diff --git a/src/core/management/commands/create_conference.py b/src/core/management/commands/create_conference.py
index 340d0fb14bd07d91f8628af3eb09630de39789b8..33121260e900d9ee1e6508c6f1ed3404812b2bd1 100644
--- a/src/core/management/commands/create_conference.py
+++ b/src/core/management/commands/create_conference.py
@@ -341,16 +341,16 @@ def _validate_date(s: str) -> datetime:
 class Command(BaseCommand):
     def add_arguments(self, parser):
         parser.add_argument(
-            'slug',
+            'name',
             type=str,
             nargs='?',
-            help='The url slug of the new conference.',
+            help='The name of the new conference',
         )
         parser.add_argument(
-            '-n',
-            '--name',
+            '-s',
+            '--slug',
             type=str,
-            help='The name of the new conference',
+            help='The url slug of the new conference. If not given, it will be slugified from the name.',
         )
         parser.add_argument(
             '-y',