I guess this is fixed now: nova help rescue usage: nova rescue <server>
Reboots a server into rescue mode, which starts the machine from the initial image, attaching the current boot disk as secondary. Positional arguments: <server> Name or ID of server. ** Changed in: python-novaclient Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Yahoo! Engineering Team, which is subscribed to OpenStack Compute (nova). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1368372 Title: nova client help text for rescue Status in OpenStack Compute (Nova): Invalid Status in Python client library for Nova: Fix Released Bug description: The nova client help text for rescue is very terse. Improving this would not only help the command but also the doc since it is autogenerated. rescue Rescue a server. A basic explanation of what rescue is would be very helpful. Some of the other commands provide more assistance. quota-delete Delete quota for a tenant/user so their quota will Revert back to default. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1368372/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team Post to : yahoo-eng-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp