diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8901ff0e..0913a3a2 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 xbps-0.44 (???):
 
+ * xbps-rindex(8): fix -s short option; was omitted in the short options list.
+
  * xbps-pkgdb(8): added a new mode to set in installed packages: "repolock".
    If that mode is set with `-m repo(un)lock`, a package will only be updated
    if there's an update in the same repository that was used for installing.
diff --git a/bin/xbps-rindex/main.c b/bin/xbps-rindex/main.c
index 55701ec8..e97ede9b 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-rindex/main.c
+++ b/bin/xbps-rindex/main.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*-
- * Copyright (c) 2012-2014 Juan Romero Pardines.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012-2015 Juan Romero Pardines.
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ usage(bool fail)
 int
 main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	const char *shortopts = "acdfhrVv";
+	const char *shortopts = "acdfhrsVv";
 	struct option longopts[] = {
 		{ "add", no_argument, NULL, 'a' },
 		{ "clean", no_argument, NULL, 'c' },