diff --git a/sat_frontends/jp/base.py b/sat_frontends/jp/base.py
index bd2773e2..f0c0c282 100644
--- a/sat_frontends/jp/base.py
+++ b/sat_frontends/jp/base.py
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ class Jp(object):
             # mutiple items
             pubsub_group.add_argument("-i", "--item", type=unicode_decoder, action='append', dest='items', default=[], help=_(u"items to retrieve (DEFAULT: all)"))
             if not flags.no_max:
-                pubsub_group.add_argument("-m", "--max", type=int, default=10,
+                pubsub_group.add_argument("-m", "--max-items", dest="max", type=int, default=10,
                     help=_(u"maximum number of items to get ({no_limit} to get all items)".format(no_limit=C.NO_LIMIT)))
 
         if not flags.all_used: