diff --git a/src/cli/one_helper/onetemplate_helper.rb b/src/cli/one_helper/onetemplate_helper.rb
index 8b56fbe2c4..308d3a9193 100644
--- a/src/cli/one_helper/onetemplate_helper.rb
+++ b/src/cli/one_helper/onetemplate_helper.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ class OneTemplateHelper < OpenNebulaHelper::OneHelper
         :short => "-n vm_name",
         :large => "--name vm_name",
         :format => String,
-        :description => "Name of the new Virtual Machine"
+        :description =>  <<-EOT
+Name of the new Virtual Machine. When instantiating
+                               multiple VMs you can use the\"%i\" wildcard to produce
+                               different names such as vm-0, vm-1...
+EOT
     }
 
     MULTIPLE={
diff --git a/src/cli/onetemplate b/src/cli/onetemplate
index a75b4352b0..7a27e194fa 100755
--- a/src/cli/onetemplate
+++ b/src/cli/onetemplate
@@ -108,9 +108,10 @@ cmd=CommandParser::CmdParser.new(ARGV) do
         exit_code=0
 
         number = options[:multiple] || 1
-        number.times do
+        number.times do |i|
             exit_code=helper.perform_action(args[0],options,"instantiated") do |t|
-                res = t.instantiate(options[:vm_name])
+                name = options[:vm_name].gsub("%i",i.to_s)
+                res = t.instantiate(name)
 
                 if !OpenNebula.is_error?(res)
                     puts "VM ID: #{res}"