diff --git a/xCAT-client/bin/xcoll b/xCAT-client/bin/xcoll
index 70f85ce75..f720b0062 100755
--- a/xCAT-client/bin/xcoll
+++ b/xCAT-client/bin/xcoll
@@ -4,8 +4,14 @@ BEGIN { $::XCATROOT = $ENV{'XCATROOT'} ? $ENV{'XCATROOT'} : -d '/opt/xcat' ? '/o
 use lib "$::XCATROOT/lib/perl";
 use Data::Dumper;
 use xCAT::Client;
+use Getopt:Long;
 use strict;
 my %output;
+
+my $option;
+
+GetOptions("n"=>\$option);
+
 while (<STDIN>) {
     my $node;
     my $output;
@@ -36,7 +42,9 @@ foreach my $output (keys %collated) {
         noderange => [$nodes],
         command => ['rnoderange'],
     };
-    xCAT::Client::submit_request($cmdref,\&fillerup);
+    unless ($option) {
+        xCAT::Client::submit_request($cmdref,\&fillerup);
+    }
     print "====================================\n";
     print "$nodes\n";
     print "====================================\n";
diff --git a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/xcoll.1.pod b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/xcoll.1.pod
index f0f4461b4..520d595e6 100644
--- a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/xcoll.1.pod
+++ b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/xcoll.1.pod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ B<xcoll> - Formats and consolidates the output of the B<psh>, B<rinv> commands.
 
 =head1 B<SYNOPSIS>
 
-B<xcoll>
+B<xcoll> [B<-n>]
 
 =head1 B<DESCRIPTION>
 
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ is identical:
  .
  .
 
+=head1 B<OPTIONS>
+
+=over 3
+
+=item B<-n>
+
+Display output as nodenames instead of groupnames.
 
 =head1 B<EXAMPLES>