diff --git a/cmd/issueCreate.go b/cmd/issueCreate.go
index 1b5f1b26..96fd3d4d 100644
--- a/cmd/issueCreate.go
+++ b/cmd/issueCreate.go
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ var issueCreateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Long:  ``,
 	Args:  cobra.MaximumNArgs(1),
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		msgs, err := cmd.Flags().GetStringSlice("message")
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
 		remote := forkedFromRemote
 		if len(args) > 0 {
 			ok, err := git.IsRemote(args[0])
@@ -105,6 +109,6 @@ func issueText() (string, error) {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	issueCreateCmd.Flags().StringSliceVarP(&msgs, "message", "m", []string{}, "Use the given <msg>; multiple -m are concatenated as seperate paragraphs")
+	issueCreateCmd.Flags().StringSliceP("message", "m", []string{}, "Use the given <msg>; multiple -m are concatenated as seperate paragraphs")
 	issueCmd.AddCommand(issueCreateCmd)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/mrCreate.go b/cmd/mrCreate.go
index 0b5129ad..25528b62 100644
--- a/cmd/mrCreate.go
+++ b/cmd/mrCreate.go
@@ -34,11 +34,15 @@ var mrCreateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 }
 
 func init() {
-	mrCreateCmd.Flags().StringSliceVarP(&msgs, "message", "m", []string{}, "Use the given <msg>; multiple -m are concatenated as seperate paragraphs")
+	mrCreateCmd.Flags().StringSliceP("message", "m", []string{}, "Use the given <msg>; multiple -m are concatenated as seperate paragraphs")
 	mrCmd.AddCommand(mrCreateCmd)
 }
 
 func runMRCreate(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+	msgs, err := cmd.Flags().GetStringSlice("message")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
 	branch, err := git.CurrentBranch()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/cmd/mrList_test.go b/cmd/mrList_test.go
index 477df142..461d7e18 100644
--- a/cmd/mrList_test.go
+++ b/cmd/mrList_test.go
@@ -69,5 +69,5 @@ func Test_mrListStateClosed(t *testing.T) {
 
 	mrs := strings.Split(string(b), "\n")
 	t.Log(mrs)
-	require.Equal(t, "#2 asdf", mrs[0])
+	require.Equal(t, "#5 closed mr", mrs[0])
 }
diff --git a/cmd/mr_test.go b/cmd/mr_test.go
index 6edcef7f..98b3a23d 100644
--- a/cmd/mr_test.go
+++ b/cmd/mr_test.go
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@ import (
 
 func Test_mrCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
+	repo := copyTestRepo(t)
 	var mrID string
 	t.Run("create", func(t *testing.T) {
-		repo := copyTestRepo(t)
-
 		git := exec.Command("git", "checkout", "mrtest")
 		git.Dir = repo
 		b, err := git.CombinedOutput()
@@ -24,7 +23,9 @@ func Test_mrCmd(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		cmd := exec.Command("../lab_bin", "mr", "create", "lab-testing",
-			"-m", "mr title")
+			"-m", "mr title",
+			"-m", "mr description",
+		)
 		cmd.Dir = repo
 
 		b, _ = cmd.CombinedOutput()
@@ -36,11 +37,30 @@ func Test_mrCmd(t *testing.T) {
 		mrID = strings.TrimPrefix(out[:i], "https://gitlab.com/lab-testing/test/merge_requests/")
 		t.Log(mrID)
 	})
+	t.Run("show", func(t *testing.T) {
+		if mrID == "" {
+			t.Skip("mrID is empty, create likely failed")
+		}
+		cmd := exec.Command("../lab_bin", "mr", "show", "lab-testing", mrID)
+		cmd.Dir = repo
+
+		b, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Log(string(b))
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		out := string(b)
+		require.Contains(t, out, "Project: lab-testing/test\n")
+		require.Contains(t, out, "Branches: mrtest->master\n")
+		require.Contains(t, out, "Status: Open\n")
+		require.Contains(t, out, fmt.Sprintf("#%s mr title", mrID))
+		require.Contains(t, out, "===================================\nmr description")
+		require.Contains(t, out, fmt.Sprintf("WebURL: https://gitlab.com/lab-testing/test/merge_requests/%s", mrID))
+	})
 	t.Run("delete", func(t *testing.T) {
 		if mrID == "" {
 			t.Skip("mrID is empty, create likely failed")
 		}
-		repo := copyTestRepo(t)
 		cmd := exec.Command("../lab_bin", "mr", "lab-testing", "-d", mrID)
 		cmd.Dir = repo
 
diff --git a/cmd/snippetCreate.go b/cmd/snippetCreate.go
index 91d0c383..c1e33191 100644
--- a/cmd/snippetCreate.go
+++ b/cmd/snippetCreate.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	msgs    []string
 	name    string
 	file    string
 	private bool
@@ -34,6 +33,10 @@ var snippetCreateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 Source snippets from stdin, file, or in editor from scratch
 Optionally add a title & description with -m`,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		msgs, err := cmd.Flags().GetStringSlice("message")
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
 		remote := forkedFromRemote
 		if len(args) > 0 {
 			ok, err := git.IsRemote(args[0])
@@ -166,7 +169,7 @@ func init() {
 	snippetCreateCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&private, "private", "p", false, "Make snippet private; visible only to project members (default: internal)")
 	snippetCreateCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&public, "public", false, "Make snippet public; can be accessed without any authentication (default: internal)")
 	snippetCreateCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&name, "name", "n", "", "(optional) Name snippet to add code highlighting, e.g. potato.go for GoLang")
-	snippetCreateCmd.Flags().StringSliceVarP(&msgs, "message", "m", []string{"-"}, "Use the given <msg>; multiple -m are concatenated as seperate paragraphs")
+	snippetCreateCmd.Flags().StringSliceP("message", "m", []string{"-"}, "Use the given <msg>; multiple -m are concatenated as seperate paragraphs")
 	snippetCmd.Flags().AddFlagSet(snippetCreateCmd.Flags())
 	snippetCmd.AddCommand(snippetCreateCmd)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/snippetCreate_test.go b/cmd/snippetCreate_test.go
index b90267e9..53f42d38 100644
--- a/cmd/snippetCreate_test.go
+++ b/cmd/snippetCreate_test.go
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ func Test_snippetCreate_Global_Editor(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func Test_snipMsg(t *testing.T) {
+	msgs, err := snippetCreateCmd.Flags().GetStringSlice("message")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
 	title, desc := snipMsg(msgs)
 	assert.Equal(t, "-", title)
 	assert.Equal(t, "", desc)