diff --git a/packages/@angular/cli/commands/get.ts b/packages/@angular/cli/commands/get.ts
index ee0bca96ab35..a0092f45f78f 100644
--- a/packages/@angular/cli/commands/get.ts
+++ b/packages/@angular/cli/commands/get.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export interface GetOptions {
 
 const GetCommand = Command.extend({
   name: 'get',
-  description: 'Get a value from the configuration.',
+  description: 'Get a value from the configuration. Example: ng get [key]',
   works: 'everywhere',
 
   availableOptions: [
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const GetCommand = Command.extend({
       if (value === null || value === undefined) {
         throw new SilentError('Value cannot be found.');
       } else if (typeof value == 'object') {
-        console.log(JSON.stringify(value));
+        console.log(JSON.stringify(value, null, 2));
       } else {
         console.log(value);
       }
diff --git a/packages/@angular/cli/models/config/config.spec.ts b/packages/@angular/cli/models/config/config.spec.ts
index 2c6c78eb8744..cf4a95862102 100644
--- a/packages/@angular/cli/models/config/config.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/@angular/cli/models/config/config.spec.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ describe('Config', () => {
         stringKey: 'stringValue'
       });
 
+      expect(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(config.get()))).toEqual({
+        requiredKey: 1,
+        stringKeyDefault: 'defaultValue',
+        stringKey: 'stringValue'
+      });
       expect(config.get('requiredKey')).toEqual(1);
       expect(config.get('stringKey')).toEqual('stringValue');
       expect(config.get('booleanKey')).toEqual(undefined);
diff --git a/packages/@angular/cli/models/config/config.ts b/packages/@angular/cli/models/config/config.ts
index 7370b1ff5766..e2698ea4cfca 100644
--- a/packages/@angular/cli/models/config/config.ts
+++ b/packages/@angular/cli/models/config/config.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ export class CliConfig<JsonType> {
     return this._config.$$alias(path, newPath);
   }
 
-  get(jsonPath: string) {
+  get(jsonPath?: string) {
+    if (!jsonPath) {
+      return this._config.$$root();
+    }
     return this._config.$$get(jsonPath);
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/commands/get/get.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/commands/get/get.ts
index b66fb2e9ceb1..34c70b12f197 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/commands/get/get.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/commands/get/get.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {expectToFail} from '../../../utils/utils';
 export default function() {
   return Promise.resolve()
     .then(() => expectToFail(() => ng('get', 'apps.zzz.prefix')))
+    .then(() => ng('get'))
     .then(() => ng('get', 'apps.0.prefix'))
     .then(({ stdout }) => {
       if (!stdout.match(/app/)) {