diff --git a/pkg/cmd/browse/browse.go b/pkg/cmd/browse/browse.go
index f8f6e0228..f2b05e27e 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/browse/browse.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/browse/browse.go
@@ -55,11 +55,10 @@ func NewCmdBrowse(f *cmdutil.Factory) *cobra.Command {
 	}
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
-		Long:  "Work with GitHub in the browser", // displays when you are on the help page of this command
-		Short: "Open GitHub in the browser",      // displays in the gh root help
-		Use:   "browse",                          // necessary!!! This is the cmd that gets passed on the prompt
-		Args:  cobra.RangeArgs(0, 2),             // make sure only one arg at most is passed
-
+		Long:  "Work with GitHub in the browser",       // displays when you are on the help page of this command
+		Short: "Open GitHub in the browser",            // displays in the gh root help
+		Use:   "browse {<number> | <file> | <branch>}", // necessary!!! This is the cmd that gets passed on the prompt
+		Args:  cobra.RangeArgs(0, 2),                   // make sure only one arg at most is passed
 		Example: heredoc.Doc(`
 			$ gh browse
 			#=> Opens repository in browser
@@ -73,7 +72,6 @@ func NewCmdBrowse(f *cmdutil.Factory) *cobra.Command {
 			$ gh browse src/fileName:312 --branch main
 			#=> Opens src/fileName at line 312 in main branch
 		`),
-
 		Annotations: map[string]string{
 			"IsCore": "true",
 			"help:arguments": heredoc.Doc(`
@@ -82,7 +80,6 @@ func NewCmdBrowse(f *cmdutil.Factory) *cobra.Command {
 				- by file or branch name, e.g. "main.java" or "trunk".
 			`),
 		},
-
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
 			if len(args) > 1 {
@@ -104,25 +101,25 @@ func NewCmdBrowse(f *cmdutil.Factory) *cobra.Command {
 	return cmd
 }
 
-func openInBrowser(cmd *cobra.Command, opts *BrowseOptions) {
+func openInBrowser(cmd *cobra.Command, opts *BrowseOptions) (exitCode, string) {
 
 	baseRepo, err := opts.BaseRepo()
 	httpClient, _ := opts.HttpClient()
 	apiClient := api.NewClientFromHTTP(httpClient)
 	branchName, err := api.RepoDefaultBranch(apiClient, baseRepo)
-	response := exitSuccess
 
 	if !inRepo(err) { // must be in a repo to execute
 		printExit(exitNotInRepo, cmd, opts, "")
-		return
+		return exitNotInRepo, ""
 	}
 
 	if getFlagAmount(cmd) > 1 { // command can't have more than one flag
 		printExit(exitTooManyFlags, cmd, opts, "")
-		return
+		return exitTooManyFlags, ""
 	}
 
 	repoUrl := ghrepo.GenerateRepoURL(baseRepo, "")
+	response := exitSuccess
 
 	if !hasArg(opts) && hasFlag(cmd) {
 		response, repoUrl = addFlag(opts, repoUrl)
@@ -137,7 +134,7 @@ func openInBrowser(cmd *cobra.Command, opts *BrowseOptions) {
 	}
 
 	printExit(response, cmd, opts, repoUrl) // print success
-
+	return response, repoUrl
 }
 
 func addCombined(opts *BrowseOptions, url string, branchName string) (exitCode, string) {
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/browse/browse_test.go b/pkg/cmd/browse/browse_test.go
index 564796b56..d75ce540e 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/browse/browse_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/browse/browse_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
 package browse
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/cli/cli/internal/config"
+	"github.com/cli/cli/internal/ghrepo"
+	"github.com/cli/cli/pkg/cmdutil"
+	"github.com/cli/cli/pkg/iostreams"
+	"github.com/cli/cli/test"
+	"github.com/google/shlex"
 )
 
 func TestNewCmdBrowse(t *testing.T) {
@@ -9,4 +19,56 @@ func TestNewCmdBrowse(t *testing.T) {
 	//		instead of opening multiple browsers for each test,
 	//		we can test the http code sent back after calling a site
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+func runCommand(isTTY bool, cli string) (*test.CmdOut, error) {
+	io, _, stdout, stderr := iostreams.Test()
+	io.SetStdoutTTY(isTTY)
+	io.SetStdinTTY(isTTY)
+	io.SetStderrTTY(isTTY)
+
+	factory := &cmdutil.Factory{
+		IOStreams: io,
+		HttpClient: func() (*http.Client, error) {
+			return &http.Client{Transport: rt}, nil
+		},
+		Config: func() (config.Config, error) {
+			return config.NewBlankConfig(), nil
+		},
+		BaseRepo: func() (ghrepo.Interface, error) {
+			return ghrepo.New("OWNER", "REPO"), nil
+		},
+	}
+
+	cmd := NewCmdBrowse(factory)
+
+	argv, err := shlex.Split(cli)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	cmd.SetArgs(argv)
+
+	cmd.SetIn(&bytes.Buffer{})
+	cmd.SetOut(ioutil.Discard)
+	cmd.SetErr(ioutil.Discard)
+
+	_, err = cmd.ExecuteC()
+	return &test.CmdOut{
+		OutBuf: stdout,
+		ErrBuf: stderr,
+	}, err
+}
+
+func TestBrowseOpen(t *testing.T) {
+	runCommand(true, "")
+}
+
+func Test_browseList(t *testing.T) {
+	type args struct {
+		repo            ghrepo.Interface
+		cli             string
+		expectedOutputs string
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+	}{}
+}