diff --git a/cinderclient/tests/v2/test_consistencygroups.py b/cinderclient/tests/v2/test_consistencygroups.py
index d9b01071b..234cb3ce9 100644
--- a/cinderclient/tests/v2/test_consistencygroups.py
+++ b/cinderclient/tests/v2/test_consistencygroups.py
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ class ConsistencygroupsTest(utils.TestCase):
         cs.assert_called('POST', '/consistencygroups/1234/delete')
 
     def test_create_consistencygroup(self):
-        cs.consistencygroups.create('cg')
+        cs.consistencygroups.create('type1,type2', 'cg')
         cs.assert_called('POST', '/consistencygroups')
 
     def test_create_consistencygroup_with_volume_types(self):
-        cs.consistencygroups.create('cg', volume_types='type1,type2')
+        cs.consistencygroups.create('type1,type2', 'cg')
         expected = {'consistencygroup': {'status': 'creating',
                                          'description': None,
                                          'availability_zone': None,
diff --git a/cinderclient/v2/consistencygroups.py b/cinderclient/v2/consistencygroups.py
index cbf911b0d..b20cb8b6f 100644
--- a/cinderclient/v2/consistencygroups.py
+++ b/cinderclient/v2/consistencygroups.py
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ class ConsistencygroupManager(base.ManagerWithFind):
     """Manage :class:`Consistencygroup` resources."""
     resource_class = Consistencygroup
 
-    def create(self, name=None, description=None,
-               volume_types=None, user_id=None,
+    def create(self, volume_types, name=None,
+               description=None, user_id=None,
                project_id=None, availability_zone=None):
         """Creates a consistencygroup.
 
diff --git a/cinderclient/v2/shell.py b/cinderclient/v2/shell.py
index 2ff4a8228..7cfff15c6 100644
--- a/cinderclient/v2/shell.py
+++ b/cinderclient/v2/shell.py
@@ -1743,6 +1743,9 @@ def do_consisgroup_show(cs, args):
     utils.print_dict(info)
 
 
+@utils.arg('volumetypes',
+           metavar='<volume-types>',
+           help='Volume types.')
 @utils.arg('--name',
            metavar='<name>',
            help='Name of a consistency group.')
@@ -1750,11 +1753,6 @@ def do_consisgroup_show(cs, args):
            metavar='<description>',
            default=None,
            help='Description of a consistency group. Default=None.')
-@utils.arg('--volume-types',
-           metavar='<volume-types>',
-           default=None,
-           help='Volume types. If not provided, default_volume_type '
-                'in cinder.conf must be specified. Default=None.')
 @utils.arg('--availability-zone',
            metavar='<availability-zone>',
            default=None,
@@ -1764,9 +1762,9 @@ def do_consisgroup_create(cs, args):
     """Creates a consistency group."""
 
     consistencygroup = cs.consistencygroups.create(
+        args.volumetypes,
         args.name,
         args.description,
-        args.volume_types,
         availability_zone=args.availability_zone)
 
     info = dict()