diff --git a/src/AddIns/Misc/PackageManagement/Cmdlets/Project/Src/GetPackageCmdlet.cs b/src/AddIns/Misc/PackageManagement/Cmdlets/Project/Src/GetPackageCmdlet.cs
index 0e2d0e8d55..e137aa7891 100644
--- a/src/AddIns/Misc/PackageManagement/Cmdlets/Project/Src/GetPackageCmdlet.cs
+++ b/src/AddIns/Misc/PackageManagement/Cmdlets/Project/Src/GetPackageCmdlet.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.PackageManagement.Cmdlets
 	public class GetPackageCmdlet : PackageManagementCmdlet
 	{
 		int? skip;
-		int? take;
+		int? first;
 		
 		public GetPackageCmdlet()
 			: this(
@@ -59,11 +59,12 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.PackageManagement.Cmdlets
 			set { skip = value; }
 		}
 		
+		[Alias("Take")]
 		[Parameter]
 		[ValidateRange(0, Int32.MaxValue)]
-		public int Take {
-			get { return take.GetValueOrDefault(); }
-			set { take = value; }
+		public int First {
+			get { return first.GetValueOrDefault(); }
+			set { first = value; }
 		}
 		
 		protected override void ProcessRecord()
@@ -118,8 +119,8 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.PackageManagement.Cmdlets
 			if (skip.HasValue) {
 				packages = packages.Skip(skip.Value);
 			}
-			if (take.HasValue) {
-				packages = packages.Take(take.Value);
+			if (first.HasValue) {
+				packages = packages.Take(first.Value);
 			}
 			return packages;
 		}
diff --git a/src/AddIns/Misc/PackageManagement/Cmdlets/Test/Src/GetPackageCmdletTests.cs b/src/AddIns/Misc/PackageManagement/Cmdlets/Test/Src/GetPackageCmdletTests.cs
index 6f5f064f27..ccea3cd966 100644
--- a/src/AddIns/Misc/PackageManagement/Cmdlets/Test/Src/GetPackageCmdletTests.cs
+++ b/src/AddIns/Misc/PackageManagement/Cmdlets/Test/Src/GetPackageCmdletTests.cs
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ namespace PackageManagement.Cmdlets.Tests
 			cmdlet.Skip = skip;
 		}
 		
-		void SetTakeParameter(int take)
+		void SetFirstParameter(int first)
 		{
-			cmdlet.Take = take;
+			cmdlet.First = first;
 		}
 
 		[Test]
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ namespace PackageManagement.Cmdlets.Tests
 		}
 		
 		[Test]
-		public void ProcessRecord_ListAvailableAndTakeTwo_ReturnsFirstTwoPackages()
+		public void ProcessRecord_ListAvailableAndFirstTwo_ReturnsFirstTwoPackages()
 		{
 			CreateCmdlet();
 			var repository = fakePackageManagementService.FakePackageRepositoryToReturnFromCreatePackageRepository;
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ namespace PackageManagement.Cmdlets.Tests
 			repository.AddOneFakePackage("C");			
 			
 			EnableListAvailableParameter();
-			SetTakeParameter(2);
+			SetFirstParameter(2);
 			RunCmdlet();
 			
 			var actualPackages = fakeCommandRuntime.ObjectsPassedToWriteObject;
@@ -523,12 +523,12 @@ namespace PackageManagement.Cmdlets.Tests
 		}
 		
 		[Test]
-		public void Take_NewGetPackageCmdletInstance_ReturnsZero()
+		public void First_NewGetPackageCmdletInstance_ReturnsZero()
 		{
 			CreateCmdlet();
-			int take = cmdlet.Take;
+			int first = cmdlet.First;
 			
-			Assert.AreEqual(0, take);
+			Assert.AreEqual(0, first);
 		}
 	}
 }