diff --git a/ghi b/ghi
index c41c2c7..d05e778 100755
--- a/ghi
+++ b/ghi
@@ -1997,6 +1997,9 @@ EOF
         case action
         when 'edit'
           begin
+            unless args.empty?
+              assigns[:title], assigns[:body] = args.join(' '), assigns[:title]
+            end
             if editor || assigns.empty?
               i = throb { api.get "/repos/#{repo}/issues/#{issue}" }.body
               e = Editor.new "GHI_ISSUE_#{issue}.md"
@@ -2743,6 +2746,9 @@ EOF
           if web
             Web.new(repo).open 'issues/milestones/new'
           else
+            unless args.empty?
+              assigns[:title], assigns[:description] = args.join(' '), assigns[:title]
+            end
             if assigns[:title].nil?
               e = Editor.new 'GHI_MILESTONE.md'
               message = e.gets format_milestone_editor
diff --git a/lib/ghi/commands/edit.rb b/lib/ghi/commands/edit.rb
index 4f46569..fa88e04 100644
--- a/lib/ghi/commands/edit.rb
+++ b/lib/ghi/commands/edit.rb
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ def execute
         case action
         when 'edit'
           begin
+            unless args.empty?
+              assigns[:title], assigns[:body] = args.join(' '), assigns[:title]
+            end
             if editor || assigns.empty?
               i = throb { api.get "/repos/#{repo}/issues/#{issue}" }.body
               e = Editor.new "GHI_ISSUE_#{issue}.md"
diff --git a/lib/ghi/commands/milestone.rb b/lib/ghi/commands/milestone.rb
index 65956ae..88a9366 100644
--- a/lib/ghi/commands/milestone.rb
+++ b/lib/ghi/commands/milestone.rb
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ def execute
           if web
             Web.new(repo).open 'issues/milestones/new'
           else
+            unless args.empty?
+              assigns[:title], assigns[:description] = args.join(' '), assigns[:title]
+            end
             if assigns[:title].nil?
               e = Editor.new 'GHI_MILESTONE.md'
               message = e.gets format_milestone_editor