diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/log.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/log.rb
index e49d4bead0..03200a7539 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/log.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/log.rb
@@ -20,9 +20,12 @@ module Homebrew
              description: "Also print diffstat from commit."
       switch "--oneline",
              description: "Print only one line per commit."
-      flag   "-1", "--max-count",
-             description: "Print only one or a specified number of commits."
+      switch "-1",
+             description: "Print only one commit."
+      flag   "-n", "--max-count=",
+             description: "Print only a specified number of commits."
       max_named 1
+      conflicts "-1", "--max-count"
     end
   end
 
@@ -38,11 +41,11 @@ module Homebrew
     else
       path = Formulary.path(args.named.first)
       tap = Tap.from_path(path)
-      git_log path.dirname, path, tap
+      git_log path.dirname, path, tap, args: args
     end
   end
 
-  def git_log(cd_dir, path = nil, tap = nil)
+  def git_log(cd_dir, path = nil, tap = nil, args:)
     cd cd_dir
     repo = Utils.popen_read("git rev-parse --show-toplevel").chomp
     if tap
@@ -62,8 +65,14 @@ module Homebrew
           git -C "#{git_cd}" fetch --unshallow
       EOS
     end
-    system_args = args.options_only
-    system_args += ["--follow", "--", path] if path.present?
-    system "git", "log", *system_args
+
+    git_args = []
+    git_args << "--patch" if args.patch?
+    git_args << "--stat" if args.stat?
+    git_args << "--oneline" if args.oneline?
+    git_args << "-1" if args.public_send(:'1?')
+    git_args << "--max-count" << args.max_count if args.max_count
+    git_args += ["--follow", "--", path] if path.present?
+    system "git", "log", *git_args
   end
 end
diff --git a/docs/Manpage.md b/docs/Manpage.md
index 0a82a3a035..76b1e07c4d 100644
--- a/docs/Manpage.md
+++ b/docs/Manpage.md
@@ -312,8 +312,10 @@ no formula is provided.
   Also print diffstat from commit.
 * `--oneline`:
   Print only one line per commit.
-* `-1`, `--max-count`:
-  Print only one or a specified number of commits.
+* `-1`:
+  Print only one commit.
+* `-n`, `--max-count`:
+  Print only a specified number of commits.
 
 ### `migrate` [*`options`*] *`formula`*
 
diff --git a/manpages/brew.1 b/manpages/brew.1
index ca4926fff2..3f4dcbac10 100644
--- a/manpages/brew.1
+++ b/manpages/brew.1
@@ -428,8 +428,12 @@ Also print diffstat from commit\.
 Print only one line per commit\.
 .
 .TP
-\fB\-1\fR, \fB\-\-max\-count\fR
-Print only one or a specified number of commits\.
+\fB\-1\fR
+Print only one commit\.
+.
+.TP
+\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-max\-count\fR
+Print only a specified number of commits\.
 .
 .SS "\fBmigrate\fR [\fIoptions\fR] \fIformula\fR"
 Migrate renamed packages to new names, where \fIformula\fR are old names of packages\.