allow users to choose how many config changes are shown
diff --git a/letsencrypt/cli.py b/letsencrypt/cli.py
index 855c7a467c5..0422a8c6c4b 100644
--- a/letsencrypt/cli.py
+++ b/letsencrypt/cli.py
@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ def config_changes(config, unused_plugins):
     View checkpoints and associated configuration changes.
 
     """
-    client.view_config_changes(config)
+    client.view_config_changes(config, num=config.num)
 
 
 def plugins_cmd(config, plugins):  # TODO: Use IDisplay rather than print
@@ -1633,6 +1633,10 @@ def _create_subparsers(helpful):
     helpful.add_group("revoke", description="Options for revocation of certs")
     helpful.add_group("rollback", description="Options for reverting config changes")
     helpful.add_group("plugins", description="Plugin options")
+    helpful.add_group("config_changes",
+                      description="Options for showing a history of config changes")
+    helpful.add("config_changes", "--num", type=int,
+                help="How many past revisions you want to be displayed")
     helpful.add(
         None, "--user-agent", default=None,
         help="Set a custom user agent string for the client. User agent strings allow "
diff --git a/letsencrypt/client.py b/letsencrypt/client.py
index 9dfa70e8d9f..149fdbbe9ce 100644
--- a/letsencrypt/client.py
+++ b/letsencrypt/client.py
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ def rollback(default_installer, checkpoints, config, plugins):
         installer.restart()
 
 
-def view_config_changes(config):
+def view_config_changes(config, num=None):
     """View checkpoints and associated configuration changes.
 
     .. note:: This assumes that the installation is using a Reverter object.
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ def view_config_changes(config):
     """
     rev = reverter.Reverter(config)
     rev.recovery_routine()
-    rev.view_config_changes()
+    rev.view_config_changes(num)
 
 
 def _save_chain(chain_pem, chain_path):
diff --git a/letsencrypt/reverter.py b/letsencrypt/reverter.py
index 863074374ce..ea54a91ee22 100644
--- a/letsencrypt/reverter.py
+++ b/letsencrypt/reverter.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def rollback_checkpoints(self, rollback=1):
                     "Unable to load checkpoint during rollback")
             rollback -= 1
 
-    def view_config_changes(self, for_logging=False):
+    def view_config_changes(self, for_logging=False, num=None):
         """Displays all saved checkpoints.
 
         All checkpoints are printed by
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ def view_config_changes(self, for_logging=False):
         """
         backups = os.listdir(self.config.backup_dir)
         backups.sort(reverse=True)
-
+        if num:
+            backups = backups[:num]
         if not backups:
             logger.info("The Let's Encrypt client has not saved any backups "
                         "of your configuration")

refers to #2497 
now you can pass in a number on the command line which will limit the number of config changes shown
