diff --git a/src/cli/one_helper.rb b/src/cli/one_helper.rb
index fba7261906..786fea1756 100644
--- a/src/cli/one_helper.rb
+++ b/src/cli/one_helper.rb
@@ -68,14 +68,15 @@ EOT
     }
 
     # Command line VM template options
+    TEMPLATE_NAME_VM={
+        :name   => 'name',
+        :large  => '--name name',
+        :description =>
+            'Name for the new VM',
+        :format => String
+    }
+
     TEMPLATE_OPTIONS=[
-        {
-            :name   => 'name',
-            :large  => '--name name',
-            :description =>
-                'Name for the VM',
-            :format => String
-        },
         {
             :name   => 'cpu',
             :large  => '--cpu cpu',
@@ -134,6 +135,8 @@ EOT
         }
     ]
 
+    TEMPLATE_OPTIONS_VM=[TEMPLATE_NAME_VM]+TEMPLATE_OPTIONS
+
     OPTIONS = XML, NUMERIC, KILOBYTES
 
     class OneHelper
diff --git a/src/cli/one_helper/onetemplate_helper.rb b/src/cli/one_helper/onetemplate_helper.rb
index 03ec5b683c..82ace6c3be 100644
--- a/src/cli/one_helper/onetemplate_helper.rb
+++ b/src/cli/one_helper/onetemplate_helper.rb
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ require 'one_helper'
 
 class OneTemplateHelper < OpenNebulaHelper::OneHelper
     VM_NAME={
-        :name  => "vm_name",
-        :large => "--name vm_name",
+        :name  => "name",
+        :large => "--name name",
         :format => String,
         :description =>  <<-EOT
-Name of the new Virtual Machine. When instantiating
+Name of the new VM or TEMPLATE. When instantiating
                                multiple VMs you can use the\"%i\" wildcard to produce
                                different names such as vm-0, vm-1...
 EOT
diff --git a/src/cli/onetemplate b/src/cli/onetemplate
index 627bce893c..462613b616 100755
--- a/src/cli/onetemplate
+++ b/src/cli/onetemplate
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ cmd=CommandParser::CmdParser.new(ARGV) do
     EOT
 
     command :create, create_desc, [:file, nil], :options =>
-            OpenNebulaHelper::TEMPLATE_OPTIONS do
+            [OneTemplateHelper::VM_NAME]+OpenNebulaHelper::TEMPLATE_OPTIONS do
 
         if args[0] && OpenNebulaHelper.create_template_options_used?(options)
             STDERR.puts "You can not use both template file and template"<<
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ cmd=CommandParser::CmdParser.new(ARGV) do
         number = options[:multiple] || 1
         number.times do |i|
             exit_code=helper.perform_action(args[0],options,"instantiated") do |t|
-                name = options[:vm_name]
+                name = options[:name]
                 name = name.gsub("%i",i.to_s) if name
                 res = t.instantiate(name)
 
diff --git a/src/cli/onevm b/src/cli/onevm
index 8a527bbf09..0a866a994c 100755
--- a/src/cli/onevm
+++ b/src/cli/onevm
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ cmd=CommandParser::CmdParser.new(ARGV) do
     EOT
 
     command :create, create_desc, [:file, nil], :options =>
-            [OneVMHelper::MULTIPLE] + OpenNebulaHelper::TEMPLATE_OPTIONS do
+            [OneVMHelper::MULTIPLE]+OpenNebulaHelper::TEMPLATE_OPTIONS_VM do
 
         number    = options[:multiple] || 1
         exit_code = nil