diff --git a/lib/pact_broker/client/cli/pacticipant_commands.rb b/lib/pact_broker/client/cli/pacticipant_commands.rb
index 0246059f..9d273087 100644
--- a/lib/pact_broker/client/cli/pacticipant_commands.rb
+++ b/lib/pact_broker/client/cli/pacticipant_commands.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ def list_pacticipants
               execute_pacticipant_command(params_from_options(PACTICIPANT_PARAM_NAMES), 'List')
             end
 
+            desc 'describe-pacticipant', "Describe a pacticipant"
+            method_option :name, type: :string, required: true, desc: "Pacticipant name"
+            output_option_json_or_text
+            shared_authentication_options
+            verbose_option
+            def describe_pacticipant
+              execute_pacticipant_command({ name: options.name }, 'Describe')
+            end
+
             no_commands do
               def execute_pacticipant_command(params, command_class_name)
                 require 'pact_broker/client/pacticipants'
diff --git a/lib/pact_broker/client/describe_text_formatter.rb b/lib/pact_broker/client/describe_text_formatter.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..464b2118
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/pact_broker/client/describe_text_formatter.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+require 'yaml'
+require 'pact_broker/client/generate_display_name'
+
+module PactBroker
+  module Client
+    class DescribeTextFormatter
+      extend GenerateDisplayName
+
+      def self.call(properties)
+        YAML.dump(displayify_keys(properties)).gsub("---\n", "")
+      end
+
+      def self.displayify_keys(thing)
+        case thing
+        when Hash then thing.each_with_object({}) { | (key, value), new_hash | new_hash[generate_display_name(key)] = displayify_keys(value) }
+        when Array then thing.collect{ | value | displayify_keys(value) }
+        else
+          thing
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/pact_broker/client/environments/describe_environment.rb b/lib/pact_broker/client/environments/describe_environment.rb
index 53979758..0b40bf09 100644
--- a/lib/pact_broker/client/environments/describe_environment.rb
+++ b/lib/pact_broker/client/environments/describe_environment.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 require 'pact_broker/client/environments/environment_command'
-require 'pact_broker/client/generate_display_name'
-require 'yaml'
+require 'pact_broker/client/describe_text_formatter'
 
 module PactBroker
   module Client
     module Environments
       class DescribeEnvironment < PactBroker::Client::Environments::EnvironmentCommand
-        include PactBroker::Client::GenerateDisplayName
         private
 
         def do_call
@@ -18,16 +16,8 @@ def result_message
           if json_output?
             existing_environment_resource.response.raw_body
           else
-            YAML.dump(displayify_keys(existing_environment_resource.response.body.except("_links"))).gsub("---\n", "")
-          end
-        end
-
-        def displayify_keys(thing)
-          case thing
-          when Hash then thing.each_with_object({}) { | (key, value), new_hash | new_hash[generate_display_name(key)] = displayify_keys(value) }
-          when Array then thing.collect{ | value | displayify_keys(value) }
-          else
-            thing
+            properties = existing_environment_resource.response.body.except("_links", "_embedded")
+            PactBroker::Client::DescribeTextFormatter.call(properties)
           end
         end
       end
diff --git a/lib/pact_broker/client/pacticipants/describe.rb b/lib/pact_broker/client/pacticipants/describe.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..14ab2123
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/pact_broker/client/pacticipants/describe.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+require 'pact_broker/client/base_command'
+require 'pact_broker/client/describe_text_formatter'
+
+module PactBroker
+  module Client
+    module Pacticipants2
+      class Describe < PactBroker::Client::BaseCommand
+
+        private
+
+        def do_call
+          PactBroker::Client::CommandResult.new(true, result_message)
+        end
+
+        def pacticipant_entity
+          @pacticipant_entity ||= index_resource._link('pb:pacticipant').expand('pacticipant' => params[:name]).get!
+        end
+
+        def result_message
+          if json_output?
+            pacticipant_entity.response.raw_body
+          else
+            properties = pacticipant_entity.response.body.except("_links", "_embedded")
+            if pacticipant_entity._embedded["labels"] && pacticipant_entity._embedded["labels"].any?
+              properties["labels"] = pacticipant_entity._embedded["labels"]
+            end
+            PactBroker::Client::DescribeTextFormatter.call(properties)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end