diff --git a/scripts/oq b/scripts/oq
index 01f435b..23d4137 100755
--- a/scripts/oq
+++ b/scripts/oq
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #   -agent    agent config name
 #   -backend  backend override
 #   -model    model override
-#   -output   output format hint (e.g. json)
+#   -json     shorthand for -output json; emit JSONL output
 #   -parallel run the same prompt N times in parallel (default: 1)
 #   -keep     do not remove job(s) after printing result
 #   -bg       submit job and exit immediately; prints session id(s); implies -keep
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Flags:
   -agent AGENT      agent config name
   -backend BACKEND  backend override (e.g. ollama, anthropic)
   -model MODEL      model override
-  -output FORMAT    output format hint (e.g. json)
+  -json             emit JSONL: one {"session":...,"result":...} per line
   -parallel N       run the same prompt N times in parallel (default: 1)
   -keep             do not remove job(s) after printing result
   -bg               submit and exit immediately; prints job id(s); implies -keep
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
         -agent)    agent=$2;    shift ;;
         -backend)  backend=$2;  shift ;;
         -model)    model=$2;    shift ;;
-        -output)   output=$2;   shift ;;
+        -json)     output=json ;;
         -parallel) parallel=$2; shift ;;
         -keep)     keep=1 ;;
         -bg)       bg=1; keep=1 ;;
diff --git a/scripts/oq-q b/scripts/oq-q
index c70b033..beec2c5 100644
--- a/scripts/oq-q
+++ b/scripts/oq-q
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Flags:
   -agent AGENT      agent config name
   -backend BACKEND  backend override (e.g. ollama, anthropic)
   -model MODEL      model override
-  -output FORMAT    output format hint (e.g. json)
+  -json             emit JSONL: one {"session":...,"result":...} per line
   -parallel N       run N times in parallel (default: 1)
   -help             show this help
 EOF