diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fa23687..541f513 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ checksum = "04744f49eae99ab78e0d5c0b603ab218f515ea8cfe5a456d7629ad883a3b6e7d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "oseda-cli"
-version = "2.7.0"
+version = "3.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index dd042b3..79233ee 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ homepage = "https://oseda.net"
 repository = "https://github.com/oseda-dev/oseda-cli"
 readme = "README.md"
 name = "oseda-cli"
-version = "2.7.0"
+version = "3.0.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [[bin]]
diff --git a/Usage.md b/Usage.md
index 0ed32e1..c9953e7 100644
--- a/Usage.md
+++ b/Usage.md
@@ -39,10 +39,12 @@ Initialize a new Oseda project in the working directory
 
 ###### **Options:**
 
-* `--title <TITLE>`
-* `--tags <TAGS>`
-* `--color <COLOR>`
-* `--template <TEMPLATE>`
+* `--title <TITLE>` — Project Title
+* `--tags <TAG1,TAG2,...>` — Project Tags [e.g: ComputerScience,Engineering,...]
+* `--color <COLOR>` — Project Color [e.g: Red]
+* `--template <FORMAT>` — Project Template Format [HTML | Markdown]
+* `--license <SPDX_ID>` — OSI License SPDX identifier [e.g: MIT]
+* `--description <TEXT>` — Project Description
 
 
 
diff --git a/scripts/test-init.sh b/scripts/test-init.sh
index 7f8e5b9..fb5dd8b 100755
--- a/scripts/test-init.sh
+++ b/scripts/test-init.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ cd test
 
 
 pwd
-./oseda init --title ExampleProject --tags economics ComPuterScience --color red --template HTML
+./oseda init \
+    --title ExampleProject \
+    --tags "economics, ComPuterScience" \
+    --color red \
+    --template HTML \
+    --description "This is an example project" \
+    --license "gPl-2.0"
 
 mv oseda ExampleProject
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/update-usage.sh b/scripts/update-usage.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8fb1d0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/update-usage.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# updates the usage.md file based on clap doc comments
+
+cargo run --bin oseda-usage
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/cmd/init.rs b/src/cmd/init.rs
index 35e092c..ca03163 100644
--- a/src/cmd/init.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/init.rs
@@ -13,17 +13,32 @@ use crate::{config, template::Template};
 /// Options for the `oseda init` command
 #[derive(Args, Debug)]
 pub struct InitOptions {
-    #[arg(long)]
+    // claps 'value_name' does not change the argument name, basically just the value in the help menu,
+    // e.g  --template <FORMAT>  
+
+    /// Project Title
+    #[arg(long, value_name = "TITLE")]
     pub title: Option<String>,
 
-    #[arg(long, num_args = 1.., value_delimiter=' ')]
+    /// Project Tags [e.g: ComputerScience,Engineering,...]
+    #[arg(long, value_delimiter = ',', value_name = "TAG1,TAG2,...")]
     pub tags: Option<Vec<String>>,
 
-    #[arg(long)]
+    /// Project Color [e.g: Red]
+    #[arg(long, value_name = "COLOR")]
     pub color: Option<String>,
 
-    #[arg(long)]
+    /// Project Template Format [HTML | Markdown]
+    #[arg(long, value_name = "FORMAT")]
     pub template: Option<String>,
+
+    /// OSI License SPDX identifier [e.g: MIT]
+    #[arg(long, value_name = "SPDX_ID")]
+    pub license: Option<String>,
+
+    /// Project Description
+    #[arg(long, value_name = "TEXT")]
+    pub description: Option<String>,
 }
 
 // embed all the static markdown template files into binary
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index a528d62..c447b73 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ pub fn validate_config(
         ));
     }
 
-    if conf.description.is_empty() {
+    if conf.description.is_empty() || conf.description.eq_ignore_ascii_case(DEFAULT_DESCIPTION) {
         return Err(OsedaCheckError::MissingDescription(
             "Description is missing or empty. Please update the oseda-config.json".to_owned(),
         ));
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ pub struct OsedaConfig {
     pub license: License,
 }
 
