diff --git a/autoload/youcompleteme.vim b/autoload/youcompleteme.vim
index 88eb204e..78ad7129 100644
--- a/autoload/youcompleteme.vim
+++ b/autoload/youcompleteme.vim
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ function! s:SetUpCommands()
   command! -nargs=* -complete=custom,youcompleteme#LogsComplete
         \ YcmToggleLogs call s:ToggleLogs(<f-args>)
   command! -nargs=* -complete=custom,youcompleteme#SubCommandsComplete -range
-        \ YcmCompleter call s:CompleterCommand(<range>,
+        \ YcmCompleter call s:CompleterCommand(<count>,
         \                                      <line1>,
         \                                      <line2>,
         \                                      <f-args>)
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ function! youcompleteme#LogsComplete( arglead, cmdline, cursorpos )
 endfunction
 
 
-function! s:CompleterCommand( range, line1, line2, ... )
+function! s:CompleterCommand( count, line1, line2, ... )
   " CompleterCommand will call the OnUserCommand function of a completer. If
   " the first arguments is of the form "ft=..." it can be used to specify the
   " completer to use (for example "ft=cpp"). Else the native filetype completer
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ function! s:CompleterCommand( range, line1, line2, ... )
   exec s:python_command "ycm_state.SendCommandRequest(" .
         \ "vim.eval( 'l:arguments' )," .
         \ "vim.eval( 'l:completer' )," .
-        \ "vimsupport.GetBoolValue( 'a:range' )," .
+        \ "vimsupport.GetBoolValue( 'a:count != -1' )," .
         \ "vimsupport.GetIntValue( 'a:line1' )," .
         \ "vimsupport.GetIntValue( 'a:line2' ) )"
 endfunction