		"help",
 		"list",
-		"macros",
+		"macro",
 		"run",
 		"schema",
 		"style",
@@ -275,8 +275,8 @@ func init() {
 				return carapace.ActionExecute(invokeCmd)
 			}
 			switch c.Args[0] {
-			case "--macros":
-				return carapace.ActionExecute(macrosCmd).Shift(1)
+			case "--macro":
+				return carapace.ActionExecute(macroCmd).Shift(1)
 			case "--help":
 				return carapace.ActionValues()
 			case "-v", "--version":