diff --git a/kv.go b/kv.go
index fd10bae13..06402cde1 100644
--- a/kv.go
+++ b/kv.go
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ func LastRevision(revision uint64) DeleteOpt {
 	})
 }
 
-// Purge removes all previous revisions.
-func Purge() DeleteOpt {
+// purge removes all previous revisions.
+func purge() DeleteOpt {
 	return deleteOptFn(func(opts *deleteOpts) error {
 		opts.purge = true
 		return nil
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ func (kv *kvs) Delete(key string, opts ...DeleteOpt) error {
 
 // Purge will remove the key and all revisions.
 func (kv *kvs) Purge(key string, opts ...DeleteOpt) error {
-	return kv.Delete(key, append(opts, Purge())...)
+	return kv.Delete(key, append(opts, purge())...)
 }
 
 // PurgeDeletes will remove all current delete markers.
diff --git a/test/kv_test.go b/test/kv_test.go
index 8555281b0..e3103bf42 100644
--- a/test/kv_test.go
+++ b/test/kv_test.go
@@ -309,7 +309,9 @@ func TestKeyValueDeleteVsPurge(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(entries) != 4 {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected 4 entries for age after delete, got %d", len(entries))
 	}
-	err = kv.Purge("name")
+	err = kv.Purge("name", nats.LastRevision(4))
+	expectErr(t, err)
+	err = kv.Purge("name", nats.LastRevision(5))
 	expectOk(t, err)
 	// Check marker
 	e, err := kv.Get("name")