diff --git a/cmd/helm/get.go b/cmd/helm/get.go
index 5bc4dc892..3a2fddb8d 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/get.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/get.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ MANIFEST:
 
 // getCmd is the command that implements 'helm get'
 func (g *getCmd) run() error {
-	res, err := g.client.ReleaseContent(g.release)
+	res, err := g.client.ReleaseContent(g.release, helm.ContentReleaseVersion(g.version))
 	if err != nil {
 		return prettyError(err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/helm/status.go b/cmd/helm/status.go
index 88eb14305..2ef25c5fa 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/status.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/status.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func newStatusCmd(client helm.Interface, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 }
 
 func (s *statusCmd) run() error {
-	res, err := s.client.ReleaseStatus(s.release)
+	res, err := s.client.ReleaseStatus(s.release, helm.StatusReleaseVersion(s.version))
 	if err != nil {
 		return prettyError(err)
 	}