diff --git a/docs/cli/index.md b/docs/cli/index.md
index 2d626d02c9..1445a19b82 100644
--- a/docs/cli/index.md
+++ b/docs/cli/index.md
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Answer yes to all confirmation prompts
 - [`mise run [FLAGS]`](/cli/run.md)
 - [`mise self-update [FLAGS] [VERSION]`](/cli/self-update.md)
 - [`mise set [--file <FILE>] [-g --global] [ENV_VARS]...`](/cli/set.md)
-- [`mise settings [--names] <SUBCOMMAND>`](/cli/settings.md)
+- [`mise settings [--names] [SETTING] <SUBCOMMAND>`](/cli/settings.md)
 - [`mise settings add <SETTING> <VALUE>`](/cli/settings/add.md)
 - [`mise settings get <SETTING>`](/cli/settings/get.md)
 - [`mise settings ls [--names] [KEY]`](/cli/settings/ls.md)
diff --git a/docs/cli/settings.md b/docs/cli/settings.md
index 7d3ffb8418..177980be42 100644
--- a/docs/cli/settings.md
+++ b/docs/cli/settings.md
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 # `mise settings`
 
-- **Usage**: `mise settings [--names] <SUBCOMMAND>`
+- **Usage**: `mise settings [--names] [SETTING] <SUBCOMMAND>`
 - **Source code**: [`src/cli/settings.rs`](https://github.com/jdx/mise/blob/main/src/cli/settings.rs)
 
 Manage settings
 
+## Arguments
+
+### `[SETTING]`
+
 ## Flags
 
 ### `--names`
@@ -18,3 +22,13 @@ Only display key names for each setting
 - [`mise settings ls [--names] [KEY]`](/cli/settings/ls.md)
 - [`mise settings set <SETTING> <VALUE>`](/cli/settings/set.md)
 - [`mise settings unset <SETTING>`](/cli/settings/unset.md)
+
+Examples:
+    # list all settings
+    $ mise settings
+
+    # get the value of the setting "always_keep_download"
+    $ mise settings always_keep_download
+
+    # set the value of the setting "always_keep_download" to "true"
+    $ mise settings always_keep_download=true
diff --git a/docs/cli/settings/set.md b/docs/cli/settings/set.md
index ab541bf99a..0ee015a867 100644
--- a/docs/cli/settings/set.md
+++ b/docs/cli/settings/set.md
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ The value to set
 
 Examples:
 
-    mise settings set legacy_version_file true
+    mise settings legacy_version_file=true
diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index 7a73fe6f30..a9e101fc68 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ in mise and nvm. Here are some of the supported legacy version files:
 | yarn      | `.yarnrc`                                          |
 
 In mise these are enabled by default. You can disable them
-with `mise settings set legacy_version_file false`.
+with `mise settings legacy_version_file=false`.
 There is a performance cost to having these when they're parsed as it's performed by the plugin in
 `bin/parse-version-file`. However these are [cached](/cache-behavior) so it's not a huge deal.
 You may not even notice.
diff --git a/docs/configuration/settings.md b/docs/configuration/settings.md
index 4ef24a7705..b6a492c404 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/settings.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/settings.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import Settings from '/components/settings.vue';
 </script>
 
-The following is a list of all of mise's settings. These can be set via `mise settings set`,
+The following is a list of all of mise's settings. These can be set via `mise settings key=value`,
 by directly modifying `~/.config/mise/config.toml` or local config, or via environment variables.
 
 Some of them also can be set via global CLI flags.
diff --git a/docs/dev-tools/backends/vfox.md b/docs/dev-tools/backends/vfox.md
index ce293a3f6e..41c1457c9b 100644
--- a/docs/dev-tools/backends/vfox.md
+++ b/docs/dev-tools/backends/vfox.md
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ The version will be set in `~/.config/mise/config.toml` with the following forma
 If you'd like to use vfox plugins by default like on Windows, set the following settings:
 
 ```sh
-mise settings set asdf false
-mise settings set vfox true
+mise settings asdf=false
+mise settings vfox=true
 ```
 
 Now you can list available plugins with `mise registry`:
diff --git a/docs/lang/node.md b/docs/lang/node.md
index 2300d64096..5cd63bf550 100644
--- a/docs/lang/node.md
+++ b/docs/lang/node.md
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ compiling from source for these platforms.
 To use, first set the mirror url to point to the unofficial builds:
 
 ```sh
-mise settings set node.mirror_url https://unofficial-builds.nodejs.org/download/release/
+mise settings node.mirror_url=https://unofficial-builds.nodejs.org/download/release/
 ```
 
 If your goal is to simply support an alternative arch/os like linux-loong64 or linux-armv6l, this is
@@ -86,6 +86,6 @@ than what the official binaries are built with).
 To use these, set `node.flavor`:
 
 ```sh
-mise settings set node.flavor musl
-mise settings set node.flavor glibc-217
+mise settings node.flavor=musl
+mise settings node.flavor=glibc-217
 ```
diff --git a/docs/lang/python.md b/docs/lang/python.md
index f4c04ac9f6..bb2d74b5eb 100644
--- a/docs/lang/python.md
+++ b/docs/lang/python.md
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ That said, there are
 some [quirks](https://github.com/indygreg/python-build-standalone/blob/main/docs/quirks.rst)
 with the precompiled binaries to be aware of.
 
