Here is short sample, which uses click==8.1.7 # main.py import click @click.command @click.option( "--disable-all", is_flag=True, default=False, deprecated="Please use --disable-all-features", ) @click.option("--disable-all-features", is_flag=True, default=False) def main(disable_all, disable_all_features): print(f"{disable_all=}") print(f"{disable_all_features=}") if __name__ == "__main__": main() When I run this, I got the following error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/xxx/sandbox/click-option-alias/main.py", line 12, in <module> def main(disable_all, disable_all_features): File "/home/xxx/sandbox/click-option-alias/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/decorators.py", line 373, in decorator _param_memo(f, cls(param_decls, **attrs)) File "/home/xxx/sandbox/click-option-alias/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 2536, in __init__ super().__init__(param_decls, type=type, multiple=multiple, **attrs) TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'deprecated' How do I make the deprecation feature work? Continue reading...