diff --git a/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/InitCommand.java b/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/InitCommand.java
index 18d2e81346..9c4631fb87 100644
--- a/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/InitCommand.java
+++ b/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/InitCommand.java
@@ -79,35 +79,35 @@ public class InitCommand extends OptionParsingCommand {
 
 		private OptionSpec<Void> listCapabilities;
 
-		private OptionSpec<String> bootVersion;
+		private OptionSpec<String> groupId;
 
-		private OptionSpec<String> dependencies;
+		private OptionSpec<String> artifactId;
 
-		private OptionSpec<String> javaVersion;
+		private OptionSpec<String> version;
 
-		private OptionSpec<String> packaging;
+		private OptionSpec<String> name;
 
-		private OptionSpec<String> build;
+		private OptionSpec<String> description;
 
-		private OptionSpec<String> format;
+		private OptionSpec<String> packaging;
 
 		private OptionSpec<String> type;
 
-		private OptionSpec<Void> extract;
+		private OptionSpec<String> build;
 
-		private OptionSpec<Void> force;
+		private OptionSpec<String> format;
 
-		private OptionSpec<String> language;
+		private OptionSpec<String> javaVersion;
 
-		private OptionSpec<String> groupId;
+		private OptionSpec<String> language;
 
-		private OptionSpec<String> artifactId;
+		private OptionSpec<String> bootVersion;
 
-		private OptionSpec<String> name;
+		private OptionSpec<String> dependencies;
 
-		private OptionSpec<String> version;
+		private OptionSpec<Void> extract;
 
-		private OptionSpec<String> description;
+		private OptionSpec<Void> force;
 
 		InitOptionHandler(InitializrService initializrService) {
 			this.serviceCapabilitiesReport = new ServiceCapabilitiesReportGenerator(
@@ -129,48 +129,48 @@ public class InitCommand extends OptionParsingCommand {
 		}
 
 		private void projectGenerationOptions() {
-			this.bootVersion = option(Arrays.asList("boot-version", "b"),
-					"Spring Boot version to use (for example '1.2.0.RELEASE')")
+			this.groupId = option(Arrays.asList("groupId", "g"),
+					"Project coordinates (for example 'org.test')")
+					.withRequiredArg();
+			this.artifactId = option(Arrays.asList("artifactId", "a"),
+					"Project coordinates; infer archive name (for example 'test')")
+					.withRequiredArg();
+			this.version = option(Arrays.asList("version", "v"),
+					"Project version (for example '0.0.1-SNAPSHOT')")
+					.withRequiredArg();
+			this.name = option(Arrays.asList("name", "n"),
+					"Project name; infer application name")
+					.withRequiredArg();
+			this.description = option("description",
+					"Project description")
 					.withRequiredArg();
-			this.dependencies = option(
-					Arrays.asList("dependencies", "d"),
-					"Comma separated list of dependencies to include in the "
-							+ "generated project").withRequiredArg();
-			this.javaVersion = option(Arrays.asList("java-version", "j"),
-					"Java version to use (for example '1.8')").withRequiredArg();
 			this.packaging = option(Arrays.asList("packaging", "p"),
-					"Packaging type to use (for example 'jar')").withRequiredArg();
+					"Project packaging (for example 'jar')").withRequiredArg();
+			this.type = option(
+					Arrays.asList("type", "t"),
+					"Project type. Not normally needed if you use --build "
+							+ "and/or --format. Check the capabilities of the service "
+							+ "(--list) for more details").withRequiredArg();
 			this.build = option("build",
-					"The build system to use (for example 'maven' or 'gradle')")
+					"Build system to use (for example 'maven' or 'gradle')")
 					.withRequiredArg().defaultsTo("maven");
 			this.format = option(
 					"format",
-					"The format of the generated content (for example 'build' for a build file, "
+					"Format of the generated content (for example 'build' for a build file, "
 							+ "'project' for a project archive)").withRequiredArg()
 					.defaultsTo("project");
-			this.type = option(
-					Arrays.asList("type", "t"),
-					"The project type to use. Not normally needed if you use --build "
-							+ "and/or --format. Check the capabilities of the service "
-							+ "(--list) for more details").withRequiredArg();
-			this.language = option(Arrays.asList("language", "lang"),
-				"Programming Language to use (for example 'java')")
-				.withRequiredArg();
-			this.groupId = option(Arrays.asList("groupId", "g"),
-				"The project group that produced the dependency (for example 'org.test')")
-				.withRequiredArg();
-			this.artifactId = option(Arrays.asList("artifactId", "a"),
-				"The unique id for an artifact produced by the project group (for example 'test')")
-				.withRequiredArg();
-			this.name = option(Arrays.asList("name", "n"),
-				"The full name of the project.")
-				.withRequiredArg();
-			this.version = option(Arrays.asList("version", "v"),
-				"The version of the dependency (for example '0.0.1-SNAPSHOT')")
-				.withRequiredArg();
-			this.description = option(Arrays.asList("description", "des"),
-				"A detailed description of the project")
-				.withRequiredArg();
+			this.javaVersion = option(Arrays.asList("java-version", "j"),
+					"Language level (for example '1.8')").withRequiredArg();
+			this.language = option(Arrays.asList("language", "l"),
+					"Programming language  (for example 'java')")
+					.withRequiredArg();
+			this.bootVersion = option(Arrays.asList("boot-version", "b"),
+					"Spring Boot version (for example '1.2.0.RELEASE')")
+					.withRequiredArg();
+			this.dependencies = option(
+					Arrays.asList("dependencies", "d"),
+					"Comma-separated list of dependency identifiers to include in the "
+							+ "generated project").withRequiredArg();
 		}
 
