diff --git a/mistralclient/commands/v2/actions.py b/mistralclient/commands/v2/actions.py
index ad14fb25..819603ad 100644
--- a/mistralclient/commands/v2/actions.py
+++ b/mistralclient/commands/v2/actions.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class Create(base.MistralLister):
             raise RuntimeError("Provide action definition file.")
 
     def _get_format_function(self):
-        return format
+        return format_list
 
     def _get_resources(self, parsed_args):
         return actions.ActionManager(self.app.client).create(
diff --git a/mistralclient/commands/v2/workflows.py b/mistralclient/commands/v2/workflows.py
index 47abb110..71425720 100644
--- a/mistralclient/commands/v2/workflows.py
+++ b/mistralclient/commands/v2/workflows.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class Create(base.MistralLister):
         return parser
 
     def _get_format_function(self):
-        return format
+        return format_list
 
     def _validate_parsed_args(self, parsed_args):
         if not parsed_args.definition:
diff --git a/mistralclient/tests/unit/v2/test_cli_actions.py b/mistralclient/tests/unit/v2/test_cli_actions.py
index a8df078b..3663d85a 100644
--- a/mistralclient/tests/unit/v2/test_cli_actions.py
+++ b/mistralclient/tests/unit/v2/test_cli_actions.py
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@
 #
 
 import mock
+import six
 
 from mistralclient.api.v2 import actions
 from mistralclient.commands.v2 import actions as action_cmd
+from mistralclient.commands.v2 import base as cmd_base
 from mistralclient.tests.unit import base
 
 
@@ -60,6 +62,25 @@ class TestCLIActionsV2(base.BaseCommandTest):
             result[1]
         )
 
+    @mock.patch('argparse.open', create=True)
+    @mock.patch('mistralclient.api.v2.actions.ActionManager.create')
+    def test_create_long_input(self, mock, mock_open):
+        action_long_input_dict = ACTION_DICT.copy()
+        long_input = ', '.join(
+            ['var%s' % i for i in six.moves.xrange(10)]
+        )
+        action_long_input_dict['input'] = long_input
+        workflow_long_input = actions.Action(mock, action_long_input_dict)
+        mock.return_value = (workflow_long_input,)
+
+        result = self.call(action_cmd.Create, app_args=['1.txt'])
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            [('a', True, cmd_base.cut(long_input),
+              'My cool action', 'test', '1', '1')],
+            result[1]
+        )
+
     @mock.patch('argparse.open', create=True)
     @mock.patch('mistralclient.api.v2.actions.ActionManager.update')
     def test_update(self, mock, mock_open):
diff --git a/mistralclient/tests/unit/v2/test_cli_workflows.py b/mistralclient/tests/unit/v2/test_cli_workflows.py
index 51202b8b..2873604d 100644
--- a/mistralclient/tests/unit/v2/test_cli_workflows.py
+++ b/mistralclient/tests/unit/v2/test_cli_workflows.py
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@
 #    limitations under the License.
 
 import mock
+import six
 
 from mistralclient.api.v2 import workflows
+from mistralclient.commands.v2 import base as cmd_base
 from mistralclient.commands.v2 import workflows as workflow_cmd
 from mistralclient import exceptions as exc
 from mistralclient.tests.unit import base
@@ -54,6 +56,24 @@ class TestCLIWorkflowsV2(base.BaseCommandTest):
 
         self.assertEqual([('a', 'a, b', 'param', '1', '1')], result[1])
 
+    @mock.patch('argparse.open', create=True)
+    @mock.patch('mistralclient.api.v2.workflows.WorkflowManager.create')
+    def test_create_long_input(self, mock, mock_open):
+        wf_long_input_dict = WORKFLOW_DICT.copy()
+        long_input = ', '.join(
+            ['var%s' % i for i in six.moves.xrange(10)]
+        )
+        wf_long_input_dict['input'] = long_input
+        workflow_long_input = workflows.Workflow(mock, wf_long_input_dict)
+        mock.return_value = (workflow_long_input,)
+
+        result = self.call(workflow_cmd.Create, app_args=['1.txt'])
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            [('a', 'a, b', cmd_base.cut(long_input), '1', '1')],
+            result[1]
+        )
+
     @mock.patch('argparse.open', create=True)
     @mock.patch('mistralclient.api.v2.workflows.WorkflowManager.update')
     def test_update(self, mock, mock_open):