diff --git a/jiramail/command.py b/jiramail/command.py
index dec3a8a..6727bd7 100644
--- a/jiramail/command.py
+++ b/jiramail/command.py
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ def cmd_subs(cmdargs: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
     return jiramail.subs.main(cmdargs)
 
 
+def cmd_info(cmdargs: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
+    import jiramail.info
+    return jiramail.info.main(cmdargs)
+
+
 def add_common_arguments(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
     parser.add_argument("-v", "--verbose",
                         dest="verbose", action='count', default=0,
@@ -124,6 +129,7 @@ def setup_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
     sp2_description = """\
 receives updates based on saved queries. Saved queries aka substriptions are
 read from the configuration file.
+
 """
     sp2 = subparsers.add_parser("subs",
                                 description=sp2_description,
@@ -133,6 +139,22 @@ def setup_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
     sp2.set_defaults(func=cmd_subs)
     add_common_arguments(sp2)
 
+    # jiramail info
+    sp3_description = """\
+retrieves issue information from the jira API.
+"""
+    sp3 = subparsers.add_parser("info",
+                                description=sp3_description,
+                                help=sp3_description,
+                                epilog=epilog,
+                                add_help=False)
+    sp3.set_defaults(func=cmd_info)
+
+    sp3.add_argument("--issue",
+                     dest="issue", action="store", default=None, metavar="ISSUE-123",
+                     help="specify the issue to export.")
+    add_common_arguments(sp3)
+
     return parser
 
 
diff --git a/jiramail/info.py b/jiramail/info.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..314e0e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jiramail/info.py
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+# Copyright (C) 2023  Alexey Gladkov <gladkov.alexey@gmail.com>
+
+__author__ = 'Alexey Gladkov <gladkov.alexey@gmail.com>'
+
+import argparse
+import re
+
+from typing import Optional, Any
+
+import jira
+import jira.resources
+
+import jiramail
+
+logger = jiramail.logger
+
+
+def get_issue_field(issue: jira.resources.Issue, name: str) -> Optional[Any]:
+    try:
+        return issue.get_field(field_name=name)
+    except AttributeError:
+        pass
+    field = jiramail.jserv.field_by_name(name.lower(), {})
+    if field:
+        try:
+            return issue.get_field(field["id"])
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+    return None
+
+
+def main(cmdargs: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
+    config = jiramail.read_config()
+
+    if isinstance(config, jiramail.Error):
+        logger.critical("%s", config.message)
+        return jiramail.EX_FAILURE
+
+    try:
+        jiramail.jserv = jiramail.Connection(config.get("jira", {}))
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.critical("unable to connect to jira: %s", e)
+        return jiramail.EX_FAILURE
+
+    if cmdargs.issue:
+        issue = jiramail.jserv.jira.issue(cmdargs.issue)
+
+        for field_id, field in jiramail.jserv.jira.editmeta(issue.key