diff --git a/internal/cli/commands.go b/internal/cli/commands.go
index 0cd737a..5f791af 100644
--- a/internal/cli/commands.go
+++ b/internal/cli/commands.go
@@ -182,3 +182,28 @@ func versionCmd(m *migrate.Migrate) {
 		log.Println(v)
 	}
 }
+
+// numDownMigrationsFromArgs returns an int for number of migrations to apply
+// and a bool indicating if we need a confirm before applying
+func numDownMigrationsFromArgs(applyAll bool, args []string) (int, bool, error) {
+	if applyAll {
+		if len(args) > 0 {
+			return 0, false, errors.New("-all cannot be used with other arguments")
+		}
+		return -1, false, nil
+	}
+
+	switch len(args) {
+	case 0:
+		return -1, true, nil
+	case 1:
+		downValue := args[0]
+		n, err := strconv.ParseUint(downValue, 10, 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, false, errors.New("can't read limit argument N")
+		}
+		return int(n), false, nil
+	default:
+		return 0, false, errors.New("too many arguments")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/cli/commands_test.go b/internal/cli/commands_test.go
index 040815b..a0b0856 100644
--- a/internal/cli/commands_test.go
+++ b/internal/cli/commands_test.go
@@ -78,3 +78,41 @@ func TestNextSeq(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestNumDownFromArgs(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name                string
+		args                []string
+		applyAll            bool
+		expectedNeedConfirm bool
+		expectedNum         int
+		expectedErrStr      string
+	}{
+		{"no args", []string{}, false, true, -1, ""},
+		{"down all", []string{}, true, false, -1, ""},
+		{"down 5", []string{"5"}, false, false, 5, ""},
+		{"down N", []string{"N"}, false, false, 0, "can't read limit argument N"},
+		{"extra arg after -all", []string{"5"}, true, false, 0, "-all cannot be used with other arguments"},
+		{"extra arg before -all", []string{"5", "-all"}, false, false, 0, "too many arguments"},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		t.Run(c.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			num, needsConfirm, err := numDownMigrationsFromArgs(c.applyAll, c.args)
+			if needsConfirm != c.expectedNeedConfirm {
+				t.Errorf("Incorrect needsConfirm was: %v wanted %v", needsConfirm, c.expectedNeedConfirm)
+			}
+
+			if num != c.expectedNum {
+				t.Errorf("Incorrect num was: %v wanted %v", num, c.expectedNum)
+			}
+
+			if err != nil {
+				if err.Error() != c.expectedErrStr {
+					t.Error("Incorrect error: " + err.Error() + " != " + c.expectedErrStr)
+				}
+			} else if c.expectedErrStr != "" {
+				t.Error("Expected error: " + c.expectedErrStr + " but got nil instead")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/cli/main.go b/internal/cli/main.go
index 9992bf2..7860639 100644
--- a/internal/cli/main.go
+++ b/internal/cli/main.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func Main(version string) {
 
 Options:
   -source          Location of the migrations (driver://url)
-  -path            Shorthand for -source=file://path 
+  -path            Shorthand for -source=file://path
   -database        Run migrations against this database (driver://url)
   -prefetch N      Number of migrations to load in advance before executing (default 10)
   -lock-timeout N  Allow N seconds to acquire database lock (default 15)
@@ -186,16 +186,33 @@ Database drivers: `+strings.Join(database.List(), ", ")+"\n")
 			log.fatalErr(migraterErr)
 		}
 
-		limit := -1
-		if flag.Arg(1) != "" {
-			n, err := strconv.ParseUint(flag.Arg(1), 10, 64)
-			if err != nil {
-				log.fatal("error: can't read limit argument N")
-			}
-			limit = int(n)
+		downFlagSet := flag.NewFlagSet("down", flag.ExitOnError)
+		applyAll := downFlagSet.Bool("all", false, "Apply all down migrations")
+
+		args := flag.Args()[1:]
+		if err := downFlagSet.Parse(args); err != nil {
+			log.fatalErr(err)
 		}
 
-		downCmd(migrater, limit)
+		downArgs := downFlagSet.Args()
+		num, needsConfirm, err := numDownMigrationsFromArgs(*applyAll, downArgs)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.fatalErr(err)
+		}
+		if needsConfirm {
+			log.Println("Are you sure you want to apply all down migrations? [y/N]")
+			var response string
+			fmt.Scanln(&response)
+			response = strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(response))
+
+			if response == "y" {
+				log.Println("Applying all down migrations")
+			} else {
+				log.fatal("Not applying all down migrations")
+			}
+		}
+
+		downCmd(migrater, num)
 
 		if log.verbose {
 			log.Println("Finished after", time.Since(startTime))