diff --git a/lib/gizzard/commands.rb b/lib/gizzard/commands.rb
index 819f7b2..681e4fa 100644
--- a/lib/gizzard/commands.rb
+++ b/lib/gizzard/commands.rb
@@ -238,22 +238,11 @@ def down(id, depth = 0)
   class ReloadCommand < Command
     def run
       if global_options.force || ask
-        manager.reload_config
-      else
-        STDERR.puts "aborted"
-      end
-    end
-
-    def ask
-      output "Are you sure? Reloading will affect production services immediately! (Type 'yes')"
-      gets.chomp == "yes"
-    end
-  end
-
-  class ReloadUpdatedCommand < Command
-    def run
-      if global_options.force || ask
-        manager.reload_updated_forwardings
+        if command_options.fast
+          manager.reload_updated_forwardings
+        else
+          manager.reload_config
+        end
       else
         STDERR.puts "aborted"
       end
diff --git a/lib/gizzmo.rb b/lib/gizzmo.rb
index 42633dd..853ba7f 100644
--- a/lib/gizzmo.rb
+++ b/lib/gizzmo.rb
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ class HelpNeededError < RuntimeError; end
   "ping" => "Confirm that all configured application servers are accessible, and in agreement about the set of shard hosts.",
   "rebalance" => "Restructure and move shards to reflect a new list of tree structures.",
   "reload" => "Instruct application servers to reload the nameserver state.",
-  "reload-updated" => "Instruct application servers to partially reload the nameserver state - only the entries that have been updated since the last reload.",
   "remove-host" => "Remove a remote cluster host being replicate to.",
   "remove-partition" => "Rebalance the cluster by removing the provided partitions from the current topology.",
   "repair-tables" => "Reconcile all the shards in the given tables (supplied with -T) by detecting differences and writing them back to shards as needed.",
@@ -278,14 +277,15 @@ def add_template_opts(subcommand_options, opts)
     opts.banner = "Usage: #{zero} info SHARD_ID [MORE SHARD_IDS...]"
     separators(opts, DOC_STRINGS["info"])
   end,
+
   'reload' => OptionParser.new do |opts|
-    opts.banner = "Usage: #{zero} reload"
+    opts.banner = "Usage: #{zero} reload [--fast]"
     separators(opts, DOC_STRINGS["reload"])
+    opts.on("--fast", "Reload only the entries that have been updated since the last reload.") do
+      subcommand_options.fast = true
+    end
   end,
-  'reload-updated' => OptionParser.new do |opts|
-    opts.banner = "Usage: #{zero} reload-updated"
-    separators(opts, DOC_STRINGS["reload-updated"])
-  end,
+
   'drill' => OptionParser.new do |opts|
     opts.banner = "Usage: #{zero} drill SIGNATURE"
     separators(opts, DOC_STRINGS["drill"])