diff --git a/man/remind.1 b/man/remind.1
index 14c8bf51..48800ccc 100644
--- a/man/remind.1
+++ b/man/remind.1
@@ -149,10 +149,16 @@ The \fB\-h\fR option ("hush...") suppresses certain warning and information
 messages.  In particular, if no reminders are triggered, this mode
 produces no output.
 .TP
-\fB\-a\fR
-The \fB\-a\fR option causes \fBRemind\fR not to immediately trigger timed
-reminders that would also be queued.  It also causes \fBRemind\fR not to
-place timed reminders in a calendar.
+.B \-a
+The \fB\-a\fR option causes \fBRemind\fR not to immediately
+trigger timed reminders that would also be queued.  It also causes
+\fBRemind\fR not to place timed reminders in a calendar.  If you
+supply two or more \fB\-a\fR options, then \fBRemind\fR \fIwill\fR
+trigger timed reminders that are in the future, but will not trigger
+timed reminders whose time has passed.  (Regardless of how many
+\fB\-a\fR options you supply, \fBRemind\fR will not include timed
+reminders in the calendar if at least one \fB\-a\fR option is used.)
+
 .TP
 \fB\-q\fR
 The \fB\-q\fR option causes \fBRemind\fR not to queue timed reminders
@@ -1869,7 +1875,7 @@ If non-zero, then the \fB\-c\fR option was supplied on the command line.
 .B $Daemon (read-only)
 If the daemon mode \fB\-z\fR was invoked, contains the number of
 minutes between wakeups.  If not running in daemon mode, contains
-0.  For the MS-DOS version, always contains 0.
+0.
 .TP
 .B $DateSep
 This variable can be set only to "/" or "-".  It holds the character
@@ -1885,15 +1891,13 @@ from 0 to 9999.
 .TP
 .B $DontFork (read-only)
 If non-zero, then the \fB\-c\fR option was supplied on the command line.
-For the MS-DOS version, always contains 1.
 .TP
 .B $DontTrigAts (read-only)
-If non-zero, then the \fB\-a\fR option was supplied on the command line.
-For the MS-DOS version, always contains 0.
+The number of times that the \fB\-a\fR option was supplied on the
+command line.
 .TP
 .B $DontQueue (read-only)
 If non-zero, then the \fB\-q\fR option was supplied on the command line.
-For the MS-DOS version, always contains 1.
 .TP
 .B $EndSent (STRING type)
 Contains a list of characters that end a sentence.  The \fBMSF\fR
@@ -1996,7 +2000,7 @@ If non-zero, then the \fB\-n\fR option was supplied on the command line.
 .TP
 .B $NumQueued (read-only)
 Contains the number of reminders queued so far for background
-timed triggering.  For MS-DOS, always returns 0.
+timed triggering.
 .TP
 .B $NumTrig (read-only)
 Contains the number of reminders triggered for the current date.  One
diff --git a/src/dorem.c b/src/dorem.c
index b4791319..28ec6f11 100644
--- a/src/dorem.c
+++ b/src/dorem.c
@@ -924,7 +924,17 @@ int ShouldTriggerReminder(Trigger *t, TimeTrig *tim, int jul, int *err)
 
     /* Don't trigger timed reminders if DontIssueAts is true, and if the
        reminder is for today */
-    if (jul == JulianToday && DontIssueAts && tim->ttime != NO_TIME) return 0;
+    if (jul == JulianToday && DontIssueAts && tim->ttime != NO_TIME) {
+	if (DontIssueAts > 1) {
+	    /* If two or more -a options, then *DO* issue ats that are in the
+	       future */
+	    if (tim->ttime < SystemTime(0) / 60) {
+		return 0;
+	    }
+	} else {
+	    return 0;
+	}
+    }
 
     /* Don't trigger "old" timed reminders */
 /*** REMOVED...
diff --git a/src/init.c b/src/init.c
index 3b2cbb61..74d2d3c6 100644
--- a/src/init.c
+++ b/src/init.c
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ void InitRemind(int argc, char const *argv[])
 
 	    case 'a':
 	    case 'A':
-		DontIssueAts = 1;
+		DontIssueAts++;
 		break;
 
 	    case 'q':
diff --git a/tests/test-rem b/tests/test-rem
index 9f047c93..08b88ce4 100644
--- a/tests/test-rem
+++ b/tests/test-rem
@@ -83,6 +83,22 @@ rm -f ../tests/purge_dir/*.rem.purged >> ../tests/test.out 2>&1
 
 ../src/remind -p12 ../tests/sun.rem 1 Jan 2011 >> ../tests/test.out 2>&1
 
+# Test -a vs -aa
+../src/remind -q -a - 1 Jan 2012 9:00 <<'EOF' >> ../tests/test.out 2>&1
+REM 1 Jan 2012 AT 8:00 MSG 8am: Should not show up
+REM 1 Jan 2012 AT 9:00 MSG 9am: Should not show up
+REM 1 Jan 2012 AT 10:00 MSG 10am: Should not show up
+MSG [$DontTrigAts]
+EOF
+
+../src/remind -q -a -a - 1 Jan 2012 9:00 <<'EOF' >> ../tests/test.out 2>&1
+REM 1 Jan 2012 AT 8:00 MSG 8am: Should not show up
+REM 1 Jan 2012 AT 9:00 MSG 9am: Should show up
+REM 1 Jan 2012 AT 10:00 MSG 10am: Should show up
+MSG [$DontTrigAts]
+EOF
+
+
 cmp -s ../tests/test.out ../tests/test.cmp
 if [ "$?" = "0" ]; then
    echo "Remind:  Acceptance test PASSED"
diff --git a/tests/test.cmp b/tests/test.cmp
index f3341924..d290cf9d 100644
--- a/tests/test.cmp
+++ b/tests/test.cmp
@@ -5013,3 +5013,15 @@ January 31
 2011/12/31 * * * * Sunset: 16:30
 2011/12/31 * * * * Dusk: 17:05
 # rem2ps end
+Reminders for Sunday, 1st January, 2012:
+
+1
+
+Reminders for Sunday, 1st January, 2012:
+
+9am: Should show up
+
+10am: Should show up
+
+2
+