diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d3dfb1f8e..b358e4d16 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 ## 1.3.0 (August 4, 2020)
-* Enchancements
+* Enhancements
     * Added CommandSet - Enables defining a separate loadable module of commands to register/unregister
-      with your cmd2 application. 
+      with your cmd2 application.
+* Other
+    * Marked with_argparser_and_unknown_args pending deprecation and consolidated implementation into
+      with_argparser 
 
 ## 1.2.1 (July 14, 2020)
 * Bug Fixes
diff --git a/cmd2/decorators.py b/cmd2/decorators.py
index 5947020f5..7fee32955 100644
--- a/cmd2/decorators.py
+++ b/cmd2/decorators.py
@@ -172,7 +172,10 @@ def with_argparser_and_unknown_args(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser, *,
                                     ns_provider: Optional[Callable[..., argparse.Namespace]] = None,
                                     preserve_quotes: bool = False) -> \
         Callable[[argparse.Namespace, List], Optional[bool]]:
-    """A decorator to alter a cmd2 method to populate its ``args`` argument by parsing
+    """
+    Deprecated decorator. Use `with_argparser(parser, with_unknown_args=True)` instead.
+
+    A decorator to alter a cmd2 method to populate its ``args`` argument by parsing
     arguments with the given instance of argparse.ArgumentParser, but also returning
     unknown args as a list.
 
@@ -194,77 +197,23 @@ def with_argparser_and_unknown_args(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser, *,
     >>> parser.add_argument('-r', '--repeat', type=int, help='output [n] times')
     >>>
     >>> class MyApp(cmd2.Cmd):
-    >>>     @cmd2.with_argparser_and_unknown_args(parser)
+    >>>     @cmd2.with_argparser(parser, with_unknown_args=True)
     >>>     def do_argprint(self, args, unknown):
     >>>         "Print the options and argument list this options command was called with."
     >>>         self.poutput('args: {!r}'.format(args))
     >>>         self.poutput('unknowns: {}'.format(unknown))
     """
-    import functools
-
-    def arg_decorator(func: Callable):
-        @functools.wraps(func)
-        def cmd_wrapper(*args: Tuple[Any, ...], **kwargs: Dict[str, Any]) -> Optional[bool]:
-            """
-            Command function wrapper which translates command line into argparse Namespace and calls actual
-            command function
-
-            :param args: All positional arguments to this function.  We're expecting there to be:
-                            cmd2_app, statement: Union[Statement, str]
-                            contiguously somewhere in the list
-            :param kwargs: any keyword arguments being passed to command function
-            :return: return value of command function
-            :raises: Cmd2ArgparseError if argparse has error parsing command line
-            """
-            cmd2_app, statement = _parse_positionals(args)
-            statement, parsed_arglist = cmd2_app.statement_parser.get_command_arg_list(command_name,
-                                                                                       statement,
-                                                                                       preserve_quotes)
-
-            if ns_provider is None:
-                namespace = None
-            else:
-                namespace = ns_provider(cmd2_app)
-
-            try:
-                ns, unknown = parser.parse_known_args(parsed_arglist, namespace)
-            except SystemExit:
-                raise Cmd2ArgparseError
-            else:
-                setattr(ns, '__statement__', statement)
+    import warnings
+    warnings.warn('This decorator will be deprecated. Use `with_argparser(parser, with_unknown_args=True)`.',
+                  PendingDeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
 