 		private void otherOptions() {
diff --git a/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/ProjectGenerationRequest.java b/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/ProjectGenerationRequest.java
index 38f8b188f7..5219431511 100644
--- a/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/ProjectGenerationRequest.java
+++ b/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/ProjectGenerationRequest.java
@@ -25,12 +25,14 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.apache.http.client.utils.URIBuilder;
+
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
  * Represent the settings to apply to generating the project.
  *
  * @author Stephane Nicoll
+ * @author Eddú Meléndez
  * @since 1.2.0
  */
 class ProjectGenerationRequest {
@@ -43,33 +45,33 @@ class ProjectGenerationRequest {
 
 	private boolean extract;
 
-	private String bootVersion;
+	private String groupId;
 
-	private List<String> dependencies = new ArrayList<String>();
+	private String artifactId;
 
-	private String javaVersion;
+	private String version;
+
+	private String name;
+
+	private String description;
 
 	private String packaging;
 
+	private String type;
+
 	private String build;
 
 	private String format;
 
 	private boolean detectType;
 
-	private String type;
+	private String javaVersion;
 
 	private String language;
 
-	private String groupId;
-
-	private String artifactId;
-
-	private String name;
-
-	private String version;
+	private String bootVersion;
 
-	private String description;
+	private List<String> dependencies = new ArrayList<String>();
 
 	/**
 	 * The URL of the service to use.
@@ -117,35 +119,63 @@ class ProjectGenerationRequest {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * The Spring Boot version to use or {@code null} if it should not be customized.
-	 * @return the Spring Boot version of {@code null}
+	 * The groupId to use or {@code null} if it should not be customized.
+	 * @return the groupId or {@code null}
 	 */
-	public String getBootVersion() {
-		return this.bootVersion;
+	public String getGroupId() {
+		return this.groupId;
 	}
 
-	public void setBootVersion(String bootVersion) {
-		this.bootVersion = bootVersion;
+	public void setGroupId(String groupId) {
+		this.groupId = groupId;
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * The identifiers of the dependencies to include in the project.
-	 * @return the dependency identifiers
+	 * The artifactId to use or {@code null} if it should not be customized.
+	 * @return the artifactId or {@code null}
 	 */
-	public List<String> getDependencies() {
-		return this.dependencies;
+	public String getArtifactId() {
+		return this.artifactId;
+	}
+
+	public void setArtifactId(String artifactId) {
+		this.artifactId = artifactId;
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * The Java version to use or {@code null} if it should not be customized.
-	 * @return the Java version or {@code null}
+	 * The artifact version to use or {@code null} if it should not be customized.
+	 * @return the artifact version or {@code null}
 	 */
-	public String getJavaVersion() {
-		return this.javaVersion;
+	public String getVersion() {
+		return this.version;
 	}
 
