diff --git a/plugins/atom/README.md b/plugins/atom/README.md
index 6350c647b..cdb28ad92 100644
--- a/plugins/atom/README.md
+++ b/plugins/atom/README.md
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ Originally by Github user [aforty](https://github.com/aforty) for OSX, modified
 
 ### Examples
 
- * Open the current dir in atom: `at .`
+ * Open the current dir in atom: `att` (alias of `at .`)
  * Open another dir in atom: `at path/to/folder`
  * Open a file: `at filename.extension`
diff --git a/plugins/atom/atom.plugin.zsh b/plugins/atom/atom.plugin.zsh
index 2711cf0e8..bacaa45bd 100644
--- a/plugins/atom/atom.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/atom/atom.plugin.zsh
@@ -35,3 +35,5 @@ linux*)
     # Alerts the user if 'atom' is not a found command.
     type atom >/dev/null 2>&1 && alias at="atom" || { echo >&2 "You have enabled the atom oh-my-zsh plugin on Linux, but atom is not a recognized command. Please make sure you have it installed before using this plugin."; }
 esac
+
+alias att="at ."