diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index 0da8f3c7..2ed48298 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 CHANGELOG
 
+0.7.0
+* added counter columns
+* added support for compaction settings at the model level
+* deprecated delete_table in favor of drop_table
+* deprecated create_table in favor of sync_table
+
+0.6.0
+* added table sync
+
 0.5.2
 * adding hex conversion to Bytes column
 
diff --git a/cqlengine/management.py b/cqlengine/management.py
index 5c9350a3..eae327a6 100644
--- a/cqlengine/management.py
+++ b/cqlengine/management.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import json
+import warnings
 from cqlengine import SizeTieredCompactionStrategy, LeveledCompactionStrategy
 
 from cqlengine.connection import connection_manager, execute
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ def delete_keyspace(name):
             execute("DROP KEYSPACE {}".format(name))
 
 def create_table(model, create_missing_keyspace=True):
+    warnings.warn("create_table has been deprecated in favor of sync_table and will be removed in a future release", DeprecationWarning)
     sync_table(model, create_missing_keyspace)
 
 def sync_table(model, create_missing_keyspace=True):
@@ -217,6 +219,10 @@ def get_fields(model):
     # convert to Field named tuples
 
 def delete_table(model):
+    warnings.warn("delete_table has been deprecated in favor of drop_table()", DeprecationWarning)
+    return drop_table(model)
+
+def drop_table(model):
 
     # don't try to delete non existant tables
     ks_name = model._get_keyspace()
diff --git a/cqlengine/tests/management/test_management.py b/cqlengine/tests/management/test_management.py
index ab27b132..a89c0b40 100644
--- a/cqlengine/tests/management/test_management.py
+++ b/cqlengine/tests/management/test_management.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from cqlengine.exceptions import CQLEngineException
-from cqlengine.management import create_table, delete_table, get_fields, get_compaction_options, get_create_table
+from cqlengine.management import create_table, delete_table, get_fields, get_compaction_options, get_create_table, sync_table, drop_table
 from cqlengine.tests.base import BaseCassEngTestCase
 
 from cqlengine.connection import ConnectionPool, Host
@@ -219,5 +219,14 @@ class LeveledCompactionTest(BaseCompactionTest):
 
         assert result['sstable_size_in_mb'] == 32
 
+    def test_create_table(self):
+        class LeveledcompactionTestTable(Model):
+            __compaction__ = LeveledCompactionStrategy
+            __compaction_sstable_size_in_mb__ = 64
+            user_id = columns.UUID(primary_key=True)
+            name = columns.Text()
+
+        drop_table(LeveledcompactionTestTable)
+        sync_table(LeveledcompactionTestTable)