diff --git a/gallery_dl/__init__.py b/gallery_dl/__init__.py
index 3643a5c2..806b2292 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/__init__.py
@@ -122,7 +122,9 @@ def main():
         if args.yamlfiles:
             config.load(args.yamlfiles, strict=True, fmt="yaml")
         if args.postprocessors:
-            config.set(("postprocessors", ), args.postprocessors)
+            config.set(("postprocessors",), args.postprocessors)
+        if args.abort:
+            config.set(("skip",), "abort:" + str(args.abort))
         for key, value in args.options:
             config.set(key, value)
 
diff --git a/gallery_dl/option.py b/gallery_dl/option.py
index 4b35098a..8877e080 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/option.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/option.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import argparse
 import logging
 import json
+import sys
 from . import job, version
 
 
@@ -26,6 +27,14 @@ class ConfigConstAction(argparse.Action):
         namespace.options.append(((self.dest,), self.const))
 
 
+class DeprecatedConfigConstAction(argparse.Action):
+    """Set argparse const values as config values + deprecation warning"""
+    def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None):
+        print("warning: {} is deprecated. Use {} instead.".format(
+            "/".join(self.option_strings), self.choices), file=sys.stderr)
+        namespace.options.append(((self.dest,), self.const))
+
+
 class ParseAction(argparse.Action):
     """Parse <key>=<value> options and set them as config values"""
     def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None):
@@ -167,6 +176,13 @@ def build_parser():
         dest="retries", metavar="RETRIES", type=int, action=ConfigAction,
         help="Number of retries (default: 5)",
     )
+    downloader.add_argument(
+        "-A", "--abort",
+        dest="abort", metavar="N", type=int,
+        help=("Abort extractor run after N consecutive file downloads have "
+              "been skipped, e.g. if files with the same filename already "
+              "exist"),
+    )
     downloader.add_argument(
         "--http-timeout",
         dest="timeout", metavar="SECONDS", type=float, action=ConfigAction,
@@ -195,9 +211,9 @@ def build_parser():
     )
     downloader.add_argument(
         "--abort-on-skip",
-        dest="skip", nargs=0, action=ConfigConstAction, const="abort",
-        help=("Abort extractor run if a file download would normally be "
-              "skipped, i.e. if a file with the same filename already exists"),
+        action=DeprecatedConfigConstAction,
+        dest="skip", nargs=0, const="abort", choices="-A/--abort",
+        help=argparse.SUPPRESS,
     )
 
     configuration = parser.add_argument_group("Configuration Options")