diff --git a/heatclient/common/utils.py b/heatclient/common/utils.py
index 901b5262..89e4b4a8 100644
--- a/heatclient/common/utils.py
+++ b/heatclient/common/utils.py
@@ -37,7 +37,12 @@ print_list = cliutils.print_list
 
 
 def link_formatter(links):
-    return '\n'.join([l.get('href', '') for l in links or []])
+    def format_link(l):
+        if 'rel' in l:
+            return "%s (%s)" % (l.get('href', ''), l.get('rel', ''))
+        else:
+            return "%s" % (l.get('href', ''))
+    return '\n'.join(format_link(l) for l in links or [])
 
 
 def json_formatter(js):
diff --git a/heatclient/tests/test_utils.py b/heatclient/tests/test_utils.py
index bd8d55dc..85be4d23 100644
--- a/heatclient/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/heatclient/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ class shellTest(testtools.TestCase):
             utils.link_formatter([
                 {'href': 'http://foo.example.com'},
                 {'href': 'http://bar.example.com'}]))
+        self.assertEqual(
+            'http://foo.example.com (a)\nhttp://bar.example.com (b)',
+            utils.link_formatter([
+                {'href': 'http://foo.example.com', 'rel': 'a'},
+                {'href': 'http://bar.example.com', 'rel': 'b'}]))
         self.assertEqual(
             '\n',
             utils.link_formatter([