diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 78cd9b91..4de46242 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2021-11-07  Joerg Wunsch <j.gnu@uriah.heep.sax.de>
+
+	bug #50630: Erase Cycle Counter options ( -y -Y n ) should be removed from usage Message
+	* main.c (usage): remove -y / -Y descriptions
+
 2021-11-07  Joerg Wunsch <j.gnu@uriah.heep.sax.de>
 
 	* avrdude.conf.in (ATmega8A): new device (alias for ATmega8)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4ad5d9e2..fa518255 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ Current:
     bug #58495: Add atmega324pb support to avrdude.conf.in
     bug #60863: avrftdi programming error probably caused by multiple, consecutive empty pages
     bug #50517: Reading fails if "immediate mode" for output file format is selected - fileio: invalid operation=1
+    bug #50630: Erase Cycle Counter options ( -y -Y n ) should be removed from usage Message
 
   * Patches:
     patch #9482: Add support for UPDI and AVR8X
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 61357e03..aa91ae16 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -127,8 +127,6 @@ static void usage(void)
  "  -t                         Enter terminal mode.\n"
  "  -E <exitspec>[,<exitspec>] List programmer exit specifications.\n"
  "  -x <extended_param>        Pass <extended_param> to programmer.\n"
- "  -y                         Count # erase cycles in EEPROM.\n"
- "  -Y <number>                Initialize erase cycle # in EEPROM.\n"
  "  -v                         Verbose output. -v -v for more.\n"
  "  -q                         Quell progress output. -q -q for less.\n"
  "  -l logfile                 Use logfile rather than stderr for diagnostics.\n"