diff --git a/src/osd/sdl/sdlmain.c b/src/osd/sdl/sdlmain.c
index 0ed37926379..315e1ffdc76 100644
--- a/src/osd/sdl/sdlmain.c
+++ b/src/osd/sdl/sdlmain.c
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ const options_entry sdl_options::s_option_entries[] =
 	{ SDLOPTION_CENTERH,                      "1",        OPTION_BOOLEAN,    "center horizontally within the view area" },
 	{ SDLOPTION_CENTERV,                      "1",        OPTION_BOOLEAN,    "center vertically within the view area" },
 	#if (SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(1,2,10))
-	{ SDLOPTION_WAITVSYNC,                    "0",        OPTION_BOOLEAN,    "enable waiting for the start of VBLANK before flipping screens; reduces tearing effects" },
-	{ SDLOPTION_SYNCREFRESH,                  "0",        OPTION_BOOLEAN,    "enable using the start of VBLANK for throttling instead of the game time" },
+	{ SDLOPTION_WAITVSYNC ";vs",              "0",        OPTION_BOOLEAN,    "enable waiting for the start of VBLANK before flipping screens; reduces tearing effects" },
+	{ SDLOPTION_SYNCREFRESH ";sr",            "0",        OPTION_BOOLEAN,    "enable using the start of VBLANK for throttling instead of the game time" },
 	#endif
 #if (SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(1,3,0))
 	{ SDLOPTION_SCALEMODE ";sm",         SDLOPTVAL_NONE,  OPTION_STRING,     "Scale mode: none, hwblit, hwbest, yv12, yuy2, yv12x2, yuy2x2 (-video soft only)" },
diff --git a/src/osd/windows/winmain.c b/src/osd/windows/winmain.c
index 4da69ce1921..5a7d87473b9 100644
--- a/src/osd/windows/winmain.c
+++ b/src/osd/windows/winmain.c
@@ -317,8 +317,8 @@ const options_entry windows_options::s_option_entries[] =
 	{ WINOPTION_MAXIMIZE ";max",                      "1",        OPTION_BOOLEAN,    "default to maximized windows; otherwise, windows will be minimized" },
 	{ WINOPTION_KEEPASPECT ";ka",                     "1",        OPTION_BOOLEAN,    "constrain to the proper aspect ratio" },
 	{ WINOPTION_PRESCALE,                             "1",        OPTION_INTEGER,    "scale screen rendering by this amount in software" },
-	{ WINOPTION_WAITVSYNC,                            "0",        OPTION_BOOLEAN,    "enable waiting for the start of VBLANK before flipping screens; reduces tearing effects" },
-	{ WINOPTION_SYNCREFRESH,                          "0",        OPTION_BOOLEAN,    "enable using the start of VBLANK for throttling instead of the game time" },
+	{ WINOPTION_WAITVSYNC ";vs",                      "0",        OPTION_BOOLEAN,    "enable waiting for the start of VBLANK before flipping screens; reduces tearing effects" },
+	{ WINOPTION_SYNCREFRESH ";sr",                    "0",        OPTION_BOOLEAN,    "enable using the start of VBLANK for throttling instead of the game time" },
 	{ WINOPTION_MENU,           		              "0",        OPTION_BOOLEAN,    "enable menu bar if available by UI implementation" },
 
 	// DirectDraw-specific options