diff --git a/pkg/cmd/browse/browse.go b/pkg/cmd/browse/browse.go
index 63435e743..6a92d945b 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/browse/browse.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/browse/browse.go
@@ -78,22 +78,13 @@ func NewCmdBrowse(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*BrowseOptions) error) *cobra.Co
 				opts.SelectorArg = args[0]
 			}
 
-			if err := cmdutil.MutuallyExclusive("cannot use --projects with --settings", opts.ProjectsFlag, opts.SettingsFlag); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			if err := cmdutil.MutuallyExclusive("cannot use --projects with --wiki", opts.ProjectsFlag, opts.WikiFlag); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			if err := cmdutil.MutuallyExclusive("cannot use --projects with --branch", opts.ProjectsFlag, opts.Branch != ""); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			if err := cmdutil.MutuallyExclusive("cannot use --settings with --wiki", opts.SettingsFlag, opts.WikiFlag); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			if err := cmdutil.MutuallyExclusive("cannot use --settings with --branch", opts.SettingsFlag, opts.Branch != ""); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			if err := cmdutil.MutuallyExclusive("cannot use --wiki with --branch", opts.WikiFlag, opts.Branch != ""); err != nil {
+			if err := cmdutil.MutuallyExclusive(
+				"specify only one of `--branch`, `--projects`, `--wiki`, or `--settings`",
+				opts.Branch != "",
+				opts.WikiFlag,
+				opts.SettingsFlag,
+				opts.ProjectsFlag,
+			); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 
@@ -127,54 +118,54 @@ func runBrowse(opts *BrowseOptions) error {
 
 	url := ghrepo.GenerateRepoURL(baseRepo, "")
 
-	if opts.ProjectsFlag {
-		err := opts.Browser.Browse(url + "/projects")
-		return err
-	}
+	if opts.SelectorArg == "" {
 
-	if opts.SettingsFlag {
-		err := opts.Browser.Browse(url + "/settings")
-		return err
-	}
+		if opts.ProjectsFlag {
+			url += "/projects"
+		}
 
-	if opts.WikiFlag {
-		err := opts.Browser.Browse(url + "/wiki")
-		return err
-	}
+		if opts.SettingsFlag {
+			url += "/settings"
+		}
 
-	if isNumber(opts.SelectorArg) {
-		url += "/issues/" + opts.SelectorArg
-		err := opts.Browser.Browse(url)
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if opts.Branch != "" {
-		url += "/tree/" + opts.Branch + "/"
+		if opts.WikiFlag {
+			url += "/wiki"
+		}
+		if opts.Branch != "" {
+			url += "/tree/" + opts.Branch + "/"
+		}
 	} else {
-		apiClient := api.NewClientFromHTTP(httpClient)
-		branchName, err := api.RepoDefaultBranch(apiClient, baseRepo)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		url += "/tree/" + branchName + "/"
-	}
-
-	if opts.SelectorArg != "" {
-		arr, err := parseFileArg(opts.SelectorArg)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		if len(arr) > 1 {
-			url += arr[0] + "#L" + arr[1]
+		if isNumber(opts.SelectorArg) {
+			url += "/issues/" + opts.SelectorArg
 		} else {
-			url += arr[0]
+			arr, err := parseFileArg(opts.SelectorArg)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if opts.Branch != "" {
+				url += "/tree/" + opts.Branch + "/"
+			} else {
+				apiClient := api.NewClientFromHTTP(httpClient)
+				branchName, err := api.RepoDefaultBranch(apiClient, baseRepo)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				url += "/tree/" + branchName + "/"
+			}
+			if opts.SelectorArg != "" {
+				if len(arr) > 1 {
+					url += arr[0] + "#L" + arr[1]
+				} else {
+					url += arr[0]
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}
-
 	err = opts.Browser.Browse(url)
 	if opts.IO.IsStdoutTTY() && err == nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(opts.IO.Out, "now opening %s in browser\n", url)
 	}
+
 	return err
 }
 func parseFileArg(fileArg string) ([]string, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/browse/browse_test.go b/pkg/cmd/browse/browse_test.go
index 35694158e..123f1eea2 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/browse/browse_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/browse/browse_test.go
@@ -138,9 +138,8 @@ func Test_runBrowse(t *testing.T) {
 			opts: BrowseOptions{
 				SelectorArg: "",
 			},
-			baseRepo:      ghrepo.New("jessica", "cli"),
-			defaultBranch: "trunk",
-			expectedURL:   "https://github.com/jessica/cli/tree/trunk/",
+			baseRepo:    ghrepo.New("jessica", "cli"),
+			expectedURL: "https://github.com/jessica/cli",
 		},
 		{
 			name:          "file argument",
@@ -157,6 +156,15 @@ func Test_runBrowse(t *testing.T) {
 			baseRepo:    ghrepo.New("thanh", "cli"),
 			expectedURL: "https://github.com/thanh/cli/tree/trunk/",
 		},
+		{
+			name: "branch flag with file",
+			opts: BrowseOptions{
+				Branch:      "trunk",
+				SelectorArg: "main.go",
+			},
+			baseRepo:    ghrepo.New("thanh", "cli"),
+			expectedURL: "https://github.com/thanh/cli/tree/trunk/main.go",
+		},
 		{
 			name: "settings flag",
 			opts: BrowseOptions{
@@ -203,9 +211,27 @@ func Test_runBrowse(t *testing.T) {
 			opts: BrowseOptions{
 				SelectorArg: "path/to/file.txt:32:32",
 			},
-			baseRepo:      ghrepo.New("bchadwic", "cli"),
-			defaultBranch: "trunk",
-			wantsErr:      true,
+			baseRepo: ghrepo.New("bchadwic", "cli"),
+			wantsErr: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "branch with issue number",
+			opts: BrowseOptions{
+				SelectorArg: "217",
+				Branch:      "trunk",
+			},
+			baseRepo:    ghrepo.New("bchadwic", "cli"),
+			wantsErr:    false,
+			expectedURL: "https://github.com/bchadwic/cli/issues/217",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "opening branch",
+			opts: BrowseOptions{
+				Branch: "first-browse-pull",
+			},
+			baseRepo:    ghrepo.New("ravocean", "cli"),
+			wantsErr:    false,
+			expectedURL: "https://github.com/ravocean/cli/tree/first-browse-pull/",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "file with line argument",