diff --git a/torchvision/utils.py b/torchvision/utils.py
index 5e548496b05..5aea1c98eb7 100644
--- a/torchvision/utils.py
+++ b/torchvision/utils.py
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 import torch
 import math
 import numpy as np
+import warnings
 from PIL import Image, ImageDraw
 from PIL import ImageFont
 
-__all__ = ["make_grid", "save_image", "draw_bounding_boxes"]
 
-irange = range
+__all__ = ["make_grid", "save_image", "draw_bounding_boxes", "get_range"]
 
 
 def make_grid(
@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@ def make_grid(
     nrow: int = 8,
     padding: int = 2,
     normalize: bool = False,
-    range: Optional[Tuple[int, int]] = None,
+    # range: Optional[Tuple[int, int]] = None,
+    vmin: int = None,
+    vmax: int = None,
     scale_each: bool = False,
     pad_value: int = 0,
+    **kwargs
 ) -> torch.Tensor:
     """Make a grid of images.
 
@@ -30,9 +33,11 @@ def make_grid(
         padding (int, optional): amount of padding. Default: ``2``.
         normalize (bool, optional): If True, shift the image to the range (0, 1),
             by the min and max values specified by :attr:`range`. Default: ``False``.
-        range (tuple, optional): tuple (min, max) where min and max are numbers,
-            then these numbers are used to normalize the image. By default, min and max
-            are computed from the tensor.
+        range (tuple, optional): Deprecated (see :attr:`vmin, vmax`). tuple (min, max)
+            where min and max are numbers,then these numbers are used to normalize the image.
+            By default, min and max are computed from the tensor.
+        vmin (int, optional): vmin and vmax define the data range that used to normalize the image.
+        vmax (int, optional): vmin and vmax define the data range that used to normalize the image.
         scale_each (bool, optional): If ``True``, scale each image in the batch of
             images separately rather than the (min, max) over all images. Default: ``False``.
         pad_value (float, optional): Value for the padded pixels. Default: ``0``.
@@ -61,25 +66,27 @@ def make_grid(
 
     if normalize is True:
         tensor = tensor.clone()  # avoid modifying tensor in-place
-        if range is not None:
-            assert isinstance(range, tuple), \
-                "range has to be a tuple (min, max) if specified. min and max are numbers"
-
+        if "range" in kwargs.keys():
+            if kwargs["range"] is not None:
+                assert isinstance(kwargs["range"], tuple), \
+                    "range has to be a tuple (min, max) if specified. min and max are numbers"
+            vmin, vmax = get_range(kwargs["range"])
         def norm_ip(img, low, high):
             img.clamp_(min=low, max=high)
             img.sub_(low).div_(max(high - low, 1e-5))
 
-        def norm_range(t, range):
-            if range is not None:
-                norm_ip(t, range[0], range[1])
+        def norm_range(t, vmin, vmax):
+            if vmin is not None and vmax is not None:
+                norm_ip(t, vmin, vmax)
             else:
                 norm_ip(t, float(t.min()), float(t.max()))
 
         if scale_each is True:
-            for t in tensor:  # loop over mini-batch dimension
-                norm_range(t, range)
+            for i in range(tensor.size(0)):  # loop over mini-batch dimension
+                t = tensor[i]
+                norm_range(t, vmin, vmax)
         else:
-            norm_range(tensor, range)
+            norm_range(tensor, vmin, vmax)
 
     if tensor.size(0) == 1:
         return tensor.squeeze(0)
@@ -92,8 +99,8 @@ def norm_range(t, range):
     num_channels = tensor.size(1)
     grid = tensor.new_full((num_channels, height * ymaps + padding, width * xmaps + padding), pad_value)
     k = 0
-    for y in irange(ymaps):
-        for x in irange(xmaps):
+    for y in range(ymaps):
+        for x in range(xmaps):
             if k >= nmaps:
                 break
             # Tensor.copy_() is a valid method but seems to be missing from the stubs
@@ -111,10 +118,13 @@ def save_image(
     nrow: int = 8,
     padding: int = 2,
     normalize: bool = False,
-    range: Optional[Tuple[int, int]] = None,
+    # range: Optional[Tuple[int, int]] = None,
+    vmin: int = None,
+    vmax: int = None,
     scale_each: bool = False,
     pad_value: int = 0,
     format: Optional[str] = None,
+    **kwargs
 ) -> None:
     """Save a given Tensor into an image file.
 
@@ -126,8 +136,14 @@ def save_image(
             If a file object was used instead of a filename, this parameter should always be used.
         **kwargs: Other arguments are documented in ``make_grid``.
     """
+    if "range" in kwargs.keys():
+        if kwargs["range"] is not None:
+            assert isinstance(kwargs["range"], tuple), \
+                "range has to be a tuple (min, max) if specified. min and max are numbers"
+        vmin, vmax = get_range(kwargs["range"])
+
     grid = make_grid(tensor, nrow=nrow, padding=padding, pad_value=pad_value,
-                     normalize=normalize, range=range, scale_each=scale_each)
+                     normalize=normalize, vmin=vmin, vmax=vmax, scale_each=scale_each)
     # Add 0.5 after unnormalizing to [0, 255] to round to nearest integer
     ndarr = grid.mul(255).add_(0.5).clamp_(0, 255).permute(1, 2, 0).to('cpu', torch.uint8).numpy()
     im = Image.fromarray(ndarr)
@@ -187,3 +203,15 @@ def draw_bounding_boxes(
             draw.text((bbox[0], bbox[1]), labels[i], fill=color, font=txt_font)
 
     return torch.from_numpy(np.array(img_to_draw)).permute(2, 0, 1)
+
+
+def get_range(range_tmp, emit_warning=True) -> (int, int):
+    """
+    In order to support previous versions, accept range argument and convert this into (vmin, vmax).
+    """
+
+    warning = "range will be deprecated, please use vmin and vmax args instead."
+    vmin_, vmax_ = range_tmp
+    if emit_warning:
+        warnings.warn(warning)
+    return (vmin_, vmax_ )