diff --git a/subcommands/clone b/subcommands/clone
index aa9546f..45e945e 100755
--- a/subcommands/clone
+++ b/subcommands/clone
@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@ source "$PLUGIN_BASE_PATH/common/functions"
 source "$(dirname "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)")/functions"
 
 postgres-clone-cmd() {
-  [[ -z $2 ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
-  [[ -z $3 ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the new service"
-  verify_service_name "$2"
-  SERVICE="$2"
-  NEW_SERVICE="$3"
+  declare desc="create container <new-name> then copy data from <name> into <new-name>"
+  local cmd="$PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:clone" argv=("$@"); [[ ${argv[0]} == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
+  declare SERVICE="$1" NEW_SERVICE="$2"
+
+  [[ -z "$SERVICE" ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
+  [[ -z "$NEW_SERVICE" ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the new service"
+
+  verify_service_name "$SERVICE"
   dokku "$PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:create" "$NEW_SERVICE"
   dokku_log_info1 "Copying data from $SERVICE to $NEW_SERVICE"
   dokku "$PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:export" "$SERVICE" | dokku "$PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:import" "$NEW_SERVICE" > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
diff --git a/subcommands/connect b/subcommands/connect
index bf2c081..63a9856 100755
--- a/subcommands/connect
+++ b/subcommands/connect
@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@ source "$PLUGIN_BASE_PATH/common/functions"
 source "$(dirname "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)")/functions"
 
 postgres-connect-cmd() {
-  [[ -z $2 ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
-  verify_service_name "$2"
-  SERVICE="$2"; SERVICE_ROOT="$PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT/$SERVICE"
+  declare desc="connect via psql to a $PLUGIN_SERVICE service"
+  local cmd="$PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:connect" argv=("$@"); [[ ${argv[0]} == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
+  declare SERVICE="$1"
+
+  [[ -z "$SERVICE" ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
+  verify_service_name "$SERVICE"
+  SERVICE_ROOT="$PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT/$SERVICE"
   DATABASE_NAME="$(get_database_name "$SERVICE")"
   SERVICE_NAME="$(get_service_name "$SERVICE")"
   has_tty && SERVICE_TTY_OPTS="-t"
diff --git a/subcommands/create b/subcommands/create
index eba15e6..cebeef4 100755
--- a/subcommands/create
+++ b/subcommands/create
@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@ source "$PLUGIN_BASE_PATH/common/functions"
 source "$(dirname "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)")/functions"
 
 postgres-create-cmd() {
-  [[ -z $2 ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
-  [[ ! -d "$PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT/$2" ]] || dokku_log_fail "$PLUGIN_SERVICE service $2 already exists"
-  SERVICE="$2"; SERVICE_ROOT="$PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT/$SERVICE"; LINKS_FILE="$SERVICE_ROOT/LINKS"
+  declare desc="create a $PLUGIN_SERVICE service"
+  local cmd="$PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:create" argv=("$@"); [[ ${argv[0]} == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
+  declare SERVICE="$1"
+
+  [[ -z "$SERVICE" ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
+  [[ ! -d "$PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT/$SERVICE" ]] || dokku_log_fail "$PLUGIN_SERVICE service $2 already exists"
+  SERVICE_ROOT="$PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT/$SERVICE"; LINKS_FILE="$SERVICE_ROOT/LINKS"
 
   if ! docker images | grep -e "^$PLUGIN_IMAGE " | grep -q " $PLUGIN_IMAGE_VERSION " ; then
     docker pull "$PLUGIN_IMAGE:$PLUGIN_IMAGE_VERSION" || dokku_log_fail "$PLUGIN_SERVICE image $PLUGIN_IMAGE:$PLUGIN_IMAGE_VERSION pull failed"
diff --git a/subcommands/destroy b/subcommands/destroy
index 21eb71f..0d40dfc 100755
--- a/subcommands/destroy
+++ b/subcommands/destroy
@@ -5,14 +5,18 @@ source "$PLUGIN_BASE_PATH/common/functions"
 source "$(dirname "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)")/functions"
 
 postgres-destroy-cmd() {
-  [[ -z $2 ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
-  verify_service_name "$2"
-  SERVICE="$2"; SERVICE_ROOT="$PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT/$SERVICE"; LINKS_FILE="$SERVICE_ROOT/LINKS"
+  declare desc="delete the $PLUGIN_SERVICE service and stop its container if there are no links left"
+  local cmd="$PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:destroy" argv=("$@"); [[ ${argv[0]} == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
+  declare SERVICE="$1" FORCE_DESTROY="$2"
+
+  [[ -z "$SERVICE" ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
+  verify_service_name "$SERVICE"
+  SERVICE_ROOT="$PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT/$SERVICE"; LINKS_FILE="$SERVICE_ROOT/LINKS"
   SERVICE_NAME="$(get_service_name "$SERVICE")"
 
