diff --git a/calm/dsl/cli/runbook_commands.py b/calm/dsl/cli/runbook_commands.py
index f51dd6a0..06f2b2de 100644
--- a/calm/dsl/cli/runbook_commands.py
+++ b/calm/dsl/cli/runbook_commands.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 )
 @click.option("--limit", "-l", default=20, help="Number of results to return")
 @click.option(
-    "--offset", "-o", default=0, help="Offset results by the specified amount"
+    "--offset", "-s", default=0, help="Offset results by the specified amount"
 )
 @click.option(
     "--quiet", "-q", is_flag=True, default=False, help="Show only runbook names."
@@ -52,10 +52,18 @@
 @click.option(
     "--all-items", "-a", is_flag=True, help="Get all items, including deleted ones"
 )
-def _get_runbook_list(name, filter_by, limit, offset, quiet, all_items):
+@click.option(
+    "--out",
+    "-o",
+    "out",
+    type=click.Choice(["text", "json"]),
+    default="text",
+    help="output format",
+)
+def _get_runbook_list(name, filter_by, limit, offset, quiet, all_items, out):
     """Get the runbooks, optionally filtered by a string"""
 
-    get_runbook_list(name, filter_by, limit, offset, quiet, all_items)
+    get_runbook_list(name, filter_by, limit, offset, quiet, all_items, out)
 
 
 @get.command("runbook_executions", feature_min_version="3.0.0", experimental=True)
diff --git a/calm/dsl/cli/runbooks.py b/calm/dsl/cli/runbooks.py
index 9595244d..282e1293 100644
--- a/calm/dsl/cli/runbooks.py
+++ b/calm/dsl/cli/runbooks.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 LOG = get_logging_handle(__name__)
 
 
-def get_runbook_list(name, filter_by, limit, offset, quiet, all_items):
+def get_runbook_list(name, filter_by, limit, offset, quiet, all_items, out):
     """Get the runbooks, optionally filtered by a string"""
 
     client = get_api_client()
@@ -75,7 +75,12 @@ def get_runbook_list(name, filter_by, limit, offset, quiet, all_items):
         LOG.warning("Cannot fetch runbooks from {}".format(pc_ip))
         return
 
-    json_rows = res.json()["entities"]
+    res = res.json()
+    if out == "json":
+        click.echo(json.dumps(res, indent=4, separators=(",", ": ")))
+        return
+
+    json_rows = res["entities"]
     if not json_rows:
         click.echo(highlight_text("No runbook found !!!\n"))
         return