diff --git a/blazarclient/command.py b/blazarclient/command.py
index 459b090..9bff44f 100644
--- a/blazarclient/command.py
+++ b/blazarclient/command.py
@@ -282,12 +282,6 @@ class ShowCommand(BlazarCommand, show.ShowOne):
 
     def get_parser(self, prog_name):
         parser = super(ShowCommand, self).get_parser(prog_name)
-        if self.allow_names:
-            help_str = 'ID or name of %s to look up'
-        else:
-            help_str = 'ID of %s to look up'
-        parser.add_argument('id', metavar=self.resource.upper(),
-                            help=help_str % self.resource)
         return parser
 
     def get_data(self, parsed_args):
diff --git a/blazarclient/v1/shell_commands/floatingips.py b/blazarclient/v1/shell_commands/floatingips.py
index b93e91e..90720d9 100644
--- a/blazarclient/v1/shell_commands/floatingips.py
+++ b/blazarclient/v1/shell_commands/floatingips.py
@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@ class ShowFloatingIP(command.ShowCommand):
     json_indent = 4
     log = logging.getLogger(__name__ + '.ShowFloatingIP')
 
+    def get_parser(self, prog_name):
+        parser = super(ShowFloatingIP, self).get_parser(prog_name)
+        if self.allow_names:
+            help_str = 'ID or name of %s to look up'
+        else:
+            help_str = 'ID of %s to look up'
+        parser.add_argument('id', metavar=self.resource.upper(),
+                            help=help_str % self.resource)
+        return parser
+
 
 class CreateFloatingIP(command.CreateCommand):
     """Create a floating IP."""
diff --git a/blazarclient/v1/shell_commands/hosts.py b/blazarclient/v1/shell_commands/hosts.py
index 250c376..c9e44a1 100644
--- a/blazarclient/v1/shell_commands/hosts.py
+++ b/blazarclient/v1/shell_commands/hosts.py
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ class ShowHost(command.ShowCommand):
     id_pattern = HOST_ID_PATTERN
     log = logging.getLogger(__name__ + '.ShowHost')
 
+    def get_parser(self, prog_name):
+        parser = super(ShowHost, self).get_parser(prog_name)
+        if self.allow_names:
+            help_str = 'ID or name of %s to look up'
+        else:
+            help_str = 'ID of %s to look up'
+        parser.add_argument('id', metavar=self.resource.upper(),
+                            help=help_str % self.resource)
+        return parser
+
 
 class CreateHost(command.CreateCommand):
     """Create a host."""
diff --git a/blazarclient/v1/shell_commands/leases.py b/blazarclient/v1/shell_commands/leases.py
index 9fe3e36..2bd4c2d 100644
--- a/blazarclient/v1/shell_commands/leases.py
+++ b/blazarclient/v1/shell_commands/leases.py
@@ -90,6 +90,16 @@ class ShowLease(command.ShowCommand):
     json_indent = 4
     log = logging.getLogger(__name__ + '.ShowLease')
 
+    def get_parser(self, prog_name):
+        parser = super(ShowLease, self).get_parser(prog_name)
+        if self.allow_names:
+            help_str = 'ID or name of %s to look up'
+        else:
+            help_str = 'ID of %s to look up'
+        parser.add_argument('id', metavar=self.resource.upper(),
+                            help=help_str % self.resource)
+        return parser
+
 
 class CreateLeaseBase(command.CreateCommand):
     """Create a lease."""
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/separate-id-parser-argument-from-showcommand-ce92d0c52dd1963e.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/separate-id-parser-argument-from-showcommand-ce92d0c52dd1963e.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa66f5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/separate-id-parser-argument-from-showcommand-ce92d0c52dd1963e.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+other:
+  - |
+    The ID parser argument is moved from the ShowCommand class to each resource
+    class. This allows the ordering of arguments to be fully customised,
+    instead of requiring the ID to come first.