-                def get_handler(self: argparse.Namespace) -> Optional[Callable]:
-                    return getattr(self, constants.SUBCMD_HANDLER, None)
-
-                setattr(ns, 'get_handler', types.MethodType(get_handler, ns))
-
-                args_list = _arg_swap(args, statement, ns, unknown)
-                return func(*args_list, **kwargs)
-
-        # argparser defaults the program name to sys.argv[0], but we want it to be the name of our command
-        command_name = func.__name__[len(constants.COMMAND_FUNC_PREFIX):]
-        _set_parser_prog(parser, command_name)
-
-        # If the description has not been set, then use the method docstring if one exists
-        if parser.description is None and func.__doc__:
-            parser.description = func.__doc__
-
-        # Set the command's help text as argparser.description (which can be None)
-        cmd_wrapper.__doc__ = parser.description
-
-        # Set some custom attributes for this command
-        setattr(cmd_wrapper, constants.CMD_ATTR_ARGPARSER, parser)
-        setattr(cmd_wrapper, constants.CMD_ATTR_PRESERVE_QUOTES, preserve_quotes)
-
-        return cmd_wrapper
-
-    # noinspection PyTypeChecker
-    return arg_decorator
+    return with_argparser(parser, ns_provider=ns_provider, preserve_quotes=preserve_quotes, with_unknown_args=True)
 
 
 def with_argparser(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser, *,
                    ns_provider: Optional[Callable[..., argparse.Namespace]] = None,
-                   preserve_quotes: bool = False) -> Callable[[argparse.Namespace], Optional[bool]]:
+                   preserve_quotes: bool = False,
+                   with_unknown_args: bool = False) -> Callable[[argparse.Namespace], Optional[bool]]:
     """A decorator to alter a cmd2 method to populate its ``args`` argument by parsing arguments
     with the given instance of argparse.ArgumentParser.
 
@@ -273,6 +222,7 @@ def with_argparser(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser, *,
                         argparse.Namespace. This is useful if the Namespace needs to be prepopulated with
                         state data that affects parsing.
     :param preserve_quotes: if True, then arguments passed to argparse maintain their quotes
+    :param with_unknown_args: if true, then capture unknown args
     :return: function that gets passed the argparse-parsed args in a Namespace
              A member called __statement__ is added to the Namespace to provide command functions access to the
              Statement object. This can be useful if the command function needs to know the command line.
@@ -290,6 +240,21 @@ def with_argparser(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser, *,
     >>>     def do_argprint(self, args):
     >>>         "Print the options and argument list this options command was called with."
     >>>         self.poutput('args: {!r}'.format(args))
+
+    :Example with unknown args:
+
+    >>> parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    >>> parser.add_argument('-p', '--piglatin', action='store_true', help='atinLay')
+    >>> parser.add_argument('-s', '--shout', action='store_true', help='N00B EMULATION MODE')
+    >>> parser.add_argument('-r', '--repeat', type=int, help='output [n] times')
+    >>>
+    >>> class MyApp(cmd2.Cmd):
+    >>>     @cmd2.with_argparser(parser, with_unknown_args=True)
+    >>>     def do_argprint(self, args, unknown):
+    >>>         "Print the options and argument list this options command was called with."
+    >>>         self.poutput('args: {!r}'.format(args))
+    >>>         self.poutput('unknowns: {}'.format(unknown))
+
     """
     import functools
 
@@ -318,7 +283,11 @@ def cmd_wrapper(*args: Any, **kwargs: Dict[str, Any]) -> Optional[bool]:
                 namespace = ns_provider(cmd2_app)
 
             try:
-                ns = parser.parse_args(parsed_arglist, namespace)
+                if with_unknown_args:
+                    new_args = parser.parse_known_args(parsed_arglist, namespace)
+                else:
+                    new_args = (parser.parse_args(parsed_arglist, namespace), )
+                ns = new_args[0]
             except SystemExit:
                 raise Cmd2ArgparseError
             else:
@@ -329,7 +298,7 @@ def get_handler(self: argparse.Namespace) -> Optional[Callable]:
 
                 setattr(ns, 'get_handler', types.MethodType(get_handler, ns))
 
-                args_list = _arg_swap(args, statement, ns)
+                args_list = _arg_swap(args, statement, *new_args)
                 return func(*args_list, **kwargs)
 
         # argparser defaults the program name to sys.argv[0], but we want it to be the name of our command
diff --git a/docs/features/argument_processing.rst b/docs/features/argument_processing.rst
index f98a686a0..9e65742eb 100644
--- a/docs/features/argument_processing.rst
+++ b/docs/features/argument_processing.rst
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ Here's what it looks like::
     dir_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     dir_parser.add_argument('-l', '--long', action='store_true', help="display in long format with one item per line")
 