-If you'd like to disable these binaries, set `mise settings set python.compile 1`.
+If you'd like to disable these binaries, set `mise settings python.compile=1`.
 
 These binaries may not work on older CPUs however you may opt into binaries which
 are more compatible with older CPUs by setting `MISE_PYTHON_PRECOMPILED_ARCH` with
diff --git a/docs/mise.usage.kdl b/docs/mise.usage.kdl
index ff0cac5a69..9bd336bfe1 100644
--- a/docs/mise.usage.kdl
+++ b/docs/mise.usage.kdl
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ but managed separately with `mise aliases`"
 This modifies the contents of ~/.config/mise/config.toml"
         after_long_help r"Examples:
 
-    $ mise settings set legacy_version_file true
+    $ mise settings legacy_version_file=true
 "
         arg "<SETTING>" help="The setting to set"
         arg "<VALUE>" help="The value to set"
diff --git a/docs/paranoid.md b/docs/paranoid.md
index 609bcdbdcd..5bcf542830 100644
--- a/docs/paranoid.md
+++ b/docs/paranoid.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ restrictive for the benefits.
 Paranoid mode can be enabled with either `MISE_PARANOID=1` or a setting:
 
 ```sh
-mise settings set paranoid 1
+mise settings paranoid=1
 ```
 
 ## Config files
diff --git a/e2e/cli/test_settings_set b/e2e/cli/test_settings_set
index 1e9b7fdd5b..0d60f4af73 100644
--- a/e2e/cli/test_settings_set
+++ b/e2e/cli/test_settings_set
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ assert_contains "mise settings" "all_compile = true"
 mise settings unset all_compile
 assert "mise settings get all_compile" "false"
 assert_fail "mise settings get abcdefg" "mise ERROR Unknown setting: abcdefg"
+assert "mise settings all_compile" "false"
+assert "mise settings all_compile=1"
+assert "mise settings all_compile" "true"
diff --git a/e2e/plugins/test_tiny b/e2e/plugins/test_tiny
index df8fcb8661..693242adcd 100644
--- a/e2e/plugins/test_tiny
+++ b/e2e/plugins/test_tiny
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ mise local tiny@latest
 assert "mise current tiny" "3.1.0"
 
 # test outdated/upgrade
-mise settings set experimental true
+mise settings experimental=true
 rm -rf "$MISE_DATA_DIR/installs/tiny"
 mise use tiny@3
 mv "$MISE_DATA_DIR/installs/tiny/"{3.1.0,3.0.0}
diff --git a/man/man1/mise.1 b/man/man1/mise.1
index d58a89e106..db325e9702 100644
--- a/man/man1/mise.1
+++ b/man/man1/mise.1
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ Examples:
     $ mise watch build               Run `build` tasks repeatedly when files change
 
     $ mise settings                  Show settings in use
-    $ mise settings set color 0      Disable color by modifying global config file
+    $ mise settings color=0          Disable color by modifying global config file
 .SH VERSION
 v2024.11.23
 .SH AUTHORS
diff --git a/mise.usage.kdl b/mise.usage.kdl
index 7ae1c5c3ef..cdf4239680 100644
--- a/mise.usage.kdl
+++ b/mise.usage.kdl
@@ -990,7 +990,18 @@ By default, this command modifies `mise.toml` in the current directory."
     arg "[ENV_VARS]..." help="Environment variable(s) to set\ne.g.: NODE_ENV=production" var=true
 }
 cmd "settings" help="Manage settings" {
+    after_long_help r#"Examples:
+    # list all settings
+    $ mise settings
+
+    # get the value of the setting "always_keep_download"
+    $ mise settings always_keep_download
+
+    # set the value of the setting "always_keep_download" to "true"
+    $ mise settings always_keep_download=true
+"#
     flag "--names" help="Only display key names for each setting"
+    arg "[SETTING]"
     cmd "add" help="Adds a setting to the configuration file" {
         long_help r"Adds a setting to the configuration file
 
@@ -1045,7 +1056,7 @@ but managed separately with `mise aliases`"
 This modifies the contents of ~/.config/mise/config.toml"
         after_long_help r"Examples:
 
-    $ mise settings set legacy_version_file true
+    $ mise settings legacy_version_file=true
 "
         arg "<SETTING>" help="The setting to set"
         arg "<VALUE>" help="The value to set"
diff --git a/src/cli/mod.rs b/src/cli/mod.rs
index c3f2170a59..451a193987 100644
--- a/src/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cli/mod.rs
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ static AFTER_LONG_HELP: &str = color_print::cstr!(
     $ <bold>mise watch build</bold>               Run `build` tasks repeatedly when files change
 