   [[ -s "$LINKS_FILE" ]] && dokku_log_fail "Cannot delete linked service"
 
-  [[ "$3" == "force" ]] && DOKKU_APPS_FORCE_DELETE=1
+  [[ "$FORCE_DESTROY" == "force" ]] && DOKKU_APPS_FORCE_DELETE=1
   if [[ -z "$DOKKU_APPS_FORCE_DELETE" ]]; then
     dokku_log_warn "WARNING: Potentially Destructive Action"
     dokku_log_warn "This command will destroy $SERVICE $PLUGIN_SERVICE service."
@@ -28,6 +32,7 @@ postgres-destroy-cmd() {
 
   dokku_log_info1 "Deleting $SERVICE"
   if [[ -n $(docker ps -aq -f name="$SERVICE_NAME") ]]; then
+    dokku_log_verbose_quiet "Deleting container data"
     service_stop "$SERVICE"
     sleep 1
 
diff --git a/subcommands/export b/subcommands/export
index 81e83b3..3a2ea06 100755
--- a/subcommands/export
+++ b/subcommands/export
@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@ source "$PLUGIN_BASE_PATH/common/functions"
 source "$(dirname "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)")/functions"
 
 postgres-export-cmd() {
-  [[ -z $2 ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
-  verify_service_name "$2"
-  SERVICE="$2"; SERVICE_ROOT="$PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT/$SERVICE"
+  declare desc="export a dump of the $PLUGIN_SERVICE service database"
+  local cmd="$PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:export" argv=("$@"); [[ ${argv[0]} == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
+  declare SERVICE="$1"
+
+  [[ -z "$SERVICE" ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
+  verify_service_name "$SERVICE"
+  SERVICE_ROOT="$PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT/$SERVICE"
   SERVICE_NAME="$(get_service_name "$SERVICE")"
   DATABASE_NAME="$(get_database_name "$SERVICE")"
   PASSWORD=$(cat "$SERVICE_ROOT/PASSWORD")
diff --git a/subcommands/expose b/subcommands/expose
index 5e5b5b3..fe2566d 100755
--- a/subcommands/expose
+++ b/subcommands/expose
@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@ source "$PLUGIN_BASE_PATH/common/functions"
 source "$(dirname "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)")/functions"
 
 postgres-expose-cmd() {
-  [[ -z $2 ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
-  verify_service_name "$2"
-  service_port_expose "$2" "${@:3}"
+  declare desc="expose a $PLUGIN_SERVICE service on custom port if provided (random port otherwise)"
+  local cmd="$PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:expose" argv=("$@"); [[ ${argv[0]} == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
+  declare SERVICE="$1"
+
+  [[ -z "$SERVICE" ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
+  verify_service_name "$SERVICE"
+  service_port_expose "$SERVICE" "${@:2}"
 }
 
 postgres-expose-cmd "$@"
diff --git a/subcommands/import b/subcommands/import
index 6143adc..1e08f76 100755
--- a/subcommands/import
+++ b/subcommands/import
@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@ source "$PLUGIN_BASE_PATH/common/functions"
 source "$(dirname "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)")/functions"
 
 postgres-import-cmd() {
-  [[ -z $2 ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
-  verify_service_name "$2"
-  SERVICE="$2"; SERVICE_ROOT="$PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT/$SERVICE"
+  declare desc="import a dump into the $PLUGIN_SERVICE service database"
+  local cmd="$PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:import" argv=("$@"); [[ ${argv[0]} == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
+  declare SERVICE="$1"
+
+  [[ -z "$SERVICE" ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
+  verify_service_name "$SERVICE"
+  SERVICE_ROOT="$PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT/$SERVICE"
   SERVICE_NAME="$(get_service_name "$SERVICE")"
   DATABASE_NAME="$(get_database_name "$SERVICE")"
   PASSWORD=$(cat "$SERVICE_ROOT/PASSWORD")
diff --git a/subcommands/info b/subcommands/info
index 87cdffa..42ee99b 100755
--- a/subcommands/info
+++ b/subcommands/info
@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@ source "$PLUGIN_BASE_PATH/common/functions"
 source "$(dirname "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)")/functions"
 
