diff --git a/spacy/cli/init_model.py b/spacy/cli/init_model.py
index 632d3ed72..841865fb5 100644
--- a/spacy/cli/init_model.py
+++ b/spacy/cli/init_model.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ except ImportError:
 @plac.annotations(
     lang=("model language", "positional", None, str),
     output_dir=("model output directory", "positional", None, Path),
-    freqs_loc=("location of words frequencies file", "optional", "f", Path),
+    freqs_loc=("location of words frequencies file", "option", "f", Path),
     jsonl_loc=("location of JSONL-formatted attributes file", "option", "j", Path),
     clusters_loc=("optional: location of brown clusters data",
                   "option", "c", str),