-    @with_argparser_and_unknown_args(dir_parser)
+    @with_argparser(dir_parser, with_unknown_args=True)
     def do_dir(self, args, unknown):
         """List contents of current directory."""
         # No arguments for this command
diff --git a/examples/arg_print.py b/examples/arg_print.py
index 3f7f3815a..dbf740ff6 100755
--- a/examples/arg_print.py
+++ b/examples/arg_print.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def do_oprint(self, args):
     pprint_parser.add_argument('-s', '--shout', action='store_true', help='N00B EMULATION MODE')
     pprint_parser.add_argument('-r', '--repeat', type=int, help='output [n] times')
 
-    @cmd2.with_argparser_and_unknown_args(pprint_parser)
+    @cmd2.with_argparser(pprint_parser, with_unknown_args=True)
     def do_pprint(self, args, unknown):
         """Print the options and argument list this options command was called with."""
         self.poutput('oprint was called with the following\n\toptions: {!r}\n\targuments: {}'.format(args, unknown))
diff --git a/examples/modular_commands/commandset_complex.py b/examples/modular_commands/commandset_complex.py
index 5a031bd06..ec5a9e130 100644
--- a/examples/modular_commands/commandset_complex.py
+++ b/examples/modular_commands/commandset_complex.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def do_banana(self, cmd: cmd2.Cmd, statement: cmd2.Statement):
     cranberry_parser = cmd2.Cmd2ArgumentParser('cranberry')
     cranberry_parser.add_argument('arg1', choices=['lemonade', 'juice', 'sauce'])
 
-    @cmd2.with_argparser_and_unknown_args(cranberry_parser)
+    @cmd2.with_argparser(cranberry_parser, with_unknown_args=True)
     def do_cranberry(self, cmd: cmd2.Cmd, ns: argparse.Namespace, unknown: List[str]):
         cmd.poutput('Cranberry {}!!'.format(ns.arg1))
         if unknown and len(unknown):
diff --git a/examples/python_scripting.py b/examples/python_scripting.py
index 69cfb6724..6e4295d43 100755
--- a/examples/python_scripting.py
+++ b/examples/python_scripting.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def complete_cd(self, text, line, begidx, endidx):
     dir_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     dir_parser.add_argument('-l', '--long', action='store_true', help="display in long format with one item per line")
 
-    @cmd2.with_argparser_and_unknown_args(dir_parser)
+    @cmd2.with_argparser(dir_parser, with_unknown_args=True)
     def do_dir(self, args, unknown):
         """List contents of current directory."""
         # No arguments for this command
diff --git a/isolated_tests/test_commandset/test_commandset.py b/isolated_tests/test_commandset/test_commandset.py
index 90f0448cd..83ae4646a 100644
--- a/isolated_tests/test_commandset/test_commandset.py
+++ b/isolated_tests/test_commandset/test_commandset.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def do_banana(self, cmd: cmd2.Cmd, statement: cmd2.Statement):
     cranberry_parser = cmd2.Cmd2ArgumentParser('cranberry')
     cranberry_parser.add_argument('arg1', choices=['lemonade', 'juice', 'sauce'])
 
-    @cmd2.with_argparser_and_unknown_args(cranberry_parser)
+    @cmd2.with_argparser(cranberry_parser, with_unknown_args=True)
     def do_cranberry(self, cmd: cmd2.Cmd, ns: argparse.Namespace, unknown: List[str]):
         cmd.poutput('Cranberry {}!!'.format(ns.arg1))
         if unknown and len(unknown):
diff --git a/tests/test_argparse.py b/tests/test_argparse.py
index daf434978..1334f9e3a 100644
--- a/tests/test_argparse.py
+++ b/tests/test_argparse.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def do_preservelist(self, arglist):
     known_parser.add_argument('-p', '--piglatin', action='store_true', help='atinLay')
     known_parser.add_argument('-s', '--shout', action='store_true', help='N00B EMULATION MODE')
     known_parser.add_argument('-r', '--repeat', type=int, help='output [n] times')
-    @cmd2.with_argparser_and_unknown_args(known_parser)
+    @cmd2.with_argparser(known_parser, with_unknown_args=True)
     def do_speak(self, args, extra, *, keyword_arg: Optional[str] = None):
         """Repeat what you tell me to."""
         words = []
@@ -112,11 +112,11 @@ def do_speak(self, args, extra, *, keyword_arg: Optional[str] = None):
         if keyword_arg is not None:
             print(keyword_arg)
 
