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@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ Example:
 ```
 - Pre-translated alias page templates can be found [here](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/contributing-guides/translation-templates/alias-pages.md).
 
+## Option syntax
+
+- Use GNU-style **long options** (like `--help` rather than `-h`) when they are cross-platform compatible (available on multiple platforms where a command is intended to work among `android`, `linux`, `osx`, `sunos`, `windows`).
+- In other cases use short options (like `-h`).
+
 ## Token syntax
 
 User-provided values should use the `{{token}}` syntax