-	public void setJavaVersion(String javaVersion) {
-		this.javaVersion = javaVersion;
+	public void setVersion(String version) {
+		this.version = version;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * The name to use or {@code null} if it should not be customized.
+	 * @return the name or {@code null}
+	 */
+	public String getName() {
+		return this.name;
+	}
+
+	public void setName(String name) {
+		this.name = name;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * The description to use or {@code null} if it should not be customized.
+	 * @return the description or {@code null}
+	 */
+	public String getDescription() {
+		return this.description;
+	}
+
+	public void setDescription(String description) {
+		this.description = description;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -160,6 +190,19 @@ class ProjectGenerationRequest {
 		this.packaging = packaging;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * The type of project to generate. Should match one of the advertized type that the
+	 * service supports. If not set, the default is retrieved from the service metadata.
+	 * @return the project type
+	 */
+	public String getType() {
+		return this.type;
+	}
+
+	public void setType(String type) {
+		this.type = type;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * The build type to use. Ignored if a type is set. Can be used alongside the
 	 * {@link #getFormat() format} to identify the type to use.
@@ -199,20 +242,20 @@ class ProjectGenerationRequest {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * The type of project to generate. Should match one of the advertized type that the
-	 * service supports. If not set, the default is retrieved from the service metadata.
-	 * @return the project type
+	 * The Java version to use or {@code null} if it should not be customized.
+	 * @return the Java version or {@code null}
 	 */
-	public String getType() {
-		return this.type;
+	public String getJavaVersion() {
+		return this.javaVersion;
 	}
 
-	public void setType(String type) {
-		this.type = type;
+	public void setJavaVersion(String javaVersion) {
+		this.javaVersion = javaVersion;
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * The programming language to use or {@code null} if it should not be customized.
+	 * @return the programming language or {@code null}
 	 */
 	public String getLanguage() {
 		return this.language;
@@ -223,58 +266,23 @@ class ProjectGenerationRequest {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * The groupId to use or {@code null} if it should not be customized.
-	 */
-	public String getGroupId() {
-		return this.groupId;
-	}
-
-	public void setGroupId(String groupId) {
-		this.groupId = groupId;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * The artifactId to use or {@code null} if it should not be customized.
-	 */
-	public String getArtifactId() {
-		return this.artifactId;
-	}
-
-	public void setArtifactId(String artifactId) {
-		this.artifactId = artifactId;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * The name to use or {@code null} if it should not be customized.
-	 */
-	public String getName() {
-		return this.name;
-	}
-
-	public void setName(String name) {
-		this.name = name;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * The artifact version to use or {@code null} if it should not be customized.
+	 * The Spring Boot version to use or {@code null} if it should not be customized.
+	 * @return the Spring Boot version or {@code null}
 	 */
-	public String getVersion() {
-		return this.version;
+	public String getBootVersion() {
+		return this.bootVersion;
 	}
 
-	public void setVersion(String version) {
-		this.version = version;
+	public void setBootVersion(String bootVersion) {
+		this.bootVersion = bootVersion;
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 *
+	 * The identifiers of the dependencies to include in the project.
+	 * @return the dependency identifiers
 	 */
-	public String getDescription() {
-		return this.description;
-	}
-
-	public void setDescription(String description) {
-		this.description = description;
+	public List<String> getDependencies() {
+		return this.dependencies;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -295,40 +303,40 @@ class ProjectGenerationRequest {
 			sb.append(projectType.getAction());
 			builder.setPath(sb.toString());
 