-    @cmd2.with_argparser_and_unknown_args(argparse.ArgumentParser(), preserve_quotes=True)
+    @cmd2.with_argparser(argparse.ArgumentParser(), preserve_quotes=True, with_unknown_args=True)
     def do_test_argparse_with_list_quotes(self, args, extra):
         self.stdout.write('{}'.format(' '.join(extra)))
 
-    @cmd2.with_argparser_and_unknown_args(argparse.ArgumentParser(), ns_provider=namespace_provider)
+    @cmd2.with_argparser(argparse.ArgumentParser(), ns_provider=namespace_provider, with_unknown_args=True)
     def do_test_argparse_with_list_ns(self, args, extra):
         self.stdout.write('{}'.format(args.custom_stuff))
 
diff --git a/tests/test_cmd2.py b/tests/test_cmd2.py
index bc0e0a94f..8688e124f 100755
--- a/tests/test_cmd2.py
+++ b/tests/test_cmd2.py
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ def test_select_ctrl_c(outsim_app, monkeypatch, capsys):
 class HelpNoDocstringApp(cmd2.Cmd):
     greet_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     greet_parser.add_argument('-s', '--shout', action="store_true", help="N00B EMULATION MODE")
-    @cmd2.with_argparser_and_unknown_args(greet_parser)
+    @cmd2.with_argparser(greet_parser, with_unknown_args=True)
     def do_greet(self, opts, arg):
         arg = ''.join(arg)
         if opts.shout:
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
     orate_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     orate_parser.add_argument('-s', '--shout', action="store_true", help="N00B EMULATION MODE")
 
-    @cmd2.with_argparser_and_unknown_args(orate_parser)
+    @cmd2.with_argparser(orate_parser, with_unknown_args=True)
     def do_orate(self, opts, arg):
         arg = ''.join(arg)
         if opts.shout:
diff --git a/tests/test_completion.py b/tests/test_completion.py
index a380d43af..48a055d0a 100755
--- a/tests/test_completion.py
+++ b/tests/test_completion.py
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ def base_sport(self, args):
     parser_sport = base_subparsers.add_parser('sport', help='sport help')
     sport_arg = parser_sport.add_argument('sport', help='Enter name of a sport', choices=sport_item_strs)
 
-    @cmd2.with_argparser_and_unknown_args(base_parser)
+    @cmd2.with_argparser(base_parser, with_unknown_args=True)
     def do_base(self, args):
         """Base command help"""
         func = getattr(args, 'func', None)
diff --git a/tests/test_transcript.py b/tests/test_transcript.py
index 69389b7f2..55d60e181 100644
--- a/tests/test_transcript.py
+++ b/tests/test_transcript.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
     speak_parser.add_argument('-s', '--shout', action="store_true", help="N00B EMULATION MODE")
     speak_parser.add_argument('-r', '--repeat', type=int, help="output [n] times")
 
-    @cmd2.with_argparser_and_unknown_args(speak_parser)
+    @cmd2.with_argparser(speak_parser, with_unknown_args=True)
     def do_speak(self, opts, arg):
         """Repeats what you tell me to."""
         arg = ' '.join(arg)
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ def do_speak(self, opts, arg):
 
     mumble_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     mumble_parser.add_argument('-r', '--repeat', type=int, help="output [n] times")
-    @cmd2.with_argparser_and_unknown_args(mumble_parser)
+
+    @cmd2.with_argparser(mumble_parser, with_unknown_args=True)
     def do_mumble(self, opts, arg):
         """Mumbles what you tell me to."""
         repetitions = opts.repeat or 1