diff --git a/actions/list_datasets.go b/actions/list_datasets.go
index b567d745b..0f13eb0bf 100644
--- a/actions/list_datasets.go
+++ b/actions/list_datasets.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // ListDatasets lists a peer's datasets
-func ListDatasets(node *p2p.QriNode, ds *repo.DatasetRef, limit, offset int, RPC, publishedOnly bool) (res []repo.DatasetRef, err error) {
+func ListDatasets(node *p2p.QriNode, ds *repo.DatasetRef, limit, offset int, RPC, publishedOnly, showVersions bool) (res []repo.DatasetRef, err error) {
 	r := node.Repo
 	pro, err := r.Profile()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -74,5 +74,5 @@ func ListDatasets(node *p2p.QriNode, ds *repo.DatasetRef, limit, offset int, RPC
 		return
 	}
 
-	return base.ListDatasets(node.Repo, limit, offset, RPC, publishedOnly)
+	return base.ListDatasets(node.Repo, limit, offset, RPC, publishedOnly, showVersions)
 }
diff --git a/actions/list_datasets_test.go b/actions/list_datasets_test.go
index a33b8c141..68e5d4d86 100644
--- a/actions/list_datasets_test.go
+++ b/actions/list_datasets_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ func TestListDatasets(t *testing.T) {
 	node := newTestNode(t)
 	addCitiesDataset(t, node)
 
-	res, err := ListDatasets(node, &repo.DatasetRef{Peername: "me"}, 1, 0, false, false)
+	res, err := ListDatasets(node, &repo.DatasetRef{Peername: "me"}, 1, 0, false, false, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err.Error())
 	}
@@ -18,13 +18,16 @@ func TestListDatasets(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(res) != 1 {
 		t.Error("expected one dataset response")
 	}
+	if res[0].Dataset.NumVersions != 0 {
+		t.Error("expected no versions were requested")
+	}
 }
 
 func TestListDatasetsNotFound(t *testing.T) {
 	node := newTestNode(t)
 	addCitiesDataset(t, node)
 
-	_, err := ListDatasets(node, &repo.DatasetRef{Peername: "not_found"}, 1, 0, false, false)
+	_, err := ListDatasets(node, &repo.DatasetRef{Peername: "not_found"}, 1, 0, false, false, false)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Error("expected to get error")
 	}
@@ -33,3 +36,20 @@ func TestListDatasetsNotFound(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("expected error \"%s\", got \"%s\"", expect, err.Error())
 	}
 }
+
+func TestListDatasetsWithVersions(t *testing.T) {
+	node := newTestNode(t)
+	addCitiesDataset(t, node)
+
+	res, err := ListDatasets(node, &repo.DatasetRef{Peername: "me"}, 1, 0, false, false, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	if len(res) != 1 {
+		t.Error("expected one dataset response")
+	}
+	if res[0].Dataset.NumVersions != 1 {
+		t.Error("expected one version")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/api/registry_test.go b/api/registry_test.go
index 10bce1ed6..8bf8a8d87 100644
--- a/api/registry_test.go
+++ b/api/registry_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ func TestRegistryHandlers(t *testing.T) {
 	runHandlerTestCases(t, "registryDatasets", h.RegistryDatasetsHandler, registryDatasetsCases)
 }
 
-
 func TestRegistryGet(t *testing.T) {
 	node, teardown := newTestNodeWithNumDatasets(t, 1)
 	defer teardown()
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ func TestRegistryGet(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-
 func TestRegistryGetNotFound(t *testing.T) {
 	node, teardown := newTestNodeWithNumDatasets(t, 1)
 	defer teardown()
diff --git a/base/dataset.go b/base/dataset.go
index 3f592feba..b49ac3d95 100644
--- a/base/dataset.go
+++ b/base/dataset.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func CloseDataset(ds *dataset.Dataset) (err error) {
 }
 
