diff --git a/pkg/cmd/auth/status/status.go b/pkg/cmd/auth/status/status.go
index 11aad6baa..47d4106fb 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/auth/status/status.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/auth/status/status.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/cmdutil"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/iostreams"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 )
 
 type authEntry struct {
@@ -172,15 +171,7 @@ func NewCmdStatus(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*StatusOptions) error) *cobra.Co
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&opts.ShowToken, "show-token", "t", false, "Display the auth token")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&opts.Active, "active", "a", false, "Display the active account only")
 
-	// Add JSON flags for exporting, but ignore the default `-t` abbreviation that conflicts with show-token.
-	tmpCmd := &cobra.Command{}
-	cmdutil.AddJSONFlags(tmpCmd, &opts.Exporter, authFields)
-	tmpCmd.Flags().VisitAll(func(f *pflag.Flag) {
-		if f.Name == "template" {
-			f.Shorthand = ""
-		}
-		cmd.Flags().AddFlag(f)
-	})
+	cmdutil.AddJSONFlags(cmd, &opts.Exporter, authFields)
 
 	cmd.MarkFlagsMutuallyExclusive("show-token", "json")
 
diff --git a/pkg/cmdutil/json_flags.go b/pkg/cmdutil/json_flags.go
index 596c2f216..29bb8c002 100644
--- a/pkg/cmdutil/json_flags.go
+++ b/pkg/cmdutil/json_flags.go
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ type JSONFlagError struct {
 func AddJSONFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, exportTarget *Exporter, fields []string) {
 	f := cmd.Flags()
 	f.StringSlice("json", nil, "Output JSON with the specified `fields`")
-	f.StringP("jq", "q", "", "Filter JSON output using a jq `expression`")
-	f.StringP("template", "t", "", "Format JSON output using a Go template; see \"gh help formatting\"")
+	addStringFlagWithSafeShorthand(f, "jq", "q", "", "Filter JSON output using a jq `expression`")
+	addStringFlagWithSafeShorthand(f, "template", "t", "", "Format JSON output using a Go template; see \"gh help formatting\"")
 
 	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc("json", func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
 		var results []string
@@ -94,6 +94,15 @@ func AddJSONFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, exportTarget *Exporter, fields []string) {
 	cmd.Annotations["help:json-fields"] = strings.Join(fields, ",")
 }
 
+// addStringFlagWithSafeShorthand only adds the flag with shorthand if the shorthand is not already used by another flag.
+func addStringFlagWithSafeShorthand(f *pflag.FlagSet, name, shorthand, value, usage string) {
+	if f.ShorthandLookup(shorthand) != nil {
+		f.String(name, value, usage)
+	} else {
+		f.StringP(name, shorthand, value, usage)
+	}
+}
+
 func checkJSONFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) (*jsonExporter, error) {
 	f := cmd.Flags()
 	jsonFlag := f.Lookup("json")
diff --git a/pkg/cmdutil/json_flags_test.go b/pkg/cmdutil/json_flags_test.go
index 63c63aa00..15f0b7642 100644
--- a/pkg/cmdutil/json_flags_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmdutil/json_flags_test.go
@@ -119,6 +119,54 @@ func TestAddJSONFlags(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestAddJSONFlagsNoDuplicateShorthand(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		setFlags  func(cmd *cobra.Command)
+		wantFlags map[string]string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "no conflicting flags",
+			setFlags: func(cmd *cobra.Command) {
+				cmd.Flags().StringP("web", "w", "", "")
+			},
+			wantFlags: map[string]string{
+				"web":      "w",
+				"jq":       "q",
+				"template": "t",
+				"json":     "",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "conflicting flags",
+			setFlags: func(cmd *cobra.Command) {
+				cmd.Flags().StringP("token", "t", "", "")
+			},
+			wantFlags: map[string]string{
+				"token":    "t",
+				"jq":       "q",
+				"template": "", // no shorthand
+				"json":     "",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+
+			cmd := &cobra.Command{Run: func(*cobra.Command, []string) {}}
+			tt.setFlags(cmd)
+
+			AddJSONFlags(cmd, nil, []string{})
+
+			for f, shorthand := range tt.wantFlags {
+				flag := cmd.Flags().Lookup(f)
+				require.NotNil(t, flag)
+				require.Equal(t, shorthand, flag.Shorthand)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 // TestAddJSONFlagsSetsAnnotations asserts that `AddJSONFlags` function adds the
 // appropriate annotation to the command, which could later be used by doc
 // generator functions.