diff --git a/bin/ansible-galaxy b/bin/ansible-galaxy
index 9018e6c2059..9a73023b83b 100755
--- a/bin/ansible-galaxy
+++ b/bin/ansible-galaxy
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ An optional section for the role authors to include contact information, or a we
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 VALID_ACTIONS = ("init", "info", "install", "list", "remove")
+SKIP_INFO_KEYS = ("platforms","readme_html", "related", "summary_fields", "average_aw_composite", "average_aw_score", "url" )
 
 def get_action(args):
     """
@@ -237,6 +238,7 @@ def exit_without_ignore(options, rc=1):
         print '- you can use --ignore-errors to skip failed roles.'
         sys.exit(rc)
 
+
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Galaxy API functions
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -257,7 +259,7 @@ def api_get_config(api_server):
     except:
         return None
 
-def api_lookup_role_by_name(api_server, role_name):
+def api_lookup_role_by_name(api_server, role_name, notify=True):
     """
     Uses the Galaxy API to do a lookup on the role owner/name.
     """
@@ -268,7 +270,8 @@ def api_lookup_role_by_name(api_server, role_name):
         parts = role_name.split(".")
         user_name = ".".join(parts[0:-1])
         role_name = parts[-1]
-        print "- downloading role '%s', owned by %s" % (role_name, user_name)
+        if notify:
+            print "- downloading role '%s', owned by %s" % (role_name, user_name)
     except:
         parser.print_help()
         print "- invalid role name (%s). Specify role as format: username.rolename" % role_name
@@ -640,7 +643,7 @@ def execute_init(args, options, parser):
             categories = []
             if not offline:
                 categories = api_get_list(api_server, "categories") or []
-            
+
             # group the list of platforms from the api based
             # on their names, with the release field being 
             # appended to a list of versions
@@ -676,7 +679,57 @@ def execute_info(args, options, parser):
     from the galaxy API.
     """
 
-    pass
+    if len(args) == 0:
+        # the user needs to specify a role
+        parser.print_help()
+        print "- you must specify a user/role name"
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    api_server = get_opt(options, "api_server", "galaxy.ansible.com")
+    api_config = api_get_config(api_server)
+    roles_path = get_opt(options, "roles_path")
+
+    for role in args:
+
+        role_info = {}
+
+        install_info = get_galaxy_install_info(role, options)
+        if install_info:
+            if 'version' in install_info:
+                install_info['intalled_version'] = install_info['version']
+                install_info.pop('version', None)
+            role_info.update(install_info)
+
+        remote_data = api_lookup_role_by_name(api_server, role, False)
+        if remote_data:
+            role_info.update(remote_data)
+
+        metadata = get_role_metadata(role, options)
+        if metadata:
+            role_info.update(metadata)
+
+        role_spec = ansible.utils.role_spec_parse(role)
+        if role_spec:
+            role_info.update(role_spec)
+
+        if role_info:
+            print "- %s:" % (role)
+            import pprint
+            for k in sorted(role_info.keys()):
+
+                if k in SKIP_INFO_KEYS:
+                    continue
+
+                if isinstance(role_info[k], dict):
+                    print "\t%s: " % (k)
+                    for key in sorted(role_info[k].keys()):
+                        if key in SKIP_INFO_KEYS:
+                            continue
+                        print "\t\t%s: %s" % (key, role_info[k][key])
+                else:
+                    print "\t%s: %s" % (k, role_info[k])
+        else:
+            print "- the role %s was not found" % role
 
 def execute_install(args, options, parser):
     """
@@ -687,23 +740,24 @@ def execute_install(args, options, parser):
     """
 
     role_file  = get_opt(options, "role_file", None)
-    api_server = get_opt(options, "api_server", "galaxy.ansible.com")
-    no_deps    = get_opt(options, "no_deps", False)
-    roles_path = get_opt(options, "roles_path")
 
-    if len(args) == 0 and not role_file:
+    if len(args) == 0 and role_file is None:
         # the user needs to specify one of either --role-file
         # or specify a single user/role name
         parser.print_help()
         print "- you must specify a user/role name or a roles file"
         sys.exit()
-    elif len(args) == 1 and role_file:
+    elif len(args) == 1 and not role_file is None:
         # using a role file is mutually exclusive of specifying
         # the role name on the command line
         parser.print_help()
         print "- please specify a user/role name, or a roles file, but not both"
         sys.exit(1)
 
+    api_server = get_opt(options, "api_server", "galaxy.ansible.com")
+    no_deps    = get_opt(options, "no_deps", False)
+    roles_path = get_opt(options, "roles_path")
+
     roles_done = []
     if role_file:
         f = open(role_file, 'r')