diff --git a/oauth2client/client.py b/oauth2client/client.py
index 85d0196..8956443 100644
--- a/oauth2client/client.py
+++ b/oauth2client/client.py
@@ -1770,6 +1770,33 @@ class DeviceFlowInfo(collections.namedtuple('DeviceFlowInfo', (
         return cls(**kwargs)
 
 
+def _oauth2_web_server_flow_params(kwargs):
+    """Configures redirect URI parameters for OAuth2WebServerFlow."""
+    params = {
+        'access_type': 'offline',
+        'response_type': 'code',
+    }
+
+    params.update(kwargs)
+
+    # Check for the presence of the deprecated approval_prompt param and
+    # warn appropriately.
+    approval_prompt = params.get('approval_prompt')
+    if approval_prompt is not None:
+        logger.warning(
+            'The approval_prompt parameter for OAuth2WebServerFlow is '
+            'deprecated. Please use the prompt parameter instead.')
+
+        if approval_prompt == 'force':
+            logger.warning(
+                'approval_prompt="force" has been adjusted to '
+                'prompt="consent"')
+            params['prompt'] = 'consent'
+            del params['approval_prompt']
+
+    return params
+
+
 class OAuth2WebServerFlow(Flow):
     """Does the Web Server Flow for OAuth 2.0.
 
@@ -1793,7 +1820,7 @@ class OAuth2WebServerFlow(Flow):
         """Constructor for OAuth2WebServerFlow.
 
         The kwargs argument is used to set extra query parameters on the
-        auth_uri. For example, the access_type and approval_prompt
+        auth_uri. For example, the access_type and prompt
         query parameters can be set via kwargs.
 
         Args:
@@ -1845,11 +1872,7 @@ class OAuth2WebServerFlow(Flow):
         self.device_uri = device_uri
         self.token_info_uri = token_info_uri
         self.authorization_header = authorization_header
-        self.params = {
-            'access_type': 'offline',
-            'response_type': 'code',
-        }
-        self.params.update(kwargs)
+        self.params = _oauth2_web_server_flow_params(kwargs)
 
     @util.positional(1)
     def step1_get_authorize_url(self, redirect_uri=None, state=None):
@@ -2009,7 +2032,7 @@ class OAuth2WebServerFlow(Flow):
             if not refresh_token:
                 logger.info(
                     'Received token response with no refresh_token. Consider '
-                    "reauthenticating with approval_prompt='force'.")
+                    "reauthenticating with prompt='consent'.")
             token_expiry = None
             if 'expires_in' in d:
                 delta = datetime.timedelta(seconds=int(d['expires_in']))
diff --git a/tests/contrib/test_appengine.py b/tests/contrib/test_appengine.py
index af544e3..cdaf6c5 100644
--- a/tests/contrib/test_appengine.py
+++ b/tests/contrib/test_appengine.py
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ class DecoratorTests(unittest2.TestCase):
         decorator = appengine.OAuth2Decorator(
             client_id='foo_client_id', client_secret='foo_client_secret',
             user_agent='foo_user_agent', scope=['foo_scope', 'bar_scope'],
-            access_type='offline', approval_prompt='force',
+            access_type='offline', prompt='consent',
             revoke_uri='dummy_revoke_uri')
         request_handler = MockRequestHandler()
         decorator._create_flow(request_handler)
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ class DecoratorTests(unittest2.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual('https://example.org/oauth2callback',
                          decorator.flow.redirect_uri)
         self.assertEqual('offline', decorator.flow.params['access_type'])
-        self.assertEqual('force', decorator.flow.params['approval_prompt'])
+        self.assertEqual('consent', decorator.flow.params['prompt'])
         self.assertEqual('foo_user_agent', decorator.flow.user_agent)
         self.assertEqual('dummy_revoke_uri', decorator.flow.revoke_uri)
         self.assertEqual(None, decorator.flow.params.get('user_agent', None))
@@ -911,8 +911,8 @@ class DecoratorTests(unittest2.TestCase):
         decorator = appengine.OAuth2DecoratorFromClientSecrets(
             datafile('client_secrets.json'),
             scope=['foo_scope', 'bar_scope'],
-            approval_prompt='force')
-        self.assertTrue('approval_prompt' in decorator._kwargs)
+            prompt='consent')
+        self.assertIn('prompt', decorator._kwargs)
 
     def test_decorator_from_cached_client_secrets(self):
         cache_mock = CacheMock()
diff --git a/tests/test_client.py b/tests/test_client.py
index 7e0238b..db75603 100644
--- a/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/test_client.py
@@ -1681,6 +1681,20 @@ class OAuth2WebServerFlowTest(unittest2.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(client.OOB_CALLBACK_URN, q['redirect_uri'][0])
         self.assertEqual('online', q['access_type'][0])
 
+    def test__oauth2_web_server_flow_params(self):
+        params = client._oauth2_web_server_flow_params({})
+        self.assertEqual(params['access_type'], 'offline')
+        self.assertEqual(params['response_type'], 'code')
+
+        params = client._oauth2_web_server_flow_params({
+            'approval_prompt': 'force'})
+        self.assertEqual(params['prompt'], 'consent')
+        self.assertNotIn('approval_prompt', params)
+
+        params = client._oauth2_web_server_flow_params({
+            'approval_prompt': 'other'})
+        self.assertEqual(params['approval_prompt'], 'other')
+
     @mock.patch('oauth2client.client.logger')
     def test_step1_get_authorize_url_redirect_override(self, logger):
         flow = client.OAuth2WebServerFlow('client_id+1', scope='foo',