diff --git a/files/scripts/updates-uptime-cmd.py b/files/scripts/updates-uptime-cmd.py
index 8b13f60f7d..8bb8879b87 100755
--- a/files/scripts/updates-uptime-cmd.py
+++ b/files/scripts/updates-uptime-cmd.py
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ def _pre_cmd__verbose(args):
     globals()['conf_host_skip_eq'] = False
     globals()['conf_info_machine_ids'] = True
     globals()['conf_short_duration'] = False
-    globals()['conf_stat_4_hosts'] *= 4
+    globals()['conf_stat_4_hosts'] *= (args.verbose * 2)
 
 
 def _wild_eq(s1, s2):
@@ -928,6 +928,7 @@ def _cmd_history_keep(args):
         os.unlink(fn)
 
 def _cmd_update(args):
+    global cmd
     if cmd == "update":
         cmd = "update-flush"
         if not os.path.exists(fname):
@@ -1658,7 +1659,8 @@ def _main():
     # history-keep command
     cmd = subparsers.add_parser("history-keep", help="remove old files")
     hlp = "number of history files to keep"
-    cmd.add_argument("num", type=_cmdline_arg_positive_integer, help=hlp)
+    cmd.add_argument("keep", nargs='?', default=8, 
+                     type=_cmdline_arg_positive_integer, help=hlp)
     __defs(func=_cmd_history_keep)
 
     # info command
@@ -1700,8 +1702,9 @@ def _main():
     __defs(func=_cmd_stats)
 
     # update commands
-    cmd = subparsers.add_parser("history", aliases=['hist'], help="show history")
-    __defs(func=_cmd_history)
+    als = ['update-daily','update-daily-refresh', 'update-fast', 'update-flush']
+    cmd = subparsers.add_parser("update", aliases=als, help="show history")
+    __defs(func=_cmd_update)
 
     # uptime/uptime-min/uptime-max commands
     cmd = subparsers.add_parser("uptime-max", help="list hosts")