 postgres-info-cmd() {
-  [[ -z $2 ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
-  verify_service_name "$2"
-  service_info "$2"
+  declare desc="print the connection information"
+  local cmd="$PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:info" argv=("$@"); [[ ${argv[0]} == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
+  declare SERVICE="$1"
+
+  [[ -z "$SERVICE" ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
+  verify_service_name "$SERVICE"
+  service_info "$SERVICE"
 }
 
 postgres-info-cmd "$@"
diff --git a/subcommands/link b/subcommands/link
index 17e0baf..f1b6cd9 100755
--- a/subcommands/link
+++ b/subcommands/link
@@ -5,11 +5,16 @@ source "$PLUGIN_BASE_PATH/common/functions"
 source "$(dirname "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)")/functions"
 
 postgres-link-cmd() {
-  [[ -z $2 ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
-  [[ -z $3 ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify an app to run the command on"
-  verify_app_name "$3"
-  verify_service_name "$2"
-  service_link "$2" "$3"
+  declare desc="link the $PLUGIN_SERVICE service to the app"
+  local cmd="$PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:link" argv=("$@"); [[ ${argv[0]} == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
+  declare SERVICE="$1" APP="$2"
+  APP=${APP:="$DOKKU_APP_NAME"}
+
+  [[ -z "$SERVICE" ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
+  [[ -z "$APP" ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify an app to run the command on"
+  verify_app_name "$APP"
+  verify_service_name "$SERVICE"
+  service_link "$SERVICE" "$APP"
 }
 
 postgres-link-cmd "$@"
diff --git a/subcommands/list b/subcommands/list
index f1f0158..8f77993 100755
--- a/subcommands/list
+++ b/subcommands/list
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ source "$PLUGIN_BASE_PATH/common/functions"
 source "$(dirname "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)")/functions"
 
 postgres-list-cmd() {
+  declare desc="list all $PLUGIN_SERVICE services"
+  local cmd="$PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:list" argv=("$@"); [[ ${argv[0]} == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
+
   service_list
 }
 
diff --git a/subcommands/logs b/subcommands/logs
index d45e663..7c746a3 100755
--- a/subcommands/logs
+++ b/subcommands/logs
@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@ source "$PLUGIN_BASE_PATH/common/functions"
 source "$(dirname "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)")/functions"
 
 postgres-logs-cmd() {
-  [[ -z $2 ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
-  verify_service_name "$2"
-  service_logs "$2" "$3"
+  declare desc="print the most recent log(s) for this service"
+  local cmd="$PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:logs" argv=("$@"); [[ ${argv[0]} == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
+  declare SERVICE="$1" TAIL="$2"
+
+  [[ -z "$SERVICE" ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
+  verify_service_name "$SERVICE"
+  service_logs "$SERVICE" "$TAIL"
 }
 
 postgres-logs-cmd "$@"
diff --git a/subcommands/promote b/subcommands/promote
index 9686f03..cdb791f 100755
--- a/subcommands/promote
+++ b/subcommands/promote
@@ -5,11 +5,16 @@ source "$PLUGIN_BASE_PATH/common/functions"
 source "$(dirname "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)")/functions"
 
 postgres-promote-cmd() {
-  [[ -z $2 ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
-  [[ -z $3 ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify an app to run the command on"
-  verify_service_name "$2"
-  verify_app_name "$3"
-  promote "$2" "$3"
+  declare desc="promote service <name> as ${PLUGIN_DEFAULT_ALIAS}_URL in <app>"
+  local cmd="$PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:promote" argv=("$@"); [[ ${argv[0]} == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
+  declare SERVICE="$1" APP="$2"
+  APP=${APP:="$DOKKU_APP_NAME"}
+
+  [[ -z "$SERVICE" ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
+  [[ -z "$APP" ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify an app to run the command on"
+  verify_service_name "$SERVICE"
+  verify_app_name "$APP"
+  promote "$SERVICE" "$APP"
 }
 
