diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index bb5f0d7..b0c703a 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 commands =
     find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
     stestr --test-path ./patrole_tempest_plugin/tests/unit run {posargs}
+description=Runs the {envname} environment
 
 [testenv:pep8]
 deps =
@@ -30,12 +31,15 @@
     flake8 {posargs}
     bandit -r patrole_tempest_plugin -x patrole_tempest_plugin/tests -n 5
     check-uuid --package patrole_tempest_plugin.tests.api
+description=Runs pep8 via flake 8 linting
 
 [testenv:uuidgen]
 commands = check-uuid --package patrole_tempest_plugin.tests.api --fix
+description=Runs tempest uuidgen to make sure all test case have idempotent_id and generate one if not
 
 [testenv:venv]
 commands = {posargs}
+description=Creates a virtual environment called venv with patrole installed
 
 [testenv:cover]
 commands = rm -rf *.pyc
@@ -51,6 +55,7 @@
          NOSE_WHERE=patrole_tempest_plugin/tests/unit
 whitelist_externals = nosetests
                       rm
+description=Runs unit test code coverage report
 
 [testenv:docs]
 deps =
@@ -61,6 +66,7 @@
   rm -rf doc/build doc/source/framework/code
   sphinx-build -W -b html doc/source doc/build/html
 whitelist_externals = rm
+description=Generate patrole docs
 
 [testenv:pdf-docs]
 deps = {[testenv:docs]deps}
@@ -69,6 +75,7 @@
 commands =
    sphinx-build -W -b latex doc/source doc/build/pdf
    make -C doc/build/pdf
+description=Generates patrole docs in PDF format
 
 [testenv:releasenotes]
 deps = {[testenv:docs]deps}
@@ -76,12 +83,15 @@
   rm -rf releasenotes/build
   sphinx-build -a -E -W -d releasenotes/build/doctrees -b html releasenotes/source releasenotes/build/html
 whitelist_externals = rm
+description=Generate release notes
 
 [testenv:debug]
 commands = oslo_debug_helper -t patrole_tempest_plugin/tests {posargs}
+description=Support running tests with pdb statements.
 
 [testenv:genconfig]
 commands = oslo-config-generator --config-file etc/config-generator.patrole.conf
+description=Generate a sample configuration file
 
 [flake8]
 # [H106] Don't put vim configuration in source files.