diff --git a/pkg/cmd/browse/browse.go b/pkg/cmd/browse/browse.go
index 1c532f856..42b7a1b44 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/browse/browse.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/browse/browse.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ type BrowseOptions struct {
 	SelectorArg string
 
 	Branch        string
-	SHA           string
+	Commit        string
 	ProjectsFlag  bool
 	SettingsFlag  bool
 	WikiFlag      bool
@@ -81,8 +81,9 @@ func NewCmdBrowse(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*BrowseOptions) error) *cobra.Co
 			}
 
 			if err := cmdutil.MutuallyExclusive(
-				"specify only one of `--branch`, `--projects`, `--wiki`, or `--settings`",
+				"specify only one of `--branch`, `--commit`, `--projects`, `--wiki`, or `--settings`",
 				opts.Branch != "",
+				opts.Commit != "",
 				opts.WikiFlag,
 				opts.SettingsFlag,
 				opts.ProjectsFlag,
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ func NewCmdBrowse(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*BrowseOptions) error) *cobra.Co
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&opts.SettingsFlag, "settings", "s", false, "Open repository settings")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&opts.NoBrowserFlag, "no-browser", "n", false, "Print destination URL instead of opening the browser")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&opts.Branch, "branch", "b", "", "Select another branch by passing in the branch name")
-	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&opts.SHA, "sha", "a", "", "Select a commit by passing in the SHA hash")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&opts.Commit, "commit", "c", "", "Select a commit by passing in the SHA hash")
 
 	return cmd
 }
@@ -129,8 +130,8 @@ func runBrowse(opts *BrowseOptions) error {
 			url += "/wiki"
 		} else if opts.Branch != "" {
 			url += "/tree/" + opts.Branch + "/"
-		} else if opts.SHA != "" {
-			url += "/tree/" + opts.SHA + "/"
+		} else if opts.Commit != "" {
+			url += "/tree/" + opts.Commit + "/"
 		}
 	} else {
 		if isNumber(opts.SelectorArg) {
@@ -142,8 +143,8 @@ func runBrowse(opts *BrowseOptions) error {
 			}
 			if opts.Branch != "" {
 				url += "/tree/" + opts.Branch + "/"
-			} else if opts.SHA != "" {
-				url += "/tree/" + opts.SHA + "/"
+			} else if opts.Commit != "" {
+				url += "/tree/" + opts.Commit + "/"
 			} else {
 				apiClient := api.NewClientFromHTTP(httpClient)
 				branchName, err := api.RepoDefaultBranch(apiClient, baseRepo)
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/browse/browse_test.go b/pkg/cmd/browse/browse_test.go
index 496205bea..fb292f622 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/browse/browse_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/browse/browse_test.go
@@ -59,16 +59,21 @@ func TestNewCmdBrowse(t *testing.T) {
 			wantsErr: false,
 		},
 		{
-			name: "SHA flag",
-			cli:  "--sha e32e640",
+			name: "Commit flag",
+			cli:  "--commit e32e640",
 			wants: BrowseOptions{
-				SHA: "e32e640",
+				Commit: "e32e640",
 			},
 			wantsErr: false,
 		},
 		{
-			name:     "SHA flag no arg",
-			cli:      "-a",
+			name:     "Commit flag no arg",
+			cli:      "-c",
+			wantsErr: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Multi flags",
+			cli:      "-c 1a2b3c -b trunk",
 			wantsErr: true,
 		},
 		{
@@ -268,18 +273,18 @@ func Test_runBrowse(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedURL: "https://github.com/mislav/will_paginate/tree/3-0-stable/init.rb#L6",
 		},
 		{
-			name: "opening browser with SHA hash no args",
+			name: "opening browser with Commit hash no args",
 			opts: BrowseOptions{
-				SHA: "162a1b2",
+				Commit: "162a1b2",
 			},
 			baseRepo:    ghrepo.New("torvalds", "linux"),
 			wantsErr:    false,
 			expectedURL: "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/tree/162a1b2/",
 		},
 		{
-			name: "opening browser with SHA hash file arg",
+			name: "opening browser with commit hash file arg",
 			opts: BrowseOptions{
-				SHA:         "162a1b2",
+				Commit:      "162a1b2",
 				SelectorArg: "api/cache.go:32",
 			},
 			baseRepo:    ghrepo.New("cli", "cli"),