diff --git a/hathor/builder/cli_builder.py b/hathor/builder/cli_builder.py
index 9d0cc2da1..1ee82f9bb 100644
--- a/hathor/builder/cli_builder.py
+++ b/hathor/builder/cli_builder.py
@@ -158,8 +158,17 @@ def create_manager(self, reactor: Reactor) -> HathorManager:
 
         hostname = self.get_hostname()
         network = settings.NETWORK_NAME
-        enable_sync_v1 = not self._args.x_sync_v2_only
-        enable_sync_v2 = self._args.x_sync_v2_only or self._args.x_sync_bridge
+
+        arg_sync_v2_only = self._args.x_sync_v2_only or self._args.sync_v2_only
+        if self._args.x_sync_v2_only:
+            self.log.warn('--x-sync-v2-only is deprecated and will be removed, use --sync-v2-only instead')
+
+        arg_sync_bridge = self._args.x_sync_bridge or self._args.sync_bridge
+        if self._args.x_sync_bridge:
+            self.log.warn('--x-sync-bridge is deprecated and will be removed, use --sync-bridge instead')
+
+        enable_sync_v1 = not arg_sync_v2_only
+        enable_sync_v2 = arg_sync_v2_only or arg_sync_bridge
 
         pubsub = PubSubManager(reactor)
 
diff --git a/hathor/cli/run_node.py b/hathor/cli/run_node.py
index 7b5ac15ed..42415688c 100644
--- a/hathor/cli/run_node.py
+++ b/hathor/cli/run_node.py
@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@ def create_parser(cls) -> ArgumentParser:
                             help='Enable support for running both sync protocols. DO NOT ENABLE, IT WILL BREAK.')
         v2args.add_argument('--x-sync-v2-only', action='store_true',
                             help='Disable support for running sync-v1. DO NOT ENABLE, IT WILL BREAK.')
+        # XXX: new safe arguments along side the unsafe --x- arguments so transition is easier
+        v2args.add_argument('--sync-bridge', action='store_true',
+                            help='Enable support for running both sync protocols.')
+        v2args.add_argument('--sync-v2-only', action='store_true',
+                            help='Disable support for running sync-v1.')
         parser.add_argument('--x-localhost-only', action='store_true', help='Only connect to peers on localhost')
         parser.add_argument('--x-rocksdb-indexes', action='store_true', help=SUPPRESS)
         parser.add_argument('--x-enable-event-queue', action='store_true', help='Enable event queue mechanism')
diff --git a/hathor/cli/run_node_args.py b/hathor/cli/run_node_args.py
index ca581bfed..3beca2b0f 100644
--- a/hathor/cli/run_node_args.py
+++ b/hathor/cli/run_node_args.py
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ class RunNodeArgs(BaseModel, extra=Extra.allow):
     enable_crash_api: bool
     x_sync_bridge: bool
     x_sync_v2_only: bool
+    sync_bridge: bool
+    sync_v2_only: bool
     x_localhost_only: bool
     x_rocksdb_indexes: bool
     x_enable_event_queue: bool