diff --git a/commands/label add.go b/commands/label add.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6eefa64653055e838c359534079c70ac153350d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/label add.go	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package commands
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/MichaelMure/git-bug/cache"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+func runLabelAdd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	if len(args) == 0 {
+		return errors.New("You must provide a bug id")
+	}
+
+	backend, err := cache.NewRepoCache(repo)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer backend.Close()
+
+	prefix := args[0]
+	add := args[1:]
+
+	b, err := backend.ResolveBugPrefix(prefix)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	changes, err := b.ChangeLabels(add, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	for _, change := range changes {
+		fmt.Println(change)
+	}
+
+	return b.Commit()
+}
+
+var labelAddCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "add <id> [<label>...]",
+	Short: "Add a label to a bug",
+	RunE:  runLabelAdd,
+}
+
+func init() {
+	// labelCmd.AddCommand(labelAddCmd)
+}
diff --git a/commands/label.go b/commands/label.go
index 37013f3f687664ebd2377d5cf0ed3e0904d8acfd..c693f82c846d4d575a3269a449577ab602033f54 100644
--- a/commands/label.go
+++ b/commands/label.go
@@ -5,19 +5,16 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/MichaelMure/git-bug/cache"
-	"github.com/MichaelMure/git-bug/operations"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-var labelRemove bool
-
 func runLabel(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	if len(args) == 0 {
-		return errors.New("You must provide a bug id")
+	if len(args) > 1 {
+		return errors.New("Only one bug id is supported")
 	}
 
-	if len(args) == 1 {
-		return errors.New("You must provide a label")
+	if len(args) == 0 {
+		return errors.New("You must provide a bug id")
 	}
 
 	backend, err := cache.NewRepoCache(repo)
@@ -28,48 +25,23 @@ func runLabel(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 	prefix := args[0]
 
-	var add, remove []string
-
-	if labelRemove {
-		remove = args[1:]
-	} else {
-		add = args[1:]
-	}
-
 	b, err := backend.ResolveBugPrefix(prefix)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	changes, err := b.ChangeLabels(add, remove)
-
-	for _, change := range changes {
-		switch change.Status {
-		case operations.LabelChangeAdded:
-			fmt.Printf("label %s added\n", change.Label)
-		case operations.LabelChangeRemoved:
-			fmt.Printf("label %s removed\n", change.Label)
-		case operations.LabelChangeDuplicateInOp:
-			fmt.Printf("label %s is a duplicate\n", change.Label)
-		case operations.LabelChangeAlreadySet:
-			fmt.Printf("label %s was already set\n", change.Label)
-		case operations.LabelChangeDoesntExist:
-			fmt.Printf("label %s doesn't exist on this bug\n", change.Label)
-		default:
-			panic(fmt.Sprintf("unknown label change status %v", change.Status))
-		}
-	}
+	snap := b.Snapshot()
 
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	for _, l := range snap.Labels {
+		fmt.Println(l)
 	}
 
-	return b.Commit()
+	return nil
 }
 
 var labelCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "label <id> [<label>...]",
-	Short: "Manipulate bug's label",
+	Use:   "label <id>",
+	Short: "Display a bug labels",
 	RunE:  runLabel,
 }
 
@@ -77,8 +49,4 @@ func init() {
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(labelCmd)
 
 	labelCmd.Flags().SortFlags = false
-
-	labelCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&labelRemove, "remove", "r", false,
-		"Remove a label",
-	)
 }
diff --git a/doc/man/git-bug-label.1 b/doc/man/git-bug-label.1
index a1b3ea89634af665641d7307a60f3f5ccf5b014f..520551b89cc43833873949ef055a18c607f97969 100644
--- a/doc/man/git-bug-label.1
+++ b/doc/man/git-bug-label.1
@@ -5,24 +5,20 @@
 
 .SH NAME
 .PP
-git\-bug\-label \- Manipulate bug's label
+git\-bug\-label \- Display a bug labels
 
 
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .PP
-\fBgit\-bug label <id> [<label>\&...] [flags]\fP
+\fBgit\-bug label <id> [flags]\fP
 
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
-Manipulate bug's label
+Display a bug labels
 
 
 .SH OPTIONS
-.PP
-\fB\-r\fP, \fB\-\-remove\fP[=false]
-    Remove a label
-
 .PP
 \fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP[=false]
     help for label
diff --git a/doc/md/git-bug.md b/doc/md/git-bug.md
index 6a102c208a8702d35ee0296e8eb1b2dc0fea6bd9..6825f48107c3ae7a80116e4076f1d2c3b9226cc6 100644
--- a/doc/md/git-bug.md
+++ b/doc/md/git-bug.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ git-bug [flags]
 * [git-bug add](git-bug_add.md)	 - Create a new bug
 * [git-bug commands](git-bug_commands.md)	 - Display available commands
 * [git-bug comment](git-bug_comment.md)	 - Show a bug's comments
-* [git-bug label](git-bug_label.md)	 - Manipulate bug's label
+* [git-bug label](git-bug_label.md)	 - Display a bug labels
 * [git-bug ls](git-bug_ls.md)	 - List bugs
 * [git-bug pull](git-bug_pull.md)	 - Pull bugs update from a git remote
 * [git-bug push](git-bug_push.md)	 - Push bugs update to a git remote
diff --git a/doc/md/git-bug_label.md b/doc/md/git-bug_label.md
index eff99f16814ec31475fcced8bddd21438b80a752..bf100dbcd97b9b1193270c3b36e31cfaffbe6dc7 100644
--- a/doc/md/git-bug_label.md
+++ b/doc/md/git-bug_label.md
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 ## git-bug label
 
-Manipulate bug's label
+Display a bug labels
 
 ### Synopsis
 
-Manipulate bug's label
+Display a bug labels
 
 ```
-git-bug label <id> [<label>...] [flags]
+git-bug label <id> [flags]
 ```
 
 ### Options
 
 ```
-  -r, --remove   Remove a label
-  -h, --help     help for label
+  -h, --help   help for label
 ```
 
 ### SEE ALSO
diff --git a/misc/bash_completion/git-bug b/misc/bash_completion/git-bug
index 77e2d3501eb32e38e94da056720a4ca478cdc8ad..3e1ba26ff499ca978662c1fda830998b04219842 100644
--- a/misc/bash_completion/git-bug
+++ b/misc/bash_completion/git-bug
@@ -361,9 +361,6 @@ _git-bug_label()
     flags_with_completion=()
     flags_completion=()
 
-    flags+=("--remove")
-    flags+=("-r")
-    local_nonpersistent_flags+=("--remove")
 
     must_have_one_flag=()
     must_have_one_noun=()