diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/notebookapp.py b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/notebookapp.py
index 88657cc..aa566ba 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/notebookapp.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/notebookapp.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ aliases.update({
 })
 
 notebook_aliases = [u'port', u'ip', u'keyfile', u'certfile', u'ws-hostname',
-                    u'notebook-dir']
+                    u'notebook-dir', u'keyword']
 
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 # IPythonNotebookApp