diff --git a/command/credits.go b/command/credits.go
index e0187adb7..9d5560bad 100644
--- a/command/credits.go
+++ b/command/credits.go
@@ -41,19 +41,22 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 var creditsCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "credits [repository]",
-	Short: "View project's credits",
-	Long: `View animated credits for this or another project.
-
-Examples:
-
-  gh credits            # see a credits animation for this project
+	Use:   "credits",
+	Short: "View credits for this tool",
+	Long:  `View animated credits for gh, the tool you are currently using :)`,
+	Example: `gh credits            # see a credits animation for this project
   gh credits owner/repo # see a credits animation for owner/repo
   gh credits -s         # display a non-animated thank you
   gh credits | cat      # just print the contributors, one per line
 `,
-	Args: cobra.MaximumNArgs(1),
-	RunE: credits,
+	Args:   cobra.ExactArgs(0),
+	RunE:   ghCredits,
+	Hidden: true,
+}
+
+func ghCredits(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
+	args := []string{"cli/cli"}
+	return credits(cmd, args)
 }
 
 func credits(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
@@ -64,9 +67,18 @@ func credits(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	owner := "cli"
-	repo := "cli"
-	if len(args) > 0 {
+	var owner string
+	var repo string
+
+	if len(args) == 0 {
+		baseRepo, err := determineBaseRepo(client, cmd, ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		owner = baseRepo.RepoOwner()
+		repo = baseRepo.RepoName()
+	} else {
 		parts := strings.SplitN(args[0], "/", 2)
 		owner = parts[0]
 		repo = parts[1]
diff --git a/command/repo.go b/command/repo.go
index f459c2310..b1a57d3a7 100644
--- a/command/repo.go
+++ b/command/repo.go
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ func init() {
 
 	repoCmd.AddCommand(repoViewCmd)
 	repoViewCmd.Flags().BoolP("web", "w", false, "Open a repository in the browser")
+
+	repoCmd.AddCommand(repoCreditsCmd)
+	repoCreditsCmd.Flags().BoolP("static", "s", false, "Print a static version of the credits")
 }
 
 var repoCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -92,6 +95,19 @@ With '--web', open the repository in a web browser instead.`,
 	RunE: repoView,
 }
 
+var repoCreditsCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "credits [<repository>]",
+	Short: "View credits for a repository",
+	Example: `$ gh repo credits           # view credits for the current repository
+$ gh repo credits cool/repo # view credits for cool/repo
+$ gh repo credits -s        # print a non-animated thank you
+$ gh repo credits | cat     # pipe to just print the contributors, one per line
+`,
+	Args:   cobra.MaximumNArgs(1),
+	RunE:   repoCredits,
+	Hidden: true,
+}
+
 func parseCloneArgs(extraArgs []string) (args []string, target string) {
 	args = extraArgs
 
@@ -597,3 +613,7 @@ func repoView(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func repoCredits(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	return credits(cmd, args)
+}
diff --git a/command/root.go b/command/root.go
index 3f38dfec5..05e864eb7 100644
--- a/command/root.go
+++ b/command/root.go
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ func rootHelpFunc(command *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		s := "  " + rpad(c.Name()+":", c.NamePadding()) + c.Short
 		if includes(coreCommandNames, c.Name()) {
 			coreCommands = append(coreCommands, s)
-		} else if c != creditsCmd {
+		} else if !c.Hidden {
 			additionalCommands = append(additionalCommands, s)
 		}
 	}