diff --git a/dvc/commands/experiments/exec_run.py b/dvc/commands/experiments/exec_run.py
index 9131ea3747..cbb111fc1d 100644
--- a/dvc/commands/experiments/exec_run.py
+++ b/dvc/commands/experiments/exec_run.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def add_parser(experiments_subparsers, parent_parser):
         ),
     )
     exec_run_parser.add_argument(
-        "-M",
+        "-m",
         "--message",
         type=str,
         default=None,
diff --git a/dvc/commands/experiments/save.py b/dvc/commands/experiments/save.py
index d81f1579b5..36e00f4a9b 100644
--- a/dvc/commands/experiments/save.py
+++ b/dvc/commands/experiments/save.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def add_parser(experiments_subparsers, parent_parser):
         metavar="<path>",
     )
     save_parser.add_argument(
-        "-M",
+        "-m",
         "--message",
         type=str,
         default=None,
diff --git a/tests/unit/command/test_experiments.py b/tests/unit/command/test_experiments.py
index 1fb1d52c1a..d862b8dc97 100644
--- a/tests/unit/command/test_experiments.py
+++ b/tests/unit/command/test_experiments.py
@@ -479,6 +479,24 @@ def test_experiments_save(dvc, scm, mocker):
     )
 
 
+def test_experiments_save_message(dvc, scm, mocker):
+    cli_args = parse_args(["exp", "save", "-m", "custom commit message"])
+    assert cli_args.func == CmdExperimentsSave
+
+    cmd = cli_args.func(cli_args)
+    m = mocker.patch("dvc.repo.experiments.save.save", return_value="acabb")
+
+    assert cmd.run() == 0
+
+    m.assert_called_once_with(
+        cmd.repo,
+        name=None,
+        force=False,
+        include_untracked=[],
+        message="custom commit message",
+    )
+
+
 def test_experiments_clean(dvc, scm, mocker):
     cli_args = parse_args(["experiments", "clean"])
     assert cli_args.func == CmdExperimentsClean