diff --git a/tools/options.py b/tools/options.py
index 2a19e1ac0eb..1e84e818333 100644
--- a/tools/options.py
+++ b/tools/options.py
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ def AddOptions():
                 action = 'store_true',
                 default = False,
                 help = 'clean up the library by --buildlib')
-    AddOption('--target',
+    AddOption('--target', '--ide',
                 dest = 'target',
                 type = 'string',
-                help = 'set target project: mdk/mdk4/mdk5/iar/vs/vsc/ua/cdk/ses/makefile/eclipse/codelite/cmake')
+                help = 'set ide project: mdk/mdk4/mdk5/iar/vs/vsc/ua/cdk/ses/makefile/eclipse/codelite/cmake')
     AddOption('--cmsispack',
                 dest = 'cmsispack',
                 type = 'string',
@@ -153,4 +153,4 @@ def AddOptions():
               action='store_true',
               default=False,
               help='create minimal distribution based on compile_commands.json.'+\
-              'So you should run `bear -- scons` to generate compile_commands.json first.')
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+              'So you should run `bear -- scons` to generate compile_commands.json first.')