diff --git a/java/google/registry/tools/SetNumInstancesCommand.java b/java/google/registry/tools/SetNumInstancesCommand.java
index 3f0b64d66..76c64fa43 100644
--- a/java/google/registry/tools/SetNumInstancesCommand.java
+++ b/java/google/registry/tools/SetNumInstancesCommand.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import google.registry.tools.AppEngineConnection.Service;
 import google.registry.util.AppEngineServiceUtils;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Set;
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 
@@ -57,21 +58,21 @@ final class SetNumInstancesCommand implements CommandWithRemoteApi {
 
   // TODO(b/119629679): Use List<Service> after upgrading jcommander to latest version.
   @Parameter(
-      names = "--services",
+      names = {"-s", "--services"},
       description =
           "Comma-delimited list of App Engine services to set. "
               + "Allowed values: [DEFAULT, TOOLS, BACKEND, PUBAPI]")
   private List<String> serviceNames = ImmutableList.of();
 
   @Parameter(
-      names = "--versions",
+      names = {"-v", "--versions"},
       description =
           "Comma-delimited list of App Engine versions to set, e.g., canary. "
               + "Cannot be set if --non_live_versions is set.")
   private List<String> versions = ImmutableList.of();
 
   @Parameter(
-      names = "--num_instances",
+      names = {"-n", "--num_instances"},
       description =
           "The new number of instances for the given versions "
               + "or for all non-live versions if --non_live_versions is set.",
@@ -92,10 +93,11 @@ final class SetNumInstancesCommand implements CommandWithRemoteApi {
   String projectId;
 
   @Override
-  public void run() throws Exception {
+  public void run() {
 
     ImmutableSet<Service> services =
         serviceNames.stream()
+            .map(s -> s.toUpperCase(Locale.US))
             .map(
                 name ->
                     checkArgumentPresent(
diff --git a/javatests/google/registry/tools/SetNumInstancesCommandTest.java b/javatests/google/registry/tools/SetNumInstancesCommandTest.java
index 856f93793..c60fdc034 100644
--- a/javatests/google/registry/tools/SetNumInstancesCommandTest.java
+++ b/javatests/google/registry/tools/SetNumInstancesCommandTest.java
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public class SetNumInstancesCommandTest extends CommandTestCase<SetNumInstancesC
             ParameterException.class, () -> runCommand("--services=DEFAULT", "--versions=version"));
     assertThat(thrown)
         .hasMessageThat()
-        .contains("The following option is required: --num_instances");
+        .contains("The following option is required: -n, --num_instances");
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -156,6 +156,19 @@ public class SetNumInstancesCommandTest extends CommandTestCase<SetNumInstancesC
     verify(appEngineServiceUtils, times(1)).setNumInstances("default", "version", 10L);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void test_validShortParametersAndLowercaseService_succeeds() throws Exception {
+    command.appengine =
+        new AppEngineAdminApiHelper.Builder()
+            .setAppId(projectId)
+            .setManualScalingVersionsMap(ImmutableMultimap.of("default", "version"))
+            .build()
+            .getAppengine();
+
+    runCommand("-s default", "-v version", "-n 10");
+    verify(appEngineServiceUtils, times(1)).setNumInstances("default", "version", 10L);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void test_settingMultipleServicesAndVersions_succeeds() throws Exception {
     command.appengine =