diff --git a/src/commands/CmdLog.cpp b/src/commands/CmdLog.cpp
index e05da47d4..130cb8f87 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdLog.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdLog.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ extern Context context;
 CmdLog::CmdLog ()
 {
   _keyword     = "log";
-  _usage       = "task log [tags] [attrs] desc...";
+  _usage       = "task log <modifications>";
   _description = STRING_CMD_LOG_USAGE;
   _read_only   = false;
   _displays_id = false;
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdMerge.cpp b/src/commands/CmdMerge.cpp
index de286557f..80e4b359b 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdMerge.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdMerge.cpp
@@ -49,8 +49,11 @@ CmdMerge::CmdMerge ()
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 int CmdMerge::execute (std::string& output)
 {
-/*
-  std::string file = trim (context.task.get ("description"));
+  Arguments words = context.args.extract_simple_words ();
+  std::string file;
+  if (words.size ())
+    file = words[0]._first;
+
   std::string pushfile = "";
   std::string tmpfile = "";
 
@@ -91,7 +94,7 @@ int CmdMerge::execute (std::string& output)
     if ( ((sAutopush == "ask") && (confirm ("Would you like to push the merged changes to \'" + uri.data + "\'?")) )
        || (bAutopush) )
     {
-      context.task.set ("description", uri.data);
+//      context.task.set ("description", uri.data);
 
       std::string out;
       context.commands["push"]->execute (out);
@@ -101,7 +104,6 @@ int CmdMerge::execute (std::string& output)
     throw std::string ("No uri was specified for the merge.  Either specify "
                        "the uri of a remote .task directory, or create a "
                        "'merge.default.uri' entry in your .taskrc file.");
-*/
 
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdPull.cpp b/src/commands/CmdPull.cpp
index c2c5689f5..b1cdb8471 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdPull.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdPull.cpp
@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ CmdPull::CmdPull ()
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 int CmdPull::execute (std::string& output)
 {
-/*
-  std::string file = trim (context.task.get ("description"));
+  Arguments words = context.args.extract_simple_words ();
+  std::string file;
+  if (words.size ())
+    file = words[0]._first;
 
   Uri uri (file, "pull");
   uri.parse ();
@@ -112,7 +114,6 @@ int CmdPull::execute (std::string& output)
     throw std::string ("No uri was specified for the pull.  Either specify "
                        "the uri of a remote .task directory, or create a "
                        "'pull.default.uri' entry in your .taskrc file.");
-*/
 
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdPush.cpp b/src/commands/CmdPush.cpp
index 9d9ec2ae8..f8c3fb2c6 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdPush.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdPush.cpp
@@ -50,8 +50,10 @@ CmdPush::CmdPush ()
 // this is potentially on another machine, no checking can be performed.
 int CmdPush::execute (std::string& output)
 {
-/*
-  std::string file = trim (context.task.get ("description"));
+  Arguments words = context.args.extract_simple_words ();
+  std::string file;
+  if (words.size ())
+    file = words[0]._first;
 
   Uri uri (file, "push");
   uri.parse ();
@@ -96,7 +98,6 @@ int CmdPush::execute (std::string& output)
     throw std::string ("No uri was specified for the push.  Either specify "
                        "the uri of a remote .task directory, or create a "
                        "'push.default.uri' entry in your .taskrc file.");
-*/
 
   return 0;
 }