diff --git a/mistralclient/commands/v2/tasks.py b/mistralclient/commands/v2/tasks.py
index 1378e1b0..c73ca3e0 100644
--- a/mistralclient/commands/v2/tasks.py
+++ b/mistralclient/commands/v2/tasks.py
@@ -27,22 +27,31 @@ from mistralclient.commands.v2 import base
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-def format(task=None):
+def format_list(task=None):
+    return format(task, lister=True)
+
+
+def format(task=None, lister=False):
     columns = (
         'ID',
         'Name',
         'Workflow name',
         'Execution ID',
         'State',
+        'State info'
     )
 
     if task:
+        state_info = (task.state_info if not lister
+                      else base.cut(task.state_info))
+
         data = (
             task.id,
             task.name,
             task.workflow_name,
             task.workflow_execution_id,
             task.state,
+            state_info
         )
     else:
         data = (tuple('<none>' for _ in range(len(columns))),)
@@ -63,7 +72,7 @@ class List(base.MistralLister):
         return parser
 
     def _get_format_function(self):
-        return format
+        return format_list
 
     def _get_resources(self, parsed_args):
         return tasks.TaskManager(self.app.client).list(
@@ -77,9 +86,8 @@ class Get(show.ShowOne):
     def get_parser(self, prog_name):
         parser = super(Get, self).get_parser(prog_name)
 
-        parser.add_argument(
-            'id',
-            help='Task identifier')
+        parser.add_argument('id', help='Task identifier')
+
         return parser
 
     def take_action(self, parsed_args):
diff --git a/mistralclient/tests/unit/v2/test_cli_tasks.py b/mistralclient/tests/unit/v2/test_cli_tasks.py
index 2177c922..ea4b3f22 100644
--- a/mistralclient/tests/unit/v2/test_cli_tasks.py
+++ b/mistralclient/tests/unit/v2/test_cli_tasks.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ TASK_DICT = {
     'workflow_name': 'thing',
     'workflow_execution_id': '321',
     'state': 'RUNNING',
+    'state_info': None
 }
 
 TASK_RESULT = {"test": "is", "passed": "successfully"}
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ TASK = tasks.Task(mock, TASK_DICT)
 TASK_WITH_RESULT = tasks.Task(mock, TASK_WITH_RESULT_DICT)
 TASK_WITH_PUBLISHED = tasks.Task(mock, TASK_WITH_PUBLISHED_DICT)
 
+EXPECTED_TASK_RESULT = ('123', 'some', 'thing', '321', 'RUNNING', None)
+
 
 class TestCLITasksV2(base.BaseCommandTest):
     @mock.patch('mistralclient.api.v2.tasks.TaskManager.list')
@@ -50,8 +53,7 @@ class TestCLITasksV2(base.BaseCommandTest):
 
         result = self.call(task_cmd.List)
 
-        self.assertEqual([('123', 'some', 'thing', '321', 'RUNNING')],
-                         result[1])
+        self.assertEqual([EXPECTED_TASK_RESULT], result[1])
 
     @mock.patch('mistralclient.api.v2.tasks.TaskManager.list')
     def test_list_with_workflow_execution(self, mock):
@@ -59,8 +61,7 @@ class TestCLITasksV2(base.BaseCommandTest):
 
         result = self.call(task_cmd.List, app_args=['workflow_execution'])
 
-        self.assertEqual([('123', 'some', 'thing', '321', 'RUNNING')],
-                         result[1])
+        self.assertEqual([EXPECTED_TASK_RESULT], result[1])
 
     @mock.patch('mistralclient.api.v2.tasks.TaskManager.get')
     def test_get(self, mock):
@@ -68,8 +69,7 @@ class TestCLITasksV2(base.BaseCommandTest):
 
         result = self.call(task_cmd.Get, app_args=['id'])
 
-        self.assertEqual(('123', 'some', 'thing', '321', 'RUNNING'),
-                         result[1])
+        self.assertEqual(EXPECTED_TASK_RESULT, result[1])
 
     @mock.patch('mistralclient.api.v2.tasks.TaskManager.get')
     def test_get_result(self, mock):
@@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ class TestCLITasksV2(base.BaseCommandTest):
 
         result = self.call(task_cmd.Rerun, app_args=['id'])
 
-        self.assertEqual(('123', 'some', 'thing', '321', 'RUNNING'),
-                         result[1])
+        self.assertEqual(EXPECTED_TASK_RESULT, result[1])
 
     @mock.patch('mistralclient.api.v2.tasks.TaskManager.rerun')
     def test_rerun_no_reset(self, mock):
@@ -105,5 +104,4 @@ class TestCLITasksV2(base.BaseCommandTest):
 
         result = self.call(task_cmd.Rerun, app_args=['id', '--resume'])
 
-        self.assertEqual(('123', 'some', 'thing', '321', 'RUNNING'),
-                         result[1])
+        self.assertEqual(EXPECTED_TASK_RESULT, result[1])