diff --git a/bin/pm2 b/bin/pm2
index aeb4aa481..699817f6c 100755
--- a/bin/pm2
+++ b/bin/pm2
@@ -665,6 +665,7 @@ commander.command('logrotate')
 
 commander.command('ecosystem [mode]')
   .alias('generate')
+  .alias('init')
   .description('generate a process conf file. (mode = null or simple)')
   .action(function(mode) {
     pm2.generateSample(mode);