 postgres-promote-cmd "$@"
diff --git a/subcommands/restart b/subcommands/restart
index e6d5d32..7b9c711 100755
--- a/subcommands/restart
+++ b/subcommands/restart
@@ -5,10 +5,14 @@ source "$PLUGIN_BASE_PATH/common/functions"
 source "$(dirname "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)")/functions"
 
 postgres-restart-cmd() {
-  [[ -z $2 ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
-  verify_service_name "$2"
-  service_stop "$2"
-  service_start "$2"
+  declare desc="graceful shutdown and restart of the $PLUGIN_SERVICE service container"
+  local cmd="$PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:restart" argv=("$@"); [[ ${argv[0]} == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
+  declare SERVICE="$1"
+
+  [[ -z "$SERVICE" ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
+  verify_service_name "$SERVICE"
+  service_stop "$SERVICE"
+  service_start "$SERVICE"
   dokku_log_info1 "Please call dokku ps:restart on all linked apps"
 }
 
diff --git a/subcommands/start b/subcommands/start
index fd62941..230725d 100755
--- a/subcommands/start
+++ b/subcommands/start
@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@ source "$PLUGIN_BASE_PATH/common/functions"
 source "$(dirname "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)")/functions"
 
 postgres-start-cmd() {
-  [[ -z $2 ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
-  verify_service_name "$2"
-  service_start "$2"
+  declare desc="start a previously stopped $PLUGIN_SERVICE service"
+  local cmd="$PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:start" argv=("$@"); [[ ${argv[0]} == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
+  declare SERVICE="$1"
+
+  [[ -z "$SERVICE" ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
+  verify_service_name "$SERVICE"
+  service_start "$SERVICE"
 }
 
 postgres-start-cmd "$@"
diff --git a/subcommands/stop b/subcommands/stop
index ef7d5ef..e6e6e98 100755
--- a/subcommands/stop
+++ b/subcommands/stop
@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@ source "$PLUGIN_BASE_PATH/common/functions"
 source "$(dirname "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)")/functions"
 
 postgres-stop-cmd() {
-  [[ -z $2 ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
-  verify_service_name "$2"
-  service_stop "$2"
+  declare desc="stop a running $PLUGIN_SERVICE service"
+  local cmd="$PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:stop" argv=("$@"); [[ ${argv[0]} == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
+  declare SERVICE="$1"
+
+  [[ -z "$SERVICE" ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
+  verify_service_name "$SERVICE"
+  service_stop "$SERVICE"
 }
 
 postgres-stop-cmd "$@"
diff --git a/subcommands/unexpose b/subcommands/unexpose
index 965c249..da058b5 100755
--- a/subcommands/unexpose
+++ b/subcommands/unexpose
@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@ source "$PLUGIN_BASE_PATH/common/functions"
 source "$(dirname "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)")/functions"
 
 postgres-unexpose-cmd() {
-  [[ -z $2 ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
-  verify_service_name "$2"
-  service_port_unexpose "$2"
+  declare desc="unexpose a previously exposed $PLUGIN_SERVICE service"
+  local cmd="$PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:unexpose" argv=("$@"); [[ ${argv[0]} == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
+  declare SERVICE="$1"
+
+  [[ -z "$SERVICE" ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
+  verify_service_name "$SERVICE"
+  service_port_unexpose "$SERVICE"
 }
 
 postgres-unexpose-cmd "$@"
diff --git a/subcommands/unlink b/subcommands/unlink
index bd6ca28..5fe75a7 100755
--- a/subcommands/unlink
+++ b/subcommands/unlink
@@ -5,11 +5,16 @@ source "$PLUGIN_BASE_PATH/common/functions"
 source "$(dirname "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)")/functions"
 
 postgres-unlink-cmd() {
-  [[ -z $2 ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
-  [[ -z $3 ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify an app to run the command on"
-  verify_app_name "$3"
-  verify_service_name "$2"
-  service_unlink "$2" "$3"
+  declare desc="unlink the $PLUGIN_SERVICE service from the app"
+  local cmd="$PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:unlink" argv=("$@"); [[ ${argv[0]} == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
+  declare SERVICE="$1" APP="$2"
+  APP=${APP:="$DOKKU_APP_NAME"}
+
+  [[ -z "$SERVICE" ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
+  [[ -z "$APP" ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify an app to run the command on"
+  verify_app_name "$APP"
+  verify_service_name "$SERVICE"
+  service_unlink "$SERVICE" "$APP"
 }
 
 postgres-unlink-cmd "$@"