diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index 5dac9ff173..9271adc114 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -1574,6 +1574,21 @@ mocha.setup({
 });
 ```
 
+Browser Mocha supports many, but not all [cli options](#command-line-usage).  
+To use a [cli option](#command-line-usage) that contains a "-", please convert the option to camel-case, (eg. `check-leaks` to `checkLeaks`).
+
+```text
+
+colors         {boolean}            -  Use color TTY output from reporter?
+diff           {boolean}            -  Show diff on failure?
+inlineDiffs    {boolean}            -  Display actual/expected differences
+                                       inline within each string
+reporter       {string|constructor} -  Reporter** name or constructor.
+ui             {string}             -  Interface name.
+```
+
+\*\* Available built in reporters that can be referenced by name [here](#reporters), and recommended reporters for the browser [here](#reporting).
+
 ### Browser-specific Option(s)
 
 The following option(s) _only_ function in a browser context:
@@ -1582,7 +1597,7 @@ The following option(s) _only_ function in a browser context:
 
 ### Reporting
 
-The "HTML" reporter is what you see when running Mocha in the browser. It looks like this:
+The "HTML" reporter is the default reporter when running Mocha in the browser. It looks like this:
 
 ![HTML test reporter](images/reporter-html.png?withoutEnlargement&resize=920,9999){:class="screenshot" lazyload="on"}
 
diff --git a/lib/mocha.js b/lib/mocha.js
index 6c8bf2561b..3b0a969f0e 100644
--- a/lib/mocha.js
+++ b/lib/mocha.js
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ exports.Test = require('./test');
  * @param {boolean} [options.inlineDiffs] - Display inline diffs?
  * @param {boolean} [options.invert] - Invert test filter matches?
  * @param {boolean} [options.noHighlighting] - Disable syntax highlighting?
- * @param {string} [options.reporter] - Reporter name.
+ * @param {string|constructor} [options.reporter] - Reporter name or constructor.
  * @param {Object} [options.reporterOption] - Reporter settings object.
  * @param {number} [options.retries] - Number of times to retry failed tests.
  * @param {number} [options.slow] - Slow threshold value.
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ function Mocha(options) {
     .bail(options.bail)
     .reporter(options.reporter, options.reporterOption)
     .slow(options.slow)
-    .useInlineDiffs(options.inlineDiffs)
+    .inlineDiffs(options.inlineDiffs)
     .globals(options.global);
 
   // this guard exists because Suite#timeout does not consider `undefined` to be valid input
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ Mocha.prototype.globals = function(globals) {
  * @return {Mocha} this
  * @chainable
  */
-Mocha.prototype.useColors = function(colors) {
+Mocha.prototype.color = function(colors) {
   if (colors !== undefined) {
     this.options.color = colors;
   }
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ Mocha.prototype.useColors = function(colors) {
  * @return {Mocha} this
  * @chainable
  */
-Mocha.prototype.useInlineDiffs = function(inlineDiffs) {
+Mocha.prototype.inlineDiffs = function(inlineDiffs) {
   this.options.inlineDiffs = inlineDiffs !== undefined && inlineDiffs;
   return this;
 };
@@ -572,12 +572,12 @@ Mocha.prototype.useInlineDiffs = function(inlineDiffs) {
  * Determines if reporter should include diffs in test failure output.
  *
  * @public
- * @param {boolean} [hideDiff=false] - Whether to hide diffs.
+ * @param {boolean} [showDiff=true] - Whether to hide diffs.
  * @return {Mocha} this
  * @chainable
  */
-Mocha.prototype.hideDiff = function(hideDiff) {
-  this.options.diff = !(hideDiff === true);
+Mocha.prototype.diff = function(showDiff) {
+  this.options.diff = showDiff;
   return this;
 };