From 978d3fce87d2178e64b9cc9f9d363dc474ffcb45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Azeem Sajid <azeem.sajid@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 13:05:18 +0500
Subject: [PATCH] [gh issue/pr list] Improve help text

---
 pkg/cmd/issue/list/list.go | 3 ++-
 pkg/cmd/pr/list/list.go    | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkg/cmd/issue/list/list.go b/pkg/cmd/issue/list/list.go
index 47da51ae4..46c0e2cb0 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/issue/list/list.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/issue/list/list.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func NewCmdList(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*ListOptions) error) *cobra.Comman
 		Use:   "list",
 		Short: "List issues in a repository",
 		Long: heredoc.Doc(`
-			List issues in a GitHub repository.
+			List issues in a GitHub repository. By default, this only lists open issues.
 
 			The search query syntax is documented here:
 			<https://docs.github.com/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-issues-and-pull-requests>
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ func NewCmdList(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*ListOptions) error) *cobra.Comman
 			$ gh issue list --assignee "@me"
 			$ gh issue list --milestone "The big 1.0"
 			$ gh issue list --search "error no:assignee sort:created-asc"
+			$ gh issue list --state all
 		`),
 		Aliases: []string{"ls"},
 		Args:    cmdutil.NoArgsQuoteReminder,
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pr/list/list.go b/pkg/cmd/pr/list/list.go
index 93a9b8b4b..bf0c2f8ed 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pr/list/list.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pr/list/list.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func NewCmdList(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*ListOptions) error) *cobra.Comman
 		Use:   "list",
 		Short: "List pull requests in a repository",
 		Long: heredoc.Doc(`
-			List pull requests in a GitHub repository.
+			List pull requests in a GitHub repository. By default, this only lists open PRs.
 
 			The search query syntax is documented here:
 			<https://docs.github.com/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-issues-and-pull-requests>