Index: jackrabbit-oak/oak-run/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/run/CheckCommand.java
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<+>UTF-8
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--- jackrabbit-oak/oak-run/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/run/CheckCommand.java	(revision f454d227ad7418b1c7f911c67e5aead2208fdb5e)
+++ jackrabbit-oak/oak-run/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/run/CheckCommand.java	(date 1571407085000)
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
             .withRequiredArg()
             .ofType(Long.class)
             .defaultsTo(Long.MAX_VALUE);
+        OptionSpec<Integer> maxRevisionsToCheck = parser.accepts("maxRevisionsToCheck", "define the number of revisions to be checked")
+                .withRequiredArg()
+                .ofType(Integer.class)
+                .defaultsTo(1);
         OptionSpec<?> bin = parser.accepts("bin", "read the content of binary properties");
         OptionSpec<String> filter = parser.accepts("filter", "comma separated content paths to be checked")
             .withRequiredArg()
@@ -78,6 +82,7 @@
             .withCheckBinaries(options.has(bin))
             .withCheckHead(shouldCheckHead(options, head, cp))
             .withCheckpoints(toCheckpointsSet(options, head, cp))
+            .withMaxRevisionsToCheck(maxRevisionsToCheck.value(options))
             .withFilterPaths(toSet(options, filter))
             .withIOStatistics(options.has(ioStatistics))
             .withOutWriter(new PrintWriter(System.out, true))
Index: jackrabbit-oak/oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/file/tooling/ConsistencyChecker.java
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--- jackrabbit-oak/oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/file/tooling/ConsistencyChecker.java	(revision f454d227ad7418b1c7f911c67e5aead2208fdb5e)
+++ jackrabbit-oak/oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/file/tooling/ConsistencyChecker.java	(date 1571408072000)
@@ -345,7 +345,8 @@
         boolean head,
         Set<String> checkpoints,
         Set<String> paths,
-        boolean binaries
+        boolean binaries,
+        int maxRevisionsToCheck
     ) {
         List<PathToCheck> headPaths = new ArrayList<>();
         Map<String, List<PathToCheck>> checkpointPaths = new HashMap<>();
@@ -398,6 +399,11 @@
                 if (allPathsConsistent(headPaths, checkpointPaths)) {
                     break;
                 }
+
+                //limit the number of revisions to be checked
+                if(maxRevisionsToCheck == revisionCount){
+                    break;
+                }
             } catch (IllegalArgumentException | SegmentNotFoundException e) {
                 onCheckRevisionError(revision, e);
             }
Index: jackrabbit-oak/oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/tool/Check.java
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--- jackrabbit-oak/oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/tool/Check.java	(revision f454d227ad7418b1c7f911c67e5aead2208fdb5e)
+++ jackrabbit-oak/oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/tool/Check.java	(date 1571404100000)
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@
 
         private boolean checkHead;
 
+        private int maxRevisionsToCheck;
+
         private Set<String> checkpoints;
 
         private Set<String> filterPaths;
@@ -169,6 +171,18 @@
             this.checkHead = checkHead;
             return this;
         }
+
+        /**
+         * Instruct the command to check only the last {@code maxRevisionsToCheck}
+         * This parameter is not required and defaults to {@code 1}.
+         * @param maxRevisionsToCheck if {@code 1} will check only the last revision. if 2 wil check up to 2 revisions. if the first revision is
+         *                               consistent will skip the second revision.
+         * @return this builder.
+         */
+        public Builder withMaxRevisionsToCheck(Integer maxRevisionsToCheck){
+            this.maxRevisionsToCheck = maxRevisionsToCheck;
+            return this;
+        }
 
         /**
          * Instruct the command to check specified checkpoints.
@@ -298,6 +312,8 @@
 
     private final boolean checkHead;
 
+    private final int maxRevisionsToCheck;
+
     private final Set<String> requestedCheckpoints;
 
     private final Set<String> filterPaths;
@@ -333,6 +349,7 @@
         this.out = builder.outWriter;
         this.err = builder.errWriter;
         this.journal = journalPath(builder.path, builder.journal);
+        this.maxRevisionsToCheck = builder.maxRevisionsToCheck;
     }
 
     private static File journalPath(File segmentStore, File journal) {
@@ -390,7 +407,8 @@
             checkHead,
             checkpoints,
             filterPaths,
-            checkBinaries
+            checkBinaries,
+            maxRevisionsToCheck
         );
 
         print("\nSearched through {0} revisions and {1} checkpoints", result.getCheckedRevisionsCount(), checkpoints.size());