diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 15be2a388a..fd3b0c5da3 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 4.1-alpha2
+ * Revert breaking change in nodetool clientstats and expose cient options through nodetool clientstats --client-options. (CASSANDRA-17715)
  * Fix missed nowInSec values in QueryProcessor (CASSANDRA-17458)
  * Revert removal of withBufferSizeInMB(int size) in CQLSSTableWriter.Builder class and deprecate it in favor of withBufferSizeInMiB(int size) (CASSANDRA-17675)
  * Remove expired snapshots of dropped tables after restart (CASSANDRA-17619)
diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index 68bf9934fc..9f0332c9e1 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ New features
     - Support for native transport rate limiting via native_transport_rate_limiting_enabled and
       native_transport_max_requests_per_second in cassandra.yaml.
     - Support for pre hashing passwords on CQL DCL commands
-    - Expose all client options via system_views.clients and nodetool clientstats.
+    - Expose all client options via system_views.clients and nodetool clientstats --client-options.
     - Support for String concatenation has been added through the + operator.
     - New configuration max_hints_size_per_host to limit the size of local hints files per host in mebibytes. Setting to
       non-positive value disables the limit, which is the default behavior. Setting to a positive value to ensure
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/tools/nodetool/ClientStats.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/tools/nodetool/ClientStats.java
index ecaa5f33b9..7ed9b9d443 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/tools/nodetool/ClientStats.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/tools/nodetool/ClientStats.java
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ public class ClientStats extends NodeToolCmd
     @Option(title = "clear_history", name = "--clear-history", description = "Clear the history of connected clients")
     private boolean clearConnectionHistory = false;
 
+    @Option(title = "list_connections_with_client_options", name = "--client-options", description = "Lists all connections and the client options")
+    private boolean clientOptions = false;
+
     @Override
     public void execute(NodeProbe probe)
     {
@@ -84,6 +87,31 @@ public class ClientStats extends NodeToolCmd
         }
 
         if (listConnections)
+        {
+            List<Map<String, String>> clients = (List<Map<String, String>>) probe.getClientMetric("connections");
+            if (!clients.isEmpty())
+            {
+                TableBuilder table = new TableBuilder();
+                table.add("Address", "SSL", "Cipher", "Protocol", "Version", "User", "Keyspace", "Requests", "Driver-Name", "Driver-Version");
+                for (Map<String, String> conn : clients)
+                {
+                    table.add(conn.get(ConnectedClient.ADDRESS),
+                              conn.get(ConnectedClient.SSL),
+                              conn.get(ConnectedClient.CIPHER),
+                              conn.get(ConnectedClient.PROTOCOL),
+                              conn.get(ConnectedClient.VERSION),
+                              conn.get(ConnectedClient.USER),
+                              conn.get(ConnectedClient.KEYSPACE),
+                              conn.get(ConnectedClient.REQUESTS),
+                              conn.get(ConnectedClient.DRIVER_NAME),
+                              conn.get(ConnectedClient.DRIVER_VERSION));
+                }
+                table.printTo(out);
+                out.println();
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (clientOptions)
         {
             List<Map<String, String>> clients = (List<Map<String, String>>) probe.getClientMetric("connections");
             if (!clients.isEmpty())
diff --git a/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/tools/nodetool/ClientStatsTest.java b/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/tools/nodetool/ClientStatsTest.java
index 98696299f0..c8a1ae9d13 100644
--- a/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/tools/nodetool/ClientStatsTest.java
+++ b/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/tools/nodetool/ClientStatsTest.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public class ClientStatsTest extends CQLTester
                         "                [(-pp | --print-port)] [(-pw <password> | --password <password>)]\n" +
                         "                [(-pwf <passwordFilePath> | --password-file <passwordFilePath>)]\n" +
                         "                [(-u <username> | --username <username>)] clientstats [--all]\n" +
-                        "                [--by-protocol] [--clear-history]\n" +
+                        "                [--by-protocol] [--clear-history] [--client-options]\n" +
                         "\n" +
                         "OPTIONS\n" +
                         "        --all\n" +
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ public class ClientStatsTest extends CQLTester
                         "        --clear-history\n" +
                         "            Clear the history of connected clients\n" +
                         "\n" +
+                        "        --client-options\n" +
+                        "            Lists all connections and the client options\n" +
+                        "\n" +
                         "        -h <host>, --host <host>\n" +
                         "            Node hostname or ip address\n" +
                         "\n" +
@@ -132,6 +135,19 @@ public class ClientStatsTest extends CQLTester
         ToolRunner.ToolResult tool = ToolRunner.invokeNodetool("clientstats", "--all");
         tool.assertOnCleanExit();
         String stdout = tool.getStdout();
+        assertThat(stdout).containsPattern("Address +SSL +Cipher +Protocol +Version +User +Keyspace +Requests +Driver-Name +Driver-Version");
+        assertThat(stdout).containsPattern("/127.0.0.1:[0-9]+ false undefined undefined [0-9]+ +anonymous +[0-9]+ +DataStax Java Driver 3.11.0");
+        assertThat(stdout).contains("Total connected clients: 2");
+        assertThat(stdout).contains("User      Connections");
+        assertThat(stdout).contains("anonymous 2");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testClientStatsClientOptions()
+    {
+        ToolRunner.ToolResult tool = ToolRunner.invokeNodetool("clientstats", "--client-options");
+        tool.assertOnCleanExit();
+        String stdout = tool.getStdout();
         assertThat(stdout).containsPattern("Address +SSL +Cipher +Protocol +Version +User +Keyspace +Requests +Driver-Name +Driver-Version +Client-Options");
         assertThat(stdout).containsPattern("/127.0.0.1:[0-9]+ false undefined undefined [0-9]+ +anonymous +[0-9]+ +DataStax Java Driver 3.11.0");
         assertThat(stdout).containsPattern("DRIVER_NAME=DataStax Java Driver");