diff --git a/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/commands/apply/command.go b/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/commands/apply/command.go
index 80832df70c..4f6482b441 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/commands/apply/command.go
+++ b/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/commands/apply/command.go
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ func Command() *cobra.Command {
 		},
 	}
 	cmd.Flags().StringSliceVarP(&applyCommandConfig.ResourcePaths, "resource", "r", []string{}, "Path to resource files")
+	cmd.Flags().StringSliceVarP(&applyCommandConfig.ResourcePaths, "resources", "", []string{}, "Path to resource files")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&applyCommandConfig.Cluster, "cluster", "c", false, "Checks if policies should be applied to cluster in the current context")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&applyCommandConfig.MutateLogPath, "output", "o", "", "Prints the mutated resources in provided file/directory")
 	// currently `set` flag supports variable for single policy applied on single resource
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ func Command() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&detailedResults, "detailed-results", false, "If set to true, display detailed results")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&table, "table", "t", false, "Show results in table format")
 	cmd.Flags().StringSliceVarP(&applyCommandConfig.Exception, "exception", "e", nil, "Policy exception to be considered when evaluating policies against resources")
+	cmd.Flags().StringSliceVarP(&applyCommandConfig.Exception, "exceptions", "", nil, "Policy exception to be considered when evaluating policies against resources")
 	return cmd
 }
 
diff --git a/docs/user/cli/commands/kyverno_apply.md b/docs/user/cli/commands/kyverno_apply.md
index 302cafc7a3..e5a99388ed 100644
--- a/docs/user/cli/commands/kyverno_apply.md
+++ b/docs/user/cli/commands/kyverno_apply.md
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ kyverno apply [flags]
       --context string       The name of the kubeconfig context to use
       --detailed-results     If set to true, display detailed results
   -e, --exception strings    Policy exception to be considered when evaluating policies against resources
+      --exceptions strings   Policy exception to be considered when evaluating policies against resources
   -b, --git-branch string    test git repository branch
   -h, --help                 help for apply
       --kubeconfig string    path to kubeconfig file with authorization and master location information
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ kyverno apply [flags]
       --registry             If set to true, access the image registry using local docker credentials to populate external data
       --remove-color         Remove any color from output
   -r, --resource strings     Path to resource files
+      --resources strings    Path to resource files
   -s, --set strings          Variables that are required
   -i, --stdin                Optional mutate policy parameter to pipe directly through to kubectl
   -t, --table                Show results in table format