-			if (this.artifactId != null) {
-				builder.setParameter("artifactId", this.artifactId);
-			}
-			if (this.bootVersion != null) {
-				builder.setParameter("bootVersion", this.bootVersion);
-			}
-
 			if (!this.dependencies.isEmpty()) {
 				builder.setParameter("dependencies",
 						StringUtils.collectionToCommaDelimitedString(this.dependencies));
 			}
-			if (this.description != null) {
-				builder.setParameter("description", this.description);
-			}
+
 			if (this.groupId != null) {
 				builder.setParameter("groupId", this.groupId);
 			}
-			if (this.javaVersion != null) {
-				builder.setParameter("javaVersion", this.javaVersion);
+			if (this.artifactId != null) {
+				builder.setParameter("artifactId", this.artifactId);
 			}
-			if (this.language != null) {
-				builder.setParameter("language", this.language);
+			if (this.version != null) {
+				builder.setParameter("version", this.version);
 			}
 			if (this.name != null) {
 				builder.setParameter("name", this.name);
 			}
+			if (this.description != null) {
+				builder.setParameter("description", this.description);
+			}
 			if (this.packaging != null) {
 				builder.setParameter("packaging", this.packaging);
 			}
 			if (this.type != null) {
 				builder.setParameter("type", projectType.getId());
 			}
-			if (this.version != null) {
-				builder.setParameter("version", this.version);
+			if (this.javaVersion != null) {
+				builder.setParameter("javaVersion", this.javaVersion);
+			}
+			if (this.language != null) {
+				builder.setParameter("language", this.language);
+			}
+			if (this.bootVersion != null) {
+				builder.setParameter("bootVersion", this.bootVersion);
 			}
 
 			return builder.build();
@@ -384,7 +392,7 @@ class ProjectGenerationRequest {
 	private static void filter(Map<String, ProjectType> projects, String tag,
 			String tagValue) {
 		for (Iterator<Map.Entry<String, ProjectType>> it = projects.entrySet().iterator(); it
-				.hasNext();) {
+				.hasNext(); ) {
 			Map.Entry<String, ProjectType> entry = it.next();
 			String value = entry.getValue().getTags().get(tag);
 			if (!tagValue.equals(value)) {
diff --git a/spring-boot-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/InitCommandTests.java b/spring-boot-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/InitCommandTests.java
index da9a42df07..8b233da6a2 100644
--- a/spring-boot-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/InitCommandTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/InitCommandTests.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
 import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;
 
 import joptsimple.OptionSet;
-
 import org.apache.http.Header;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpUriRequest;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -35,6 +34,7 @@ import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
 import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
 import org.mockito.Captor;
 import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
+
 import org.springframework.boot.cli.command.status.ExitStatus;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.startsWith;
@@ -262,6 +262,31 @@ public class InitCommandTests extends AbstractHttpClientMockTests {
 		assertEquals("File should not have changed", fileLength, conflict.length());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void parseProjectOptions() throws Exception {
+		this.handler.disableProjectGeneration();
+		this.command.run("-g=org.demo", "-a=acme", "-v=1.2.3-SNAPSHOT", "-n=acme-sample",
+				"--description=Acme sample project", "-p=war", "-t=ant-project",
+				"--build=grunt", "--format=web", "-j=1.9", "-l=groovy",
+				"-b=1.2.0.RELEASE", "-d=web,data-jpa");
+		assertEquals("org.demo", this.handler.lastRequest.getGroupId());
+		assertEquals("acme", this.handler.lastRequest.getArtifactId());
+		assertEquals("1.2.3-SNAPSHOT", this.handler.lastRequest.getVersion());
+		assertEquals("acme-sample", this.handler.lastRequest.getName());
+		assertEquals("Acme sample project", this.handler.lastRequest.getDescription());
+		assertEquals("war", this.handler.lastRequest.getPackaging());
+		assertEquals("ant-project", this.handler.lastRequest.getType());
+		assertEquals("grunt", this.handler.lastRequest.getBuild());
+		assertEquals("web", this.handler.lastRequest.getFormat());
+		assertEquals("1.9", this.handler.lastRequest.getJavaVersion());
+		assertEquals("groovy", this.handler.lastRequest.getLanguage());
+		assertEquals("1.2.0.RELEASE", this.handler.lastRequest.getBootVersion());
+		List<String> dependencies = this.handler.lastRequest.getDependencies();
+		assertEquals(2, dependencies.size());
+		assertTrue(dependencies.contains("web"));
+		assertTrue(dependencies.contains("data-jpa"));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void overwriteFileInArchive() throws Exception {
 		File folder = this.temporaryFolder.newFolder();
@@ -278,30 +303,6 @@ public class InitCommandTests extends AbstractHttpClientMockTests {
 		assertTrue("File should have changed", fileLength != conflict.length());
 	}
 
