diff --git a/gnovm/cmd/gno/lint.go b/gnovm/cmd/gno/lint.go
index 158b9d8db5d..7acd9877770 100644
--- a/gnovm/cmd/gno/lint.go
+++ b/gnovm/cmd/gno/lint.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func newLintCmd(io *commands.IO) *commands.Command {
 func (c *lintCfg) RegisterFlags(fs *flag.FlagSet) {
 	fs.BoolVar(&c.verbose, "verbose", false, "verbose output when lintning")
 	fs.StringVar(&c.rootDir, "root-dir", "", "clone location of github.com/gnolang/gno (gno tries to guess it)")
-	fs.IntVar(&c.setExitStatus, "set_exit_status", 1, "set exit status to 1 if any issues are found")
+	fs.IntVar(&c.setExitStatus, "set-exit-status", 1, "set exit status to 1 if any issues are found")
 }
 
 func execLint(cfg *lintCfg, args []string, io *commands.IO) error {
diff --git a/gnovm/cmd/gno/lint_test.go b/gnovm/cmd/gno/lint_test.go
index ce200a1fedd..0a747a03778 100644
--- a/gnovm/cmd/gno/lint_test.go
+++ b/gnovm/cmd/gno/lint_test.go
@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@ func TestLintApp(t *testing.T) {
 			args:        []string{"lint"},
 			errShouldBe: "flag: help requested",
 		}, {
-			args:                []string{"lint", "--set_exit_status=0", "../../tests/integ/run-main/"},
+			args:                []string{"lint", "--set-exit-status=0", "../../tests/integ/run-main/"},
 			stderrShouldContain: "./../../tests/integ/run-main: missing 'gno.mod' file (code=1).",
 		}, {
-			args:                []string{"lint", "--set_exit_status=0", "../../tests/integ/run-main/"},
+			args:                []string{"lint", "--set-exit-status=0", "../../tests/integ/run-main/"},
 			stderrShouldContain: "./../../tests/integ/run-main: missing 'gno.mod' file (code=1).",
 		}, {
-			args: []string{"lint", "--set_exit_status=0", "../../tests/integ/minimalist-gnomod/"},
+			args: []string{"lint", "--set-exit-status=0", "../../tests/integ/minimalist-gnomod/"},
 			// TODO: raise an error because there is a gno.mod, but no .gno files
 		}, {
-			args: []string{"lint", "--set_exit_status=0", "../../tests/integ/invalid-module-name/"},
+			args: []string{"lint", "--set-exit-status=0", "../../tests/integ/invalid-module-name/"},
 			// TODO: raise an error because gno.mod is invalid
 		},
 		// TODO: 'gno mod' is valid?