     $ <bold>mise settings</bold>                  Show settings in use
-    $ <bold>mise settings set color 0</bold>      Disable color by modifying global config file
+    $ <bold>mise settings color=0</bold>          Disable color by modifying global config file
 "#
 );
 
diff --git a/src/cli/settings/mod.rs b/src/cli/settings/mod.rs
index ec2a8a7755..70a1c4ca1f 100644
--- a/src/cli/settings/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cli/settings/mod.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ mod set;
 mod unset;
 
 #[derive(Debug, clap::Args)]
-#[clap(about = "Manage settings")]
+#[clap(about = "Manage settings", after_long_help = AFTER_LONG_HELP)]
 pub struct Settings {
     #[clap(subcommand)]
     command: Option<Commands>,
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ pub struct Settings {
     /// Only display key names for each setting
     #[clap(long, verbatim_doc_comment, alias = "keys")]
     names: bool,
+
+    #[clap(conflicts_with = "names")]
+    setting: Option<String>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Subcommand)]
@@ -41,11 +44,37 @@ impl Commands {
 
 impl Settings {
     pub fn run(self) -> Result<()> {
-        let cmd = self.command.unwrap_or(Commands::Ls(ls::SettingsLs {
-            key: None,
-            names: self.names,
-        }));
+        let cmd = self.command.unwrap_or_else(|| {
+            if let Some(setting) = self.setting {
+                if let Some((setting, value)) = setting.split_once('=') {
+                    Commands::Set(set::SettingsSet {
+                        setting: setting.to_string(),
+                        value: value.to_string(),
+                    })
+                } else {
+                    Commands::Get(get::SettingsGet { setting })
+                }
+            } else {
+                Commands::Ls(ls::SettingsLs {
+                    key: None,
+                    names: self.names,
+                })
+            }
+        });
 
         cmd.run()
     }
 }
+
+static AFTER_LONG_HELP: &str = color_print::cstr!(
+    r#"<bold><underline>Examples:</underline></bold>
+    # list all settings
+    $ <bold>mise settings</bold>
+
+    # get the value of the setting "always_keep_download"
+    $ <bold>mise settings always_keep_download</bold>
+
+    # set the value of the setting "always_keep_download" to "true"
+    $ <bold>mise settings always_keep_download=true</bold>
+"#
+);
diff --git a/src/cli/settings/set.rs b/src/cli/settings/set.rs
index dc7cab0742..b7df414725 100644
--- a/src/cli/settings/set.rs
+++ b/src/cli/settings/set.rs
@@ -103,6 +103,6 @@ fn parse_duration(value: &str) -> Result<toml_edit::Value> {
 static AFTER_LONG_HELP: &str = color_print::cstr!(
     r#"<bold><underline>Examples:</underline></bold>
 
-    $ <bold>mise settings set legacy_version_file true</bold>
+    $ <bold>mise settings legacy_version_file=true</bold>
 "#
 );
diff --git a/src/config/settings.rs b/src/config/settings.rs
index 006eb86201..d3f69e58f9 100644
--- a/src/config/settings.rs
+++ b/src/config/settings.rs
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ impl Settings {
 
     pub fn ensure_experimental(&self, what: &str) -> Result<()> {
         if !self.experimental {
-            bail!("{what} is experimental. Enable it with `mise settings set experimental true`");
+            bail!("{what} is experimental. Enable it with `mise settings experimental=true`");
         }
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/core/python.rs b/src/plugins/core/python.rs
index bb4040cfd7..a491969667 100644
--- a/src/plugins/core/python.rs
+++ b/src/plugins/core/python.rs
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ impl PythonPlugin {
                         hint!(
                             "python_compile",
                             "To compile python from source, run",
-                            "mise settings set python.compile 1"
+                            "mise settings python.compile=1"
                         );
                     }
                     let arch = python_arch();
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ impl PythonPlugin {
                 "python_precompiled",
                 "installing precompiled python from indygreg/python-build-standalone\n\
                 if you experience issues with this python (e.g.: running poetry), switch to python-build by running",
-                "mise settings set python.compile 1"
+                "mise settings python.compile=1"
             );
         }
 
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ impl PythonPlugin {
         if let Some(virtualenv) = tv.request.options().get("virtualenv") {
             if !SETTINGS.experimental {
                 warn!(
-                    "please enable experimental mode with `mise settings set experimental true` \
+                    "please enable experimental mode with `mise settings experimental=true` \
                     to use python virtualenv activation"
                 );
             }
diff --git a/tasks/fig/src/mise.ts b/tasks/fig/src/mise.ts
index 7e2a967174..4245fb2914 100644
--- a/tasks/fig/src/mise.ts
+++ b/tasks/fig/src/mise.ts
@@ -2006,6 +2006,14 @@ const completionSpec: Fig.Spec = {
                     "description": "Only display key names for each setting",
                     "isRepeatable": false
                 }
+            ],
+            "args": [
+                {
+                    "name": "setting",
+                    "isOptional": true,
+                    "isVariadic": false,
+                    "generators": settingsGenerator
+                }
             ]
         },
         {