diff --git a/docs/basics.rst b/docs/basics.rst
index 5de332c7..e0736e8c 100644
--- a/docs/basics.rst
+++ b/docs/basics.rst
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ Create a Pipfile.lock from the installed versions:
 Install from that Pipfile.lock:
 
     $ pipenv install --ignore-pipfile
-    
+
 
 .. _initialization:
 
@@ -270,11 +270,14 @@ $ pipenv uninstall
 //////////////////
 
 ``$ pipenv uninstall`` supports all of the parameters in `pipenv install <#pipenv-install>`_,
-as well as one additonal, ``--all``.
+as well as two additonal options, ``--all`` and ``--all-dev``.
 
     - ``--all`` — This parameter will purge all files from the virtual environment,
       but leave the Pipfile untouched.
 
+    - ``--all-dev`` — This parameter will remove all of the development packages from
+      the virtual environment, and remove them from the Pipfile.
+
 
 .. _pipenv_lock:
 
diff --git a/pipenv/cli.py b/pipenv/cli.py
index d1a49650..63299002 100644
--- a/pipenv/cli.py
+++ b/pipenv/cli.py
@@ -1927,11 +1927,11 @@ def install(
 @click.option('--system', is_flag=True, default=False, help="System pip management.")
 @click.option('--verbose', is_flag=True, default=False, help="Verbose mode.")
 @click.option('--lock', is_flag=True, default=True, help="Lock afterwards.")
-@click.option('--dev', '-d', is_flag=True, default=False, help="Un-install all package from [dev-packages].")
+@click.option('--all-dev', is_flag=True, default=False, help="Un-install all package from [dev-packages].")
 @click.option('--all', is_flag=True, default=False, help="Purge all package(s) from virtualenv. Does not edit Pipfile.")
 def uninstall(
     package_name=False, more_packages=False, three=None, python=False,
-    system=False, lock=False, dev=False, all=False, verbose=False
+    system=False, lock=False, all_dev=False, all=False, verbose=False
 ):
 
     # Automatically use an activated virtualenv.
@@ -1956,7 +1956,7 @@ def uninstall(
         sys.exit(0)
 
     # Uninstall [dev-packages], if --dev was provided.
-    if dev:
+    if all_dev:
         if 'dev-packages' not in project.parsed_pipfile:
             click.echo(
                 crayons.normal('No {0} to uninstall.'.format(
@@ -1973,7 +1973,7 @@ def uninstall(
         package_names = project.parsed_pipfile['dev-packages']
         package_names = package_names.keys()
 
-    if package_name is False and not dev:
+    if package_name is False and not all_dev:
         click.echo(crayons.red('No package provided!'), err=True)
         sys.exit(1)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_pipenv.py b/tests/test_pipenv.py
index 1f9c3c91..381853df 100644
--- a/tests/test_pipenv.py
+++ b/tests/test_pipenv.py
@@ -271,6 +271,28 @@ class TestPipenv:
             assert 'tablib' in c.out
             assert 'tablib' not in p.pipfile['packages']
 
+    @pytest.mark.run
+    @pytest.mark.uninstall
+    def test_uninstall_all_dev(self):
+        with PipenvInstance() as p:
+            c = p.pipenv('install --dev requests pytest')
+            assert c.return_code == 0
+            assert 'requests' in p.pipfile['dev-packages']
+            assert 'pytest' in p.pipfile['dev-packages']
+            assert 'requests' in p.lockfile['develop']
+            assert 'pytest' in p.lockfile['develop']
+
+
+            c = p.pipenv('uninstall --all-dev')
+            assert c.return_code == 0
+            assert 'requests' not in p.pipfile['dev-packages']
+            assert 'pytest' not in p.pipfile['dev-packages']
+            assert 'requests' not in p.lockfile['develop']
+            assert 'pytest' not in p.lockfile['develop']
+
+            c = p.pipenv('run python -m requests.help')
+            assert c.return_code > 0
+
     @pytest.mark.extras
     @pytest.mark.install
     def test_extras_install(self):