diff --git a/tests/client_test.py b/tests/client_test.py
index eeebf908..48b35197 100644
--- a/tests/client_test.py
+++ b/tests/client_test.py
@@ -123,10 +123,11 @@ class WhenTestingConnection(unittest.TestCase):
         created = self.connection.create_secret('text/plain',
                                                 'Test secret',
                                                 name='test_secret',
-                                                algorithm=None,
-                                                bit_length=None,
-                                                cypher_type=None,
-                                                expiration=None)
+                                                algorithm='aes',
+                                                bit_length=256,
+                                                cypher_type='CDC',
+                                                expiration='2015-06-07T16:13'
+                                                           ':38.889851')
         self.assertTrue(self._are_equivalent(secret, created))
 
     def test_should_create_order(self):
diff --git a/tests/keep_test.py b/tests/keep_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0bcdea66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/keep_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2013 Rackspace, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import cStringIO
+import os
+import sys
+import unittest2 as unittest
+
+import barbicanclient.keep
+
+
+def suite():
+    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
+
+    suite.addTest(TestKeep())
+
+    return suite
+
+
+class TestKeep(unittest.TestCase):
+    def keep(self, argstr):
+        """Source: Keystone client's shell method in test_shell.py"""
+        orig = sys.stdout
+        clean_env = {}
+        _old_env, os.environ = os.environ, clean_env.copy()
+        try:
+            sys.stdout = cStringIO.StringIO()
+            _keep = barbicanclient.keep.Keep()
+            _keep.execute(argv=argstr.split())
+        except SystemExit:
+            exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback = sys.exc_info()
+            self.assertEqual(exc_value.code, 0)
+        finally:
+            out = sys.stdout.getvalue()
+            sys.stdout.close()
+            sys.stdout = orig
+            os.environ = _old_env
+        return out
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        pass
+
+    def test_help(self):
+        args = "-h"
+        self.assertIn('usage: ', self.keep(args))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()