diff --git a/heatclient/osc/v1/resource_type.py b/heatclient/osc/v1/resource_type.py
index 9a4b8c60..3fafbb45 100644
--- a/heatclient/osc/v1/resource_type.py
+++ b/heatclient/osc/v1/resource_type.py
@@ -42,11 +42,21 @@ class ResourceTypeShow(format_utils.YamlFormat):
             metavar='<template-type>',
             help=_('Optional template type to generate, hot or cfn')
         )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            '--long',
+            default=False,
+            action='store_true',
+            help=_('Show resource type with corresponding description.')
+        )
         return parser
 
     def take_action(self, parsed_args):
         self.log.debug("take_action(%s)", parsed_args)
 
+        if parsed_args.template_type is not None and parsed_args.long:
+            msg = _('Cannot use --template-type and --long in one time.')
+            raise exc.CommandError(msg)
+
         heat_client = self.app.client_manager.orchestration
         return _show_resourcetype(heat_client, parsed_args)
 
@@ -63,7 +73,8 @@ def _show_resourcetype(heat_client, parsed_args):
                       'template_type': template_type}
             data = heat_client.resource_types.generate_template(**fields)
         else:
-            data = heat_client.resource_types.get(parsed_args.resource_type)
+            data = heat_client.resource_types.get(parsed_args.resource_type,
+                                                  parsed_args.long)
     except heat_exc.HTTPNotFound:
         raise exc.CommandError(
             _('Resource type not found: %s') % parsed_args.resource_type)
diff --git a/heatclient/tests/unit/osc/v1/test_resource_type.py b/heatclient/tests/unit/osc/v1/test_resource_type.py
index ba1ed9cf..738915dc 100644
--- a/heatclient/tests/unit/osc/v1/test_resource_type.py
+++ b/heatclient/tests/unit/osc/v1/test_resource_type.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class TestResourceTypeShow(TestResourceType):
         parsed_args = self.check_parser(self.cmd, arglist, [])
         self.cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
         self.mock_client.resource_types.get.assert_called_once_with(
-            'OS::Heat::None')
+            'OS::Heat::None', False)
 
     def test_resourcetype_show_json(self):
         arglist = ['OS::Heat::None',
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class TestResourceTypeShow(TestResourceType):
         parsed_args = self.check_parser(self.cmd, arglist, [])
         self.cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
         self.mock_client.resource_types.get.assert_called_once_with(
-            'OS::Heat::None')
+            'OS::Heat::None', False)
 
     def test_resourcetype_show_error_get(self):
         arglist = ['OS::Heat::None']
@@ -96,6 +96,20 @@ class TestResourceTypeShow(TestResourceType):
         parsed_args = self.check_parser(self.cmd, arglist, [])
         self.assertRaises(exc.CommandError, self.cmd.take_action, parsed_args)
 
+    def test_resourcetype_show_with_description(self):
+        arglist = ['OS::Heat::None', '--long']
+        parsed_args = self.check_parser(self.cmd, arglist, [])
+        self.cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
+        self.mock_client.resource_types.get.assert_called_with(
+            'OS::Heat::None', True)
+
+    def test_resourcetype_show_long_and_template_type_error(self):
+        arglist = ['OS::Heat::None',
+                   '--template-type', 'cfn',
+                   '--long']
+        parsed_args = self.check_parser(self.cmd, arglist, [])
+        self.assertRaises(exc.CommandError, self.cmd.take_action, parsed_args)
+
 
 class TestTypeList(TestResourceType):
 
diff --git a/heatclient/v1/resource_types.py b/heatclient/v1/resource_types.py
index 6f307ff2..b4039d14 100644
--- a/heatclient/v1/resource_types.py
+++ b/heatclient/v1/resource_types.py
@@ -62,15 +62,17 @@ class ResourceTypeManager(base.BaseManager):
 
         return self._list(url, self.KEY)
 
-    def get(self, resource_type):
+    def get(self, resource_type, with_description=False):
         """Get the details for a specific resource_type.
 
         :param resource_type: name of the resource type to get the details for
+        :param with_description: return result with description or not
         """
         url_str = '/%s/%s' % (
                   self.KEY,
                   parse.quote(encodeutils.safe_encode(resource_type), ''))
-        resp = self.client.get(url_str)
+        resp = self.client.get(url_str,
+                               params={'with_description': with_description})
         body = utils.get_response_body(resp)
         return body