 // ListDatasets lists datasets from a repo
-func ListDatasets(r repo.Repo, limit, offset int, RPC, publishedOnly bool) (res []repo.DatasetRef, err error) {
+func ListDatasets(r repo.Repo, limit, offset int, RPC, publishedOnly, showVersions bool) (res []repo.DatasetRef, err error) {
 	store := r.Store()
 	res, err = r.References(limit, offset)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -99,6 +99,14 @@ func ListDatasets(r repo.Repo, limit, offset int, RPC, publishedOnly bool) (res
 		if RPC {
 			res[i].Dataset.Structure.Schema = nil
 		}
+
+		if showVersions {
+			dsVersions, err := DatasetLog(r, ref, 0, 0, false)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			res[i].Dataset.NumVersions = len(dsVersions)
+		}
 	}
 
 	// TODO: If renames.Renames is non-empty, apply it to r
diff --git a/base/dataset_test.go b/base/dataset_test.go
index 29b047257..6797022a3 100644
--- a/base/dataset_test.go
+++ b/base/dataset_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func TestListDatasets(t *testing.T) {
 	r := newTestRepo(t)
 	ref := addCitiesDataset(t, r)
 
-	res, err := ListDatasets(r, 1, 0, false, false)
+	res, err := ListDatasets(r, 1, 0, false, false, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err.Error())
 	}
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func TestListDatasets(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("expected one dataset response")
 	}
 
-	res, err = ListDatasets(r, 1, 0, false, true)
+	res, err = ListDatasets(r, 1, 0, false, true, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err.Error())
 	}
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func TestListDatasets(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	res, err = ListDatasets(r, 1, 0, false, true)
+	res, err = ListDatasets(r, 1, 0, false, true, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err.Error())
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/list.go b/cmd/list.go
index d0f253cd2..1ec6e3eda 100644
--- a/cmd/list.go
+++ b/cmd/list.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ must have ` + "`qri connect`" + ` running in a separate terminal window.`,
 	cmd.Flags().IntVarP(&o.Limit, "limit", "l", 25, "limit results, default 25")
 	cmd.Flags().IntVarP(&o.Offset, "offset", "o", 0, "offset results, default 0")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&o.Published, "published", "p", false, "list only published datasets")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&o.NumVersions, "num-versions", "n", false, "show number of versions")
 
 	return cmd
 }
@@ -59,11 +60,12 @@ must have ` + "`qri connect`" + ` running in a separate terminal window.`,
 type ListOptions struct {
 	ioes.IOStreams
 
-	Format    string
-	Limit     int
-	Offset    int
-	Peername  string
-	Published bool
+	Format      string
+	Limit       int
+	Offset      int
+	Peername    string
+	Published   bool
+	NumVersions bool
 
 	DatasetRequests *lib.DatasetRequests
 }
@@ -79,32 +81,20 @@ func (o *ListOptions) Complete(f Factory, args []string) (err error) {
 
 // Run executes the list command
 func (o *ListOptions) Run() (err error) {
+
+	refs := []repo.DatasetRef{}
+
 	if o.Peername == "" {
 
 		p := &lib.ListParams{
-			Limit:     o.Limit,
-			Offset:    o.Offset,
-			Published: o.Published,
+			Limit:       o.Limit,
+			Offset:      o.Offset,
+			Published:   o.Published,
+			NumVersions: o.NumVersions,
 		}
-		refs := []repo.DatasetRef{}
 		if err = o.DatasetRequests.List(p, &refs); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-
-		switch o.Format {
-		case "":
-			for i, ref := range refs {
-				printDatasetRefInfo(o.Out, i+1, ref)
-			}
-		case dataset.JSONDataFormat.String():
-			data, err := json.MarshalIndent(refs, "", "  ")
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			fmt.Fprintf(o.Out, "%s\n", string(data))
-		default:
-			return fmt.Errorf("unrecognized format: %s", o.Format)
-		}
 	} else {
 		// if user provides "me/my_dataset", split into peername="me" and name="my_dataset"
 		peername := o.Peername
@@ -114,13 +104,14 @@ func (o *ListOptions) Run() (err error) {
 			peername = parts[0]
 			dsName = parts[1]
 		}
-
+		// TODO: It would be a bit more efficient to pass dsName to the ListParams
+		// and only retrieve information about that one dataset.
 		p := &lib.ListParams{
-			Peername: peername,
-			Limit:    o.Limit,
-			Offset:   o.Offset,
+			Peername:    peername,
+			Limit:       o.Limit,
+			Offset:      o.Offset,
+			NumVersions: o.NumVersions,
 		}
-		refs := []repo.DatasetRef{}
 		if err = o.DatasetRequests.List(p, &refs); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -148,21 +139,21 @@ func (o *ListOptions) Run() (err error) {
 			}
 			return
 		}
+	}
 
