diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/admin/ConfigCommand.scala b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/admin/ConfigCommand.scala
index 17bbbcbd8f3..f0217de6c42 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/admin/ConfigCommand.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/admin/ConfigCommand.scala
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ object ConfigCommand {
   }
 
   private[admin] def parseConfigsToBeAdded(opts: ConfigCommandOptions): Properties = {
-    val configsToBeAdded = opts.options.valuesOf(opts.addedConfig).map(_.split("""\s*=\s*"""))
+    val configsToBeAdded = opts.options.valuesOf(opts.addConfig).map(_.split("""\s*=\s*"""))
     require(configsToBeAdded.forall(config => config.length == 2),
             "Invalid entity config: all configs to be added must be in the format \"key=val\".")
     val props = new Properties
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ object ConfigCommand {
   }
 
   private[admin] def parseConfigsToBeDeleted(opts: ConfigCommandOptions): Seq[String] = {
-    if (opts.options.has(opts.deletedConfig)) {
-      val configsToBeDeleted = opts.options.valuesOf(opts.deletedConfig).map(_.trim())
+    if (opts.options.has(opts.deleteConfig)) {
+      val configsToBeDeleted = opts.options.valuesOf(opts.deleteConfig).map(_.trim())
       val propsToBeDeleted = new Properties
       configsToBeDeleted.foreach(propsToBeDeleted.setProperty(_, ""))
       configsToBeDeleted
@@ -130,20 +130,20 @@ object ConfigCommand {
             .ofType(classOf[String])
 
     val nl = System.getProperty("line.separator")
-    val addedConfig = parser.accepts("added-config", "Key Value pairs configs to add 'k1=v1,k2=v2'. The following is a list of valid configurations: " +
+    val addConfig = parser.accepts("add-config", "Key Value pairs configs to add 'k1=v1,k2=v2'. The following is a list of valid configurations: " +
             "For entity_type '" + ConfigType.Topic + "': " + nl + LogConfig.configNames.map("\t" + _).mkString(nl) + nl +
             "For entity_type '" + ConfigType.Client + "' currently no configs are processed by the brokers")
             .withRequiredArg
             .ofType(classOf[String])
             .withValuesSeparatedBy(',')
-    val deletedConfig = parser.accepts("deleted-config", "config keys to remove 'k1,k2'")
+    val deleteConfig = parser.accepts("delete-config", "config keys to remove 'k1,k2'")
             .withRequiredArg
             .ofType(classOf[String])
             .withValuesSeparatedBy(',')
     val helpOpt = parser.accepts("help", "Print usage information.")
     val options = parser.parse(args : _*)
 
-    val allOpts: Set[OptionSpec[_]] = Set(alterOpt, describeOpt, entityType, entityName, addedConfig, deletedConfig, helpOpt)
+    val allOpts: Set[OptionSpec[_]] = Set(alterOpt, describeOpt, entityType, entityName, addConfig, deleteConfig, helpOpt)
 
     def checkArgs() {
       // should have exactly one action
@@ -154,15 +154,15 @@ object ConfigCommand {
       // check required args
       CommandLineUtils.checkRequiredArgs(parser, options, zkConnectOpt, entityType)
       CommandLineUtils.checkInvalidArgs(parser, options, alterOpt, Set(describeOpt))
-      CommandLineUtils.checkInvalidArgs(parser, options, describeOpt, Set(alterOpt, addedConfig, deletedConfig))
+      CommandLineUtils.checkInvalidArgs(parser, options, describeOpt, Set(alterOpt, addConfig, deleteConfig))
       if(options.has(alterOpt)) {
         if(! options.has(entityName))
           throw new IllegalArgumentException("--entity-name must be specified with --alter")
 
-        val isAddedPresent: Boolean = options.has(addedConfig)
-        val isDeletedPresent: Boolean = options.has(deletedConfig)
-        if(! isAddedPresent && ! isDeletedPresent)
-          throw new IllegalArgumentException("At least one of --added-config or --deleted-config must be specified with --alter")
+        val isAddConfigPresent: Boolean = options.has(addConfig)
+        val isDeleteConfigPresent: Boolean = options.has(deleteConfig)
+        if(! isAddConfigPresent && ! isDeleteConfigPresent)
+          throw new IllegalArgumentException("At least one of --add-config or --delete-config must be specified with --alter")
       }
       val entityTypeVal = options.valueOf(entityType)
       if(! entityTypeVal.equals(ConfigType.Topic) && ! entityTypeVal.equals(ConfigType.Client)) {
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/admin/ConfigCommandTest.scala b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/admin/ConfigCommandTest.scala
index 0379064a360..6f7141a2c98 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/admin/ConfigCommandTest.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/admin/ConfigCommandTest.scala
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class ConfigCommandTest extends ZooKeeperTestHarness with Logging {
                                                 "--entity-name", "x",
                                                 "--entity-type", "clients",
                                                 "--alter",
-                                                "--added-config", "a=b,c=d"))
+                                                "--add-config", "a=b,c=d"))
     createOpts.checkArgs()
 
     // For alter and deleted config
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class ConfigCommandTest extends ZooKeeperTestHarness with Logging {
                                                 "--entity-name", "x",
                                                 "--entity-type", "clients",
                                                 "--alter",
-                                                "--deleted-config", "a,b,c"))
+                                                "--delete-config", "a,b,c"))
     createOpts.checkArgs()
 
     // For alter and both added, deleted config
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ class ConfigCommandTest extends ZooKeeperTestHarness with Logging {
                                                 "--entity-name", "x",
                                                 "--entity-type", "clients",
                                                 "--alter",
-                                                "--added-config", "a=b,c=d",
-                                                "--deleted-config", "a"))
+                                                "--add-config", "a=b,c=d",
+                                                "--delete-config", "a"))
     createOpts.checkArgs()
     val addedProps = ConfigCommand.parseConfigsToBeAdded(createOpts)
     assertEquals(2, addedProps.size())
@@ -65,4 +65,4 @@ class ConfigCommandTest extends ZooKeeperTestHarness with Logging {
     assertEquals(1, deletedProps.size)
     assertEquals("a", deletedProps(0))
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}