diff --git a/cinderclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shell.py b/cinderclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shell.py
index a69fd40..c287790 100644
--- a/cinderclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shell.py
+++ b/cinderclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shell.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ from six.moves.urllib import parse
 from cinderclient import client
 from cinderclient import exceptions
 from cinderclient import shell
+from cinderclient.v2 import volumes
+from cinderclient.v2 import shell as test_shell
 from cinderclient.tests.unit import utils
 from cinderclient.tests.unit.v2 import fakes
 from cinderclient.tests.unit.fixture_data import keystone_client
@@ -55,6 +57,15 @@ class ShellTest(utils.TestCase):
             'GET', keystone_client.BASE_URL,
             text=keystone_client.keystone_request_callback)
 
+        self.cs = mock.Mock()
+
+    def _make_args(self, args):
+        class Args(object):
+            def __init__(self, entries):
+                self.__dict__.update(entries)
+
+        return Args(args)
+
     def tearDown(self):
         # For some methods like test_image_meta_bad_action we are
         # testing a SystemExit to be thrown and object self.shell has
@@ -363,6 +374,30 @@ class ShellTest(utils.TestCase):
         self.run_command('backup-restore 1234')
         self.assert_called('POST', '/backups/1234/restore')
 
+    @mock.patch('cinderclient.utils.print_dict')
+    @mock.patch('cinderclient.utils.find_volume')
+    def test_do_backup_restore(self,
+                               mock_find_volume,
+                               mock_print_dict):
+        backup_id = '1234'
+        volume_id = '5678'
+        input = {
+            'backup': backup_id,
+            'volume': volume_id
+        }
+
+        args = self._make_args(input)
+        with mock.patch.object(self.cs.restores,
+                               'restore') as mocked_restore:
+            mock_find_volume.return_value = volumes.Volume(self,
+                                                           {'id': volume_id},
+                                                           loaded = True)
+            test_shell.do_backup_restore(self.cs, args)
+            mocked_restore.assert_called_once_with(
+                input['backup'],
+                volume_id)
+            self.assertTrue(mock_print_dict.called)
+
     def test_record_export(self):
         self.run_command('backup-export 1234')
         self.assert_called('GET', '/backups/1234/export_record')
diff --git a/cinderclient/tests/unit/v2/test_volume_backups.py b/cinderclient/tests/unit/v2/test_volume_backups.py
index 1b77b9c..91403f4 100644
--- a/cinderclient/tests/unit/v2/test_volume_backups.py
+++ b/cinderclient/tests/unit/v2/test_volume_backups.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 from cinderclient.tests.unit import utils
 from cinderclient.tests.unit.v2 import fakes
+from cinderclient.v2 import volume_backups_restore
 
 
 cs = fakes.FakeClient()
@@ -59,8 +60,10 @@ class VolumeBackupsTest(utils.TestCase):
 
     def test_restore(self):
         backup_id = '76a17945-3c6f-435c-975b-b5685db10b62'
-        cs.restores.restore(backup_id)
+        info = cs.restores.restore(backup_id)
         cs.assert_called('POST', '/backups/%s/restore' % backup_id)
+        self.assertIsInstance(info,
+                              volume_backups_restore.VolumeBackupsRestore)
 
     def test_record_export(self):
         backup_id = '76a17945-3c6f-435c-975b-b5685db10b62'
diff --git a/cinderclient/v2/shell.py b/cinderclient/v2/shell.py
index a85d77f..1278e56 100644
--- a/cinderclient/v2/shell.py
+++ b/cinderclient/v2/shell.py
@@ -1238,7 +1238,15 @@ def do_backup_restore(cs, args):
         volume_id = utils.find_volume(cs, vol).id
     else:
         volume_id = None
-    cs.restores.restore(args.backup, volume_id)
+
+    restore = cs.restores.restore(args.backup, volume_id)
+
+    info = {"backup_id": args.backup}
+    info.update(restore._info)
+
+    info.pop('links', None)
+
+    utils.print_dict(info)
 
 
 @utils.arg('backup', metavar='<backup>',