+
+const DEFAULT_DESCIPTION: &'static str = "Fill in project description";
+
 pub fn prompt_for_title() -> Result<String, Box<dyn Error>> {
     let validator = |input: &str| {
         if input.chars().count() < 2 {
@@ -155,7 +158,7 @@ pub fn create_conf(options: InitOptions) -> Result<OsedaConfig, Box<dyn Error>>
         Some(arg_tags) => {
             arg_tags
                 .iter()
-                .map(|arg_tag| DefinedTag::from_str(arg_tag))
+                .map(|arg_tag| DefinedTag::from_str(arg_tag.trim()))
                 .collect::<Result<Vec<DefinedTag>, _>>()
                 .map_err(|_| "Invalid tag. Custom Tags may be added to the oseda-config.json after initialization".to_string())?
         },
@@ -169,9 +172,26 @@ pub fn create_conf(options: InitOptions) -> Result<OsedaConfig, Box<dyn Error>>
     };
 
     let user_name = github::get_config_from_user_git("user.name")
-        .ok_or("Could not get github username. Please ensure you are signed into github")?;
+        .ok_or("Could not get GitHub username. Please ensure you are signed into github")?;
+
+    let description = match options.description {
+        Some(desc) => desc,
+        None => {
+            DEFAULT_DESCIPTION.to_owned()
+        },
+    };
+    
+
+    let license = match options.license {
+        Some(proposed_license) => {
+            License::try_from(proposed_license.clone()).or_else(|_| {
+                eprintln!("Error: Invalid license '{}', please select from the following:", proposed_license);
+                prompt_for_license()
+            })?
+        }
+        None => prompt_for_license()?,
+    };
 
-    let license = prompt_for_license()?;
 
     Ok(OsedaConfig {
         title: title.trim().to_owned(),
@@ -183,8 +203,7 @@ pub fn create_conf(options: InitOptions) -> Result<OsedaConfig, Box<dyn Error>>
         last_updated: get_time(),
         color: color.into_hex(),
         license,
-        // start them with empty description
-        description: String::new(),
+        description
     })
 }
 
diff --git a/src/license.rs b/src/license.rs
index 32220e0..0453cf2 100644
--- a/src/license.rs
+++ b/src/license.rs
@@ -10,29 +10,29 @@ pub enum License {
     // strum serialize is compatible with serde trait here
     // this will basically allow a complex internal license representation
     // but with ease of de/serialization with just the spdx id
-    #[strum(serialize = "Apache-2.0")]
+    #[strum(serialize = "Apache-2.0", ascii_case_insensitive)]
     Apache2_0,
-    #[strum(serialize = "MIT")]
+    #[strum(serialize = "MIT", ascii_case_insensitive)]
     Mit,
-    #[strum(serialize = "CDDL-1.0")]
+    #[strum(serialize = "CDDL-1.0", ascii_case_insensitive)]
     Cddl1_0,
-    #[strum(serialize = "EPL-2.0")]
+    #[strum(serialize = "EPL-2.0", ascii_case_insensitive)]
     Epl2_0,
-    #[strum(serialize = "GPL-2.0")]
+    #[strum(serialize = "GPL-2.0", ascii_case_insensitive)]
     Gpl2_0,
-    #[strum(serialize = "GPL-3.0")]
+    #[strum(serialize = "GPL-3.0", ascii_case_insensitive)]
     Gpl3_0,
-    #[strum(serialize = "LGPL-2.1")]
+    #[strum(serialize = "LGPL-2.1", ascii_case_insensitive)]
     Lgpl2_1,
-    #[strum(serialize = "LGPL-3.0")]
+    #[strum(serialize = "LGPL-3.0", ascii_case_insensitive)]
     Lgpl3_0,
-    #[strum(serialize = "LGPL-2.0")]
+    #[strum(serialize = "LGPL-2.0", ascii_case_insensitive)]
     Lgpl2_0,
-    #[strum(serialize = "MPL-2.0")]
+    #[strum(serialize = "MPL-2.0", ascii_case_insensitive)]
     Mpl2_0,
-    #[strum(serialize = "BSD-2-Clause")]
+    #[strum(serialize = "BSD-2-Clause", ascii_case_insensitive)]
     Bsd2Clause,
-    #[strum(serialize = "BSD-3-Clause")]
+    #[strum(serialize = "BSD-3-Clause", ascii_case_insensitive)]
     Bsd3Clause,
 }