-		switch o.Format {
-		case "":
-			for i, ref := range refs {
-				printDatasetRefInfo(o.Out, i+1, ref)
-			}
-		case dataset.JSONDataFormat.String():
-			data, err := json.MarshalIndent(refs, "", "  ")
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			fmt.Fprintf(o.Out, "%s\n", string(data))
-		default:
-			return fmt.Errorf("unrecognized format: %s", o.Format)
+	switch o.Format {
+	case "":
+		for i, ref := range refs {
+			printDatasetRefInfo(o.Out, i+1, ref)
+		}
+	case dataset.JSONDataFormat.String():
+		data, err := json.MarshalIndent(refs, "", "  ")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
+		fmt.Fprintf(o.Out, "%s\n", string(data))
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("unrecognized format: %s", o.Format)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/cmd/print.go b/cmd/print.go
index f3c6d5b80..862e6cc68 100644
--- a/cmd/print.go
+++ b/cmd/print.go
@@ -123,10 +123,27 @@ func printDatasetRefInfo(w io.Writer, i int, ref repo.DatasetRef) {
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, "    %s\n", ref.Path)
 	}
 	if ds != nil && ds.Structure != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(w, "    %s, %d entries, %d errors", printByteInfo(ds.Structure.Length), ds.Structure.Entries, ds.Structure.ErrCount)
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "    %s", printByteInfo(ds.Structure.Length))
+		if ds.Structure.Entries == 1 {
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, ", %d entry", ds.Structure.Entries)
+		} else {
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, ", %d entries", ds.Structure.Entries)
+		}
+		if ds.Structure.ErrCount == 1 {
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, ", %d error", ds.Structure.ErrCount)
+		} else {
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, ", %d errors", ds.Structure.ErrCount)
+		}
+		if ds.NumVersions == 0 {
+			// nothing
+		} else if ds.NumVersions == 1 {
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, ", %d version", ds.NumVersions)
+		} else {
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, ", %d versions", ds.NumVersions)
+		}
 	}
 
-	fmt.Fprintln(w, "")
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "\n")
 }
 
 func printSearchResult(w io.Writer, i int, result lib.SearchResult) {
diff --git a/lib/datasets.go b/lib/datasets.go
index 23c02dc33..6576bf983 100644
--- a/lib/datasets.go
+++ b/lib/datasets.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (r *DatasetRequests) List(p *ListParams, res *[]repo.DatasetRef) error {
 		p.Offset = 0
 	}
 
-	replies, err := actions.ListDatasets(r.node, ds, p.Limit, p.Offset, p.RPC, p.Published)
+	replies, err := actions.ListDatasets(r.node, ds, p.Limit, p.Offset, p.RPC, p.Published, p.NumVersions)
 
 	*res = replies
 	return err
diff --git a/lib/params.go b/lib/params.go
index 95c2949e8..92ca71dba 100644
--- a/lib/params.go
+++ b/lib/params.go
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ type ListParams struct {
 	RPC bool
 	// Published only applies to listing datasets
 	Published bool
+	// NumVersions only applies to listing datasets
+	NumVersions bool
 }
 
 // NewListParams creates a ListParams from page & pagesize, pages are 1-indexed
diff --git a/p2p/datasets.go b/p2p/datasets.go
index 9f624a92c..eb067d99c 100644
--- a/p2p/datasets.go
+++ b/p2p/datasets.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func (n *QriNode) handleDatasetsList(ws *WrappedStream, msg Message) (hangup boo
 			dlp.Limit = listMax
 		}
 
-		refs, err := base.ListDatasets(n.Repo, dlp.Limit, dlp.Offset, false, true)
+		refs, err := base.ListDatasets(n.Repo, dlp.Limit, dlp.Offset, false, true, false)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error(err)
 			return