diff --git a/NetNewsWire/MainWindow/MainWindowController.swift b/NetNewsWire/MainWindow/MainWindowController.swift
index cf72b11f8..ce535fa26 100644
--- a/NetNewsWire/MainWindow/MainWindowController.swift
+++ b/NetNewsWire/MainWindow/MainWindowController.swift
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ class MainWindowController : NSWindowController, NSUserInterfaceValidations {
 
 	@IBAction func markOlderArticlesAsRead(_ sender: Any?) {
 
-		timelineViewController?.markOlderArticlesAsRead()
+		timelineViewController?.markOlderArticlesRead()
 	}
 
 	@IBAction func navigateToTimeline(_ sender: Any?) {
diff --git a/NetNewsWire/MainWindow/Timeline/TimelineViewController+ContextualMenus.swift b/NetNewsWire/MainWindow/Timeline/TimelineViewController+ContextualMenus.swift
index 1dcae135a..d8d9d90af 100644
--- a/NetNewsWire/MainWindow/Timeline/TimelineViewController+ContextualMenus.swift
+++ b/NetNewsWire/MainWindow/Timeline/TimelineViewController+ContextualMenus.swift
@@ -44,7 +44,15 @@ extension TimelineViewController {
 		guard let articles = articles(from: sender) else {
 			return
 		}
-		markArticles(articles, read: false)
+		markOlderArticlesRead(articles)
+	}
+
+	@objc func markOlderArticlesReadFromContextualMenu(_ sender: Any?) {
+
+		guard let articles = articles(from: sender) else {
+			return
+		}
+		markOlderArticlesRead(articles)
 	}
 
 	@objc func markArticlesStarredFromContextualMenu(_ sender: Any?) {
@@ -134,6 +142,9 @@ private extension TimelineViewController {
 		if articles.anyArticleIsStarred() {
 			menu.addItem(markUnstarredMenuItem(articles))
 		}
+		if articles.count > 0 {
+			menu.addItem(markOlderReadMenuItem(articles))
+		}
 		menu.addSeparatorIfNeeded()
 
 		if articles.count == 1, let link = articles.first!.preferredLink {
@@ -195,6 +206,10 @@ private extension TimelineViewController {
 		return menuItem(NSLocalizedString("Mark as Unstarred", comment: "Command"), #selector(markArticlesUnstarredFromContextualMenu(_:)), articles)
 	}
 
+	func markOlderReadMenuItem(_ articles: [Article]) -> NSMenuItem {
+		return menuItem(NSLocalizedString("Mark Older as Read", comment: "Command"),  #selector(markOlderArticlesReadFromContextualMenu(_:)), articles)
+	}
+
 	func openInBrowserMenuItem(_ urlString: String) -> NSMenuItem {
 
 		return menuItem(NSLocalizedString("Open in Browser", comment: "Command"), #selector(openInBrowserFromContextualMenu(_:)), urlString)
diff --git a/NetNewsWire/MainWindow/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift b/NetNewsWire/MainWindow/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
index 7086d9105..467daf8d6 100644
--- a/NetNewsWire/MainWindow/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
+++ b/NetNewsWire/MainWindow/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
@@ -240,9 +240,16 @@ class TimelineViewController: NSViewController, UndoableCommandRunner {
 		return MarkCommandValidationStatus.statusFor(selectedArticles) { $0.anyArticleIsUnread() }
 	}
 
-	func markOlderArticlesAsRead() {
+	func markOlderArticlesRead() {
+		markOlderArticlesRead(selectedArticles)
+	}
 
-		// Mark articles the same age or older than the selected article(s) as read.
+	func canMarkOlderArticlesAsRead() -> Bool {
+		return !selectedArticles.isEmpty
+	}
+
+	func markOlderArticlesRead(_ selectedArticles: [Article]) {
+		// Mark articles the same age or older than the selectedArticles(s) as read.
 
 		var cutoffDate: Date? = nil
 		for article in selectedArticles {
@@ -268,11 +275,6 @@ class TimelineViewController: NSViewController, UndoableCommandRunner {
 		runCommand(markReadCommand)
 	}
 
-	func canMarkOlderArticlesAsRead() -> Bool {
-
-		return !selectedArticles.isEmpty
-	}
-
 	// MARK: - Navigation
 	
 	func goToNextUnread() {