diff --git a/pkg/cmd/repo/create/create.go b/pkg/cmd/repo/create/create.go
index 48a331bdd..78618c5aa 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/repo/create/create.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/repo/create/create.go
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ func NewCmdCreate(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*CreateOptions) error) *cobra.Co
 			To create a remote repository non-interactively, supply the repository name and one of %[1]s--public%[1]s, %[1]s--private%[1]s, or %[1]s--internal%[1]s.
 			Pass %[1]s--clone%[1]s to clone the new repository locally.
 
+                        If the %[1]sOWNER/%[1]s portion of the %[1]sOWNER/REPO%[1]s name argument is omitted, it
+			defaults to the name of the authenticating user.
+
 			To create a remote repository from an existing local repository, specify the source directory with %[1]s--source%[1]s.
 			By default, the remote repository name will be the name of the source directory.
 			Pass %[1]s--push%[1]s to push any local commits to the new repository.
@@ -99,6 +102,9 @@ func NewCmdCreate(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*CreateOptions) error) *cobra.Co
 			# create a new remote repository and clone it locally
 			gh repo create my-project --public --clone
 
+                        # create a new remote repository in a different organization
+			gh repo create my-org/my-project --public
+
 			# create a remote repository from the current directory
 			gh repo create my-project --private --source=. --remote=upstream
 		`),