diff --git a/pkg/cmd/run/list/list.go b/pkg/cmd/run/list/list.go
index 1d9dad6b6..39487983e 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/run/list/list.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/run/list/list.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc"
+
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/api"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/internal/ghrepo"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/internal/tableprinter"
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ type ListOptions struct {
 	Event            string
 	Created          string
 	Commit           string
+	All              bool
 
 	now time.Time
 }
@@ -52,8 +55,14 @@ func NewCmdList(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*ListOptions) error) *cobra.Comman
 	}
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:     "list",
-		Short:   "List recent workflow runs",
+		Use:   "list",
+		Short: "List recent workflow runs",
+		Long: heredoc.Docf(`
+		    List recent workflow runs.
+
+			Note that providing the %[1]sworkflow_name%[1]s to the %[1]s-w%[1]s flag will not fetch disabled workflows. 
+			Also pass the %[1]s-a%[1]s flag to fetch disabled workflow runs using the %[1]sworkflow_name%[1]s and the %[1]s-w%[1]s flag.
+		`, "`"),
 		Aliases: []string{"ls"},
 		Args:    cobra.NoArgs,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
@@ -79,6 +88,7 @@ func NewCmdList(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*ListOptions) error) *cobra.Comman
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&opts.Event, "event", "e", "", "Filter runs by which `event` triggered the run")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&opts.Created, "created", "", "", "Filter runs by the `date` it was created")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&opts.Commit, "commit", "c", "", "Filter runs by the `SHA` of the commit")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&opts.All, "all", "a", false, "Include disabled workflows")
 	cmdutil.StringEnumFlag(cmd, &opts.Status, "status", "s", "", shared.AllStatuses, "Filter runs by status")
 	cmdutil.AddJSONFlags(cmd, &opts.Exporter, shared.RunFields)
 
@@ -111,6 +121,9 @@ func listRun(opts *ListOptions) error {
 	opts.IO.StartProgressIndicator()
 	if opts.WorkflowSelector != "" {
 		states := []workflowShared.WorkflowState{workflowShared.Active}
+		if opts.All {
+			states = append(states, workflowShared.DisabledManually, workflowShared.DisabledInactivity)
+		}
 		if workflow, err := workflowShared.ResolveWorkflow(
 			opts.Prompter, opts.IO, client, baseRepo, false, opts.WorkflowSelector,
 			states); err == nil {