diff --git a/dagshub/common/cli.py b/dagshub/common/cli.py
index e5bafe67..e6749ca6 100644
--- a/dagshub/common/cli.py
+++ b/dagshub/common/cli.py
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ def repo():
     pass
 
 
-@repo.command()
+@repo.command(short_help="Create a repo, optionally uploading data to it and cloning it locally")
 @click.argument("repo_name")
 @click.option("-u", "--upload-data", help="Upload data from specified url to new repository")
 @click.option("-c", "--clone", is_flag=True, help="Clone repository locally")
@@ -336,17 +336,21 @@ def repo():
 @click.pass_context
 def create(ctx, repo_name, upload_data, clone, verbose, quiet):
     """
-    create a repo and optionally:
+    Create a repo and optionally:
 
-    - upload files to 'data' from a URL dir using `-u` flag. .zip and .tar files are extracted,
-      other formats copied as is.
+    \b
+    - upload a file to 'data' from a URL using the `-u` flag.
+      .zip and .tar files are extracted, other formats are copied as is.
+    - clone the repo locally using the `--clone` flag.
 
-    - clone the repo locally using `--clone` flag
+    \b
+    Example 1:
+      dagshub repo create mytutorial -u "http://example.com/data.csv" --clone
 
-    example 1:  dagshub repo create mytutorial -u "http://example.com/data.csv" --clone
-
-    example 2:  dagshub --host "https://www.dagshub.com"
-                    repo create mytutorial2 -u "http://0.0.0.0:8080/index.html" --clone --verbose
+    \b
+    Example 2:
+      dagshub --host "https://www.dagshub.com" repo create mytutorial2
+        -u "http://0.0.0.0:8080/index.html" --clone --verbose
     """
 
     config.quiet = quiet or ctx.obj["quiet"]
diff --git a/tests/common/test_cli.py b/tests/common/test_cli.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd197260
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/common/test_cli.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+from click.testing import CliRunner
+
+from dagshub.common.cli import cli
+
+
+def _help(*args):
+    result = CliRunner().invoke(cli, [*args, "--help"])
+    assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
+    return result.output
+
+
+def test_repo_group_help_lists_a_complete_summary_for_create():
+    """
+    The command listing used to be built from the first line of the docstring,
+    which ended in a colon and read as truncated output.
+    """
+    output = _help("repo")
+
+    assert "Create a repo, optionally uploading data to it and cloning it" in output
+    # The dangling summary the listing used to end on.
+    assert "create a repo and optionally:" not in output
+
+
+def test_repo_create_help_keeps_its_structure():
+    """
+    The bullet list and the examples are pre-formatted, so click must not
+    rewrap them into a single run-on paragraph.
+    """
+    output = _help("repo", "create")
+
+    # Assert the rendered structure, not just that fragments appear somewhere:
+    # a later rewrap could satisfy substring checks while breaking the layout.
+    lines = [line.rstrip() for line in output.splitlines()]
+
+    assert "  - upload a file to 'data' from a URL using the `-u` flag." in lines
+    assert "    .zip and .tar files are extracted, other formats are copied as is." in lines
+    assert "  - clone the repo locally using the `--clone` flag." in lines
+
+    assert "  Example 1:" in lines
+    assert (
+        '    dagshub repo create mytutorial -u "http://example.com/data.csv" --clone'
+        in lines
+    )
+    assert "  Example 2:" in lines
+
+    # The rewrapped remnant of the un-escaped bullet.
+    assert "are extracted,   other formats" not in output