diff --git a/doc/man1/flux-jobs.rst b/doc/man1/flux-jobs.rst
index 2f28dd224048..d97b4af8c881 100644
--- a/doc/man1/flux-jobs.rst
+++ b/doc/man1/flux-jobs.rst
@@ -111,11 +111,16 @@ the following conversion flags are supported by *flux-jobs*:
 **!H**
    convert a duration to hours:minutes:seconds form (e.g. *{runtime!H}*)
 
-Scheduler and user annotations can be retrieved via the *annotations*
-field name.  Specific keys and sub-object keys can be retrieved
-separated by a period (".").  For example, if the scheduler has
-annotated the job with a reason pending status, it can be retrieved
-via "{annotations.sched.reason_pending}".
+Annotations can be retrieved via the *annotations* field name.
+Specific keys and sub-object keys can be retrieved separated by a
+period (".").  For example, if the scheduler has annotated the job
+with a reason pending status, it can be retrieved via
+"{annotations.sched.reason_pending}".
+
+As a convenience, the field names *sched* and *user* can be used as
+substitutions for *annotations.sched* and *annotations.user*.  For
+example, a reason pending status can be retrieved via
+"{sched.reason_pending}".
 
 The field names that can be specified are:
 
@@ -206,6 +211,11 @@ The field names that can be specified are:
 **annotations**
    annotations metadata, use "." to get specific keys
 
+**sched**
+   short hand for *annotations.sched*
+
+**user**
+   short hand for *annotations.user*
 
 RESOURCES
 =========
diff --git a/src/cmd/flux-jobs.py b/src/cmd/flux-jobs.py
index 9159e2b53b04..1a79a429c3a5 100755
--- a/src/cmd/flux-jobs.py
+++ b/src/cmd/flux-jobs.py
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ def __init__(self, info_resp):
 
         aDict = combined_dict.get("annotations", {})
         combined_dict["annotations"] = AnnotationsInfo(aDict)
+        combined_dict["sched"] = combined_dict["annotations"].sched
+        combined_dict["user"] = combined_dict["annotations"].user
 
         #  Set all keys as self._{key} to be found by getattr and
         #   memoized_property decorator:
@@ -377,13 +379,20 @@ def fetch_jobs_flux(args, fields):
         "expiration": ("expiration", "state", "result"),
         "t_remaining": ("expiration", "state", "result"),
         "annotations": ("annotations",),
+        # Special cases, pointers to sub-dicts in annotations
+        "sched": ("annotations",),
+        "user": ("annotations",),
     }
 
     attrs = set()
     for field in fields:
         # Special case for annotations, can be arbitrary field names determined
         # by scheduler/user.
-        if field.startswith("annotations."):
+        if (
+            field.startswith("annotations.")
+            or field.startswith("sched.")
+            or field.startswith("user.")
+        ):
             attrs.update(fields2attrs["annotations"])
         else:
             attrs.update(fields2attrs[field])
@@ -636,6 +645,11 @@ def get_field(self, field_name, args, kwargs):
         "annotations.sched.t_estimate": "T_ESTIMATE",
         "annotations.sched.reason_pending": "REASON",
         "annotations.sched.resource_summary": "RESOURCES",
+        "sched": "SCHED",
+        "sched.t_estimate": "T_ESTIMATE",
+        "sched.reason_pending": "REASON",
+        "sched.resource_summary": "RESOURCES",
+        "user": "USER",
     }
 
     def __init__(self, fmt):
@@ -652,13 +666,13 @@ def __init__(self, fmt):
         """
         format_list = string.Formatter().parse(fmt)
         for (_, field, _, _) in format_list:
-            if (
-                field
-                and not field in self.headings
-                and field.startswith("annotations.")
-            ):
-                field_heading = field[len("annotations.") :].upper()
-                self.headings[field] = field_heading
+            if field and not field in self.headings:
+                if field.startswith("annotations."):
+                    field_heading = field[len("annotations.") :].upper()
+                    self.headings[field] = field_heading
+                elif field.startswith("sched.") or field.startswith("user."):
+                    field_heading = field.upper()
+                    self.headings[field] = field_heading
         super().__init__(self.headings, fmt, prepend="0.")
 
     def format(self, obj):
diff --git a/t/t2800-jobs-cmd.t b/t/t2800-jobs-cmd.t
index a70187cdc65f..33de372f9ddb 100755
--- a/t/t2800-jobs-cmd.t
+++ b/t/t2800-jobs-cmd.t
@@ -648,6 +648,25 @@ test_expect_success 'flux-jobs --format={expiration!D:h},{t_remaining!H:h} works
 #
 # as the schedulers in those tests do varied but testable annotations
 
+test_expect_success 'flux-jobs annotation "sched" short hands work' '
+	fmt="{annotations.sched},{annotations.sched.resource_summary}" &&
+	flux jobs -no "${fmt}" > sched_long_hand.out &&
+	fmt="{sched},{sched.resource_summary}" &&
+	flux jobs -no "${fmt}" > sched_short_hand.out &&
+	test_cmp sched_long_hand.out sched_short_hand.out
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'flux-jobs annotation "user" short hands work' '
+	for id in $(state_ids sched); do
+		flux job annotate $id foo 42
+	done &&
+	fmt="{annotations.user},{annotations.user.foo}" &&
+	flux jobs -no "${fmt}" > user_long_hand.out &&
+	fmt="{user},{user.foo}" &&
+	flux jobs -no "${fmt}" > user_short_hand.out &&
+	test_cmp user_long_hand.out user_short_hand.out
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'flux-jobs emits empty string on invalid annotations fields' '
 	fmt="{annotations.foo},{annotations.foo:h}" &&
 	fmt="${fmt},{annotations.sched.bar},{annotations.sched.bar:h}" &&
@@ -714,6 +733,13 @@ test_expect_success 'flux-jobs: header included with all custom formats' '
 	annotations.sched.reason_pending==REASON
 	annotations.sched.resource_summary==RESOURCES
 	annotations.sched.foobar==SCHED.FOOBAR
+	sched==SCHED
+	sched.t_estimate==T_ESTIMATE
+	sched.reason_pending==REASON
+	sched.resource_summary==RESOURCES
+	sched.foobar==SCHED.FOOBAR
+	user==USER
+	user.foobar==USER.FOOBAR
 	EOF
 	sed "s/\(.*\)==.*/\1=={\1}/" headers.expected > headers.fmt &&
 	flux jobs --from-stdin --format="$(cat headers.fmt)" \