diff --git a/cmd/todo_list.go b/cmd/todo_list.go
index 8fa1c5f0..2b1b518c 100644
--- a/cmd/todo_list.go
+++ b/cmd/todo_list.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	gitlab "github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab"
 	lab "github.com/zaquestion/lab/internal/gitlab"
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ var (
 	todoType   string
 	todoNumRet string
 	targetType string
+	todoPretty bool
 )
 
 var todoListCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -33,8 +35,80 @@ var todoListCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		pager := NewPager(cmd.Flags())
 		defer pager.Close()
 
+		red := color.New(color.FgRed).SprintFunc()
+		green := color.New(color.FgGreen).SprintFunc()
+		cyan := color.New(color.FgCyan).SprintFunc()
+
 		for _, todo := range todos {
-			fmt.Printf("%d %s\n", todo.ID, todo.TargetURL)
+			if !todoPretty || todo.TargetType == "DesignManagement::Design" || todo.TargetType == "AlertManagement::Alert" {
+				fmt.Printf("%d %s\n", todo.ID, todo.TargetURL)
+				continue
+			}
+
+			delim := "merge_requests/"
+			if todo.TargetType == "Issue" {
+				delim = "issues/"
+			}
+
+			s := strings.Split(todo.TargetURL, delim)
+			s = strings.Split(s[1], "#")
+			id, err := strconv.Atoi(s[0])
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatal(err)
+			}
+
+			var state string
+			if todo.TargetType == "MergeRequest" {
+				mr, err := lab.MRGet(todo.Project.ID, id)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Fatal(err)
+				}
+				state = mr.State
+			} else {
+				issue, err := lab.IssueGet(todo.Project.ID, id)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Fatal(err)
+				}
+				state = issue.State
+			}
+
+			switch state {
+			case "opened":
+				state = green("open  ")
+			case "merged":
+				state = cyan("merged")
+			default:
+				state = red(state)
+			}
+
+			fmt.Printf("%s %d %s ", state, todo.ID, todo.TargetURL)
+
+			name := todo.Author.Name
+			if lab.User() == todo.Author.Username {
+				name = "you"
+			}
+			switch todo.ActionName {
+			case "approval_required":
+				fmt.Printf("(approval requested by %s)\n", name)
+			case "assigned":
+				fmt.Printf("(assigned to you by %s)\n", name)
+			case "build_failed":
+				fmt.Printf("(build failed)\n")
+			case "directly_addressed":
+				fmt.Printf("(%s directly addressed you)\n", name)
+			case "marked":
+				fmt.Printf("(Todo Entry added by you)\n")
+			case "mentioned":
+				fmt.Printf("(%s mentioned you)\n", name)
+			case "merge_train_removed":
+				fmt.Printf("(Merge Train was removed)\n")
+			case "review_requested":
+				fmt.Printf("(review requested by %s)\n", name)
+			case "unmergeable":
+				fmt.Printf("(Cannot be merged)\n")
+			default:
+				fmt.Printf("Unknown action %s\n", todo.ActionName)
+			}
 		}
 	},
 }
@@ -65,6 +139,7 @@ func todoList(args []string) ([]*gitlab.Todo, error) {
 }
 
 func init() {
+	todoListCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&todoPretty, "pretty", "p", false, "provide more infomation in output")
 	todoListCmd.Flags().StringVarP(
 		&todoType, "type", "t", "all",
 		"filter todos by type (all/mr/issue)")
diff --git a/internal/gitlab/gitlab.go b/internal/gitlab/gitlab.go
index b5e4a741..c0573bf9 100644
--- a/internal/gitlab/gitlab.go
+++ b/internal/gitlab/gitlab.go
@@ -386,13 +386,8 @@ func MRCreateNote(project string, mrNum int, opts *gitlab.CreateMergeRequestNote
 }
 
 // MRGet retrieves the merge request from GitLab project
-func MRGet(project string, mrNum int) (*gitlab.MergeRequest, error) {
-	p, err := FindProject(project)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	mr, _, err := lab.MergeRequests.GetMergeRequest(p.ID, mrNum, nil)
+func MRGet(project interface{}, mrNum int) (*gitlab.MergeRequest, error) {
+	mr, _, err := lab.MergeRequests.GetMergeRequest(project, mrNum, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -641,13 +636,8 @@ func IssueCreateNote(project string, issueNum int, opts *gitlab.CreateIssueNoteO
 }
 
 // IssueGet retrieves the issue information from a GitLab project
-func IssueGet(project string, issueNum int) (*gitlab.Issue, error) {
-	p, err := FindProject(project)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	issue, _, err := lab.Issues.GetIssue(p.ID, issueNum)
+func IssueGet(project interface{}, issueNum int) (*gitlab.Issue, error) {
+	issue, _, err := lab.Issues.GetIssue(project, issueNum)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}