diff --git a/docs/dunstctl.pod b/docs/dunstctl.pod
index 87dcc81..8dc7a69 100644
--- a/docs/dunstctl.pod
+++ b/docs/dunstctl.pod
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ Close all notifications currently being displayed
 Open the context menu, presenting all available actions and urls for the
 currently open notifications.
 
+=item B<count> [displayed/history/waiting]
+
+Returns the number of displayed, shown and waiting notifications. If no argument
+is provided, everything will be printed.
+
 =item B<history-pop>
 
 Redisplay the notification that was most recently closed. This can be called
@@ -46,11 +51,6 @@ Set the paused status of dunst. If false, dunst is running normally, if true,
 dunst is paused. See the is-paused command and the dunst man page for more
 information.
 
-=item B<status> [displayed/history/waiting]
-
-Returns the number of displayed, shown and waiting notifications. If no argument
-is provided, everything will be printed.
-
 =item B<debug>
 
 Tries to contact dunst and checks for common faults between dunstctl and dunst.
diff --git a/dunstctl b/dunstctl
index 71f2938..c166fd8 100755
--- a/dunstctl
+++ b/dunstctl
@@ -14,18 +14,18 @@ show_help() {
 	cat <<-EOH
 	Usage: dunstctl <command> [parameters]"
 	Commands:
-	  action                             Perform the default action, or open the
-	                                     context menu of the notification at the
-	                                     given position
-	  close                              Close the last notification
-	  close-all                          Close the all notifications
-	  context                            Open context menu
-	  history-pop                        Pop one notification from history
-	  is-paused                          Check if dunst is running or paused
-	  set-paused [true|false|toggle]     Set the pause status
-	  status [displayed|history|waiting] Show the number of notifications
-	  debug                              Print debugging information
-	  help                               Show this help
+	  action                            Perform the default action, or open the
+	                                    context menu of the notification at the
+	                                    given position
+	  close                             Close the last notification
+	  close-all                         Close the all notifications
+	  context                           Open context menu
+	  count [displayed|history|waiting] Show the number of notifications
+	  history-pop                       Pop one notification from history
+	  is-paused                         Check if dunst is running or paused
+	  set-paused [true|false|toggle]    Set the pause status
+	  debug                             Print debugging information
+	  help                              Show this help
 	EOH
 }
 dbus_send_checked() {
@@ -62,6 +62,17 @@ case "${1:-}" in
 	"context")
 		method_call "${DBUS_IFAC_DUNST}.ContextMenuCall" >/dev/null
 		;;
+	"count")
+		[ $# -eq 1 ] || [ "${2}" = "displayed" ] || [ "${2}" = "history" ] || [ "${2}" = "waiting" ] \
+			|| die "Please give either 'displayed', 'history', 'waiting' or none as count parameter."
+		if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
+			property_get waiting   | ( read -r _ _ waiting;   printf "              Waiting: %s\n" "${waiting}" )
+			property_get displayed | ( read -r _ _ displayed; printf "  Currently displayed: %s\n" "${displayed}" )
+			property_get history   | ( read -r _ _ history;   printf "              History: %s\n" "${history}")
+		else
+			property_get ${2} | ( read -r _ _ notifications; printf "%s\n" "${notifications}"; )
+		fi
+		;;
 	"history-pop")
 		method_call "${DBUS_IFAC_DUNST}.NotificationShow" >/dev/null
 		;;
@@ -84,17 +95,6 @@ case "${1:-}" in
 			property_set paused variant:boolean:"$2"
 		fi
 		;;
-	"status")
-		[ $# -eq 1 ] || [ "${2}" = "displayed" ] || [ "${2}" = "history" ] || [ "${2}" = "waiting" ] \
-			|| die "Please give either 'displayed', 'history', 'waiting' or none as status parameter."
-		if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
-			property_get waiting   | ( read -r _ _ waiting;   printf "              Waiting: %s\n" "${waiting}" )
-			property_get displayed | ( read -r _ _ displayed; printf "  Currently displayed: %s\n" "${displayed}" )
-			property_get history   | ( read -r _ _ history;   printf "              History: %s\n" "${history}")
-		else
-			property_get ${2} | ( read -r _ _ notifications; printf "%s\n" "${notifications}"; )
-		fi
-		;;
 	"help"|"--help"|"-h")
 		show_help
 		;;