diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/command/defaults/TellCommand.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/command/defaults/TellCommand.java
index 86705ab3..53888a4d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/command/defaults/TellCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/command/defaults/TellCommand.java
@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@ public class TellCommand extends VanillaCommand {
 
     @Override
     public boolean matches(String input) {
-        return input.equalsIgnoreCase("tell");
+        return input.equalsIgnoreCase("tell") || input.equalsIgnoreCase("w") || input.equalsIgnoreCase("msg");
     }
 }