diff --git a/commands/issuable/list/issuable_list.go b/commands/issuable/list/issuable_list.go
index 36786c0f..a9b337d1 100644
--- a/commands/issuable/list/issuable_list.go
+++ b/commands/issuable/list/issuable_list.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ type ListOptions struct {
 	ListType       string
 	TitleQualifier string
 	OutputFormat   string
+	Output         string
 
 	IO         *iostreams.IOStreams
 	BaseRepo   func() (glrepo.Interface, error)
@@ -138,10 +139,12 @@ func NewCmdList(f *cmdutils.Factory, runE func(opts *ListOptions) error, issueTy
 	issueListCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&opts.All, "all", "A", false, fmt.Sprintf("Get all %ss", issueType))
 	issueListCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&opts.Closed, "closed", "c", false, fmt.Sprintf("Get only closed %ss", issueType))
 	issueListCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&opts.Confidential, "confidential", "C", false, fmt.Sprintf("Filter by confidential %ss", issueType))
-	issueListCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&opts.OutputFormat, "output", "F", "details", "One of 'details', 'ids', 'urls' or 'json'")
+	issueListCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&opts.OutputFormat, "output-format", "F", "details", "One of 'details', 'ids', 'urls'")
+	issueListCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&opts.Output, "output", "O", "text", "One of 'text' or 'json'")
 	issueListCmd.Flags().IntVarP(&opts.Page, "page", "p", 1, "Page number")
 	issueListCmd.Flags().IntVarP(&opts.PerPage, "per-page", "P", 30, "Number of items to list per page.")
 	issueListCmd.PersistentFlags().StringP("group", "g", "", "Select a group/subgroup. This option is ignored if a repo argument is set.")
+	issueListCmd.MarkFlagsMutuallyExclusive("output", "output-format")
 
 	if issueType == issuable.TypeIssue {
 		issueListCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&opts.IssueType, "issue-type", "t", "", "Filter issue by its type {issue|incident|test_case}")
@@ -263,7 +266,7 @@ func listRun(opts *ListOptions) error {
 	title.ListActionType = opts.ListType
 	title.CurrentPageTotal = len(issues)
 
-	if opts.OutputFormat == "json" {
+	if opts.Output == "json" {
 		issueListJSON, _ := json.Marshal(issues)
 		fmt.Fprintln(opts.IO.StdOut, string(issueListJSON))
 		return nil
diff --git a/commands/issuable/list/issuable_list_test.go b/commands/issuable/list/issuable_list_test.go
index 125855ec..426dceae 100644
--- a/commands/issuable/list/issuable_list_test.go
+++ b/commands/issuable/list/issuable_list_test.go
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ func TestIssueListJSON(t *testing.T) {
 	fakeHTTP.RegisterResponder(http.MethodGet, "/projects/OWNER/REPO/issues",
 		httpmock.NewFileResponse(http.StatusOK, "./testdata/issueListFull.json"))
 
-	output, err := runCommand("issue", fakeHTTP, true, "-F json", nil, "")
+	output, err := runCommand("issue", fakeHTTP, true, "--output json", nil, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("error running command `issue list -F json`: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -378,3 +378,10 @@ func TestIssueListJSON(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.JSONEq(t, expectedOut, output.String())
 	assert.Empty(t, output.Stderr())
 }
+
+func TestIssueListMutualOutputFlags(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := runCommand("issue", nil, true, "--output json --output-format ids", nil, "")
+
+	assert.NotNil(t, err)
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "if any flags in the group [output output-format] are set none of the others can be; [output output-format] were all set")
+}
diff --git a/docs/source/incident/list.md b/docs/source/incident/list.md
index 01b35260..d1442501 100644
--- a/docs/source/incident/list.md
+++ b/docs/source/incident/list.md
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ glab incident list --milestone release-2.0.0 --opened
       --not-assignee strings   Filter incident by not being assigneed to <username>
       --not-author strings     Filter by not being by author(s) <username>
       --not-label strings      Filter incident by lack of label <name>
-  -F, --output string          One of 'details', 'ids', 'urls' or 'json' (default "details")
+  -O, --output string          One of 'text' or 'json' (default "text")
+  -F, --output-format string   One of 'details', 'ids', 'urls' (default "details")
   -p, --page int               Page number (default 1)
   -P, --per-page int           Number of items to list per page. (default 30)
   -R, --repo OWNER/REPO        Select another repository using the OWNER/REPO or `GROUP/NAMESPACE/REPO` format or full URL or git URL
diff --git a/docs/source/issue/list.md b/docs/source/issue/list.md
index 2682e55d..53c000dd 100644
--- a/docs/source/issue/list.md
+++ b/docs/source/issue/list.md
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ glab issue list --milestone release-2.0.0 --opened
       --not-assignee strings   Filter issue by not being assigneed to <username>
       --not-author strings     Filter by not being by author(s) <username>
       --not-label strings      Filter issue by lack of label <name>
-  -F, --output string          One of 'details', 'ids', 'urls' or 'json' (default "details")
+  -O, --output string          One of 'text' or 'json' (default "text")
+  -F, --output-format string   One of 'details', 'ids', 'urls' (default "details")
   -p, --page int               Page number (default 1)
   -P, --per-page int           Number of items to list per page. (default 30)
   -R, --repo OWNER/REPO        Select another repository using the OWNER/REPO or `GROUP/NAMESPACE/REPO` format or full URL or git URL