diff --git a/completion.d/_aptly b/completion.d/_aptly
index f527f129..edd136aa 100644
--- a/completion.d/_aptly
+++ b/completion.d/_aptly
@@ -212,7 +212,8 @@ local keyring="*-keyring=[gpg keyring to use when verifying Release file (could
                             $keyring \
                             "-max-tries=[max download tries till process fails with download error]:number: " \
                             "-skip-existing-packages=[do not check file existence for packages listed in the internal database of the mirror]:$bool" \
-                            "-latest=[download only latest version of each package (per architecture)]:$bool" \
+                            "-latest=[download only latest version of each package (per architecture), same as -max-versions=1]:$bool" \
+                            "-max-versions=[download only the N most recent versions of each package (per architecture), 0 means all versions]:number: " \
                             "(-)2:mirror name:$mirrors"
                         ;;
                     rename)
diff --git a/completion.d/aptly b/completion.d/aptly
index f1726f93..c3030d5f 100644
--- a/completion.d/aptly
+++ b/completion.d/aptly
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ _aptly()
           "update")
             if [[ $numargs -eq 0 ]]; then
               if [[ "$cur" == -* ]]; then
-                COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "-force -download-limit= -downloader= -ignore-checksums -ignore-signatures -keyring= -skip-existing-packages -latest" -- ${cur}))
+                COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "-force -download-limit= -downloader= -ignore-checksums -ignore-signatures -keyring= -skip-existing-packages -latest -max-versions=" -- ${cur}))
               else
                 COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "$(__aptly_mirror_list)" -- ${cur}))
               fi
diff --git a/man/aptly.1 b/man/aptly.1
index 7b61fe13..5acd81a9 100644
--- a/man/aptly.1
+++ b/man/aptly.1
@@ -825,7 +825,11 @@ do not check file existence for packages listed in the internal database of the
 .
 .TP
 \-\fBlatest\fR
-download only latest version of each package (per architecture)
+download only latest version of each package (per architecture), same as \-max\-versions=1
+.
+.TP
+\-\fBmax\-versions\fR=0
+download only the N most recent versions of each package (per architecture), 0 means all versions
 .
 .SH "RENAMES MIRROR"
 \fBaptly\fR \fBmirror\fR \fBrename\fR \fIold\-name\fR \fInew\-name\fR