-	@Test
-	public void parseProjectOptions() throws Exception {
-		this.handler.disableProjectGeneration();
-		this.command.run("-b=1.2.0.RELEASE", "-d=web,data-jpa", "-j=1.9", "-p=war", "--build=grunt",
-			"--format=web", "-t=ant-project", "-lang=groovy", "-g=org.test", "-a=demo", "-n=demo",
-			"-v=0.0.1-SNAPSHOT", "-des=Demo project for Spring Boot");
-		assertEquals("1.2.0.RELEASE", this.handler.lastRequest.getBootVersion());
-		List<String> dependencies = this.handler.lastRequest.getDependencies();
-		assertEquals(2, dependencies.size());
-		assertTrue(dependencies.contains("web"));
-		assertTrue(dependencies.contains("data-jpa"));
-		assertEquals("1.9", this.handler.lastRequest.getJavaVersion());
-		assertEquals("war", this.handler.lastRequest.getPackaging());
-		assertEquals("grunt", this.handler.lastRequest.getBuild());
-		assertEquals("web", this.handler.lastRequest.getFormat());
-		assertEquals("ant-project", this.handler.lastRequest.getType());
-		assertEquals("groovy", this.handler.lastRequest.getLanguage());
-		assertEquals("org.test", this.handler.lastRequest.getGroupId());
-		assertEquals("demo", this.handler.lastRequest.getArtifactId());
-		assertEquals("demo", this.handler.lastRequest.getName());
-		assertEquals("0.0.1-SNAPSHOT", this.handler.lastRequest.getVersion());
-		assertEquals("Demo project for Spring Boot", this.handler.lastRequest.getDescription());
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	public void parseTypeOnly() throws Exception {
 		this.handler.disableProjectGeneration();
diff --git a/spring-boot-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/ProjectGenerationRequestTests.java b/spring-boot-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/ProjectGenerationRequestTests.java
index 6c07eab3bb..19fc80c8e1 100644
--- a/spring-boot-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/ProjectGenerationRequestTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/ProjectGenerationRequestTests.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
+
 import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.util.StreamUtils;
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ public class ProjectGenerationRequestTests {
 	@Test
 	public void customBootVersion() {
 		this.request.setBootVersion("1.2.0.RELEASE");
-		assertEquals(createDefaultUrl("?bootVersion=1.2.0.RELEASE&type=test-type"),
+		assertEquals(createDefaultUrl("?type=test-type&bootVersion=1.2.0.RELEASE"),
 				this.request.generateUrl(createDefaultMetadata()));
 	}
 
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ public class ProjectGenerationRequestTests {
 	@Test
 	public void customJavaVersion() {
 		this.request.setJavaVersion("1.8");
-		assertEquals(createDefaultUrl("?javaVersion=1.8&type=test-type"),
+		assertEquals(createDefaultUrl("?type=test-type&javaVersion=1.8"),
 				this.request.generateUrl(createDefaultMetadata()));
 	}
 
@@ -115,20 +116,20 @@ public class ProjectGenerationRequestTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void customLanguage() {
-		this.request.setLanguage("java");
-		assertEquals(createDefaultUrl("?language=java&type=test-type"),
+		this.request.setLanguage("groovy");
+		assertEquals(createDefaultUrl("?type=test-type&language=groovy"),
 			this.request.generateUrl(createDefaultMetadata()));
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void customProjectInfo() {
-		this.request.setGroupId("org.test");
-		this.request.setArtifactId("demo");
-		this.request.setVersion("0.0.1-SNAPSHOT");
-		this.request.setDescription("Spring Boot Demo");
-		assertEquals(createDefaultUrl("?artifactId=demo&description=Spring+Boot+Demo"
-				+ "&groupId=org.test&type=test-type&version=0.0.1-SNAPSHOT"),
-			this.request.generateUrl(createDefaultMetadata()));
+		this.request.setGroupId("org.acme");
+		this.request.setArtifactId("sample");
+		this.request.setVersion("1.0.1-SNAPSHOT");
+		this.request.setDescription("Spring Boot Test");
+		assertEquals(createDefaultUrl("?groupId=org.acme&artifactId=sample&version=1.0.1-SNAPSHOT" +
+						"&description=Spring+Boot+Test&type=test-type"),
+				this.request.generateUrl(createDefaultMetadata()));
 	}
 
 	@Test