diff --git a/lib/hammer_cli_katello/content_view_purge.rb b/lib/hammer_cli_katello/content_view_purge.rb
index 6e5cb7d6..cd571210 100644
--- a/lib/hammer_cli_katello/content_view_purge.rb
+++ b/lib/hammer_cli_katello/content_view_purge.rb
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ class ContentViewPurgeCommand < HammerCLIKatello::Command
     command_name "purge"
     desc "Delete old versions of a content view"
 
-    option "--id", "ID", _("Content View numeric identifier")
-    option "--name", "NAME", _("Content View name")
-    option "--count", "COUNT", _("count of unused versions to keep"),
+    option "--id", "Id", _("Content View numeric identifier")
+    option "--name", "Name", _("Content View name")
+    option "--count", "Count", _("(deprecated) Number of versions to keep"),
+           :deprecated => true, format: HammerCLI::Options::Normalizers::Number.new
+    option "--versions-to-keep", "Versions to keep", _("Number of unused versions to keep"),
            default: 3, format: HammerCLI::Options::Normalizers::Number.new
 
     validate_options :before, 'IdResolution' do
@@ -49,17 +51,23 @@ def option_sources
     end
 
     def execute
-      if option_count.negative?
-        output.print_error _("Invalid value for --count option: value must be 0 or greater.")
+      options['option_versions_to_keep'] = option_versions_to_keep
+      if option_versions_to_keep.negative?
+        output.print_error _("Invalid value for --versions-to-keep: value must be 0 or greater.")
         return HammerCLI::EX_USAGE
       end
 
       # Check if there is something to do
-      if option_count >= old_unused_versions.size
+      if option_count
+        warn _("The --count option is deprecated and will be removed in the next release.")
+        options['option_versions_to_keep'] = option_count
+      end
+      if options['option_versions_to_keep'] >= old_unused_versions.size
         output.print_error _("No versions to delete.")
         HammerCLI::EX_NOT_FOUND
       else
-        versions_to_purge = old_unused_versions.slice(0, old_unused_versions.size - option_count)
+        versions_to_purge = old_unused_versions.slice(0, old_unused_versions.size -
+          options['option_versions_to_keep'])
 
         versions_to_purge.each do |v|
           purge_version(v)
diff --git a/test/functional/content_view/purge_test.rb b/test/functional/content_view/purge_test.rb
index 48e1c1c9..148c844b 100644
--- a/test/functional/content_view/purge_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/content_view/purge_test.rb
@@ -52,16 +52,27 @@ module HammerCLIKatello
     it 'fails gracefully if count <= 0' do
       api_expects_no_call
 
-      r = run_cmd(%w(content-view purge --id 2 --count -1))
-      assert(r.err.include?('Invalid value for --count option'), 'Incorrect error message')
+      r = run_cmd(%w(content-view purge --id 2 --versions-to-keep -1))
+      assert(r.err.include?('Invalid value for --versions-to-keep'), 'Incorrect error message')
     end
 
-    it 'fails gracefully when there are no versions to delete' do
+    it 'gives a deprecation warning with the --count option' do
       ex = api_expects(:content_view_versions, :index)
       ex = ex.with_params("content_view_id" => '2')
       ex.returns(versions)
 
       r = run_cmd(%w(content-view purge --id 2 --count 3))
+      dep_warning = 'The --count option is deprecated and will be removed in the next release.'
+      _(r.err.lines.first.strip).must_equal(dep_warning)
+      assert(r.err.include?('No versions to delete.'), 'Incorrect error message')
+    end
+
+    it 'fails gracefully when there are no versions to delete' do
+      ex = api_expects(:content_view_versions, :index)
+      ex = ex.with_params("content_view_id" => '2')
+      ex.returns(versions)
+
+      r = run_cmd(%w(content-view purge --id 2 --versions-to-keep 3))
       assert(r.err.include?('No versions to delete.'), 'Incorrect error message')
     end
 
@@ -77,7 +88,7 @@ module HammerCLIKatello
         expect_foreman_task('3')
       end
 
-      run_cmd(%w(content-view purge --id 2 --count 0))
+      run_cmd(%w(content-view purge --id 2 --versions-to-keep 0))
     end
 
     it 'allows for async purge of versions' do
@@ -91,7 +102,7 @@ module HammerCLIKatello
         ex.returns('id' => '3')
       end
 
-      run_cmd(%w(content-view purge --id 2 --count 0 --async))
+      run_cmd(%w(content-view purge --id 2 --versions-to-keep 0 --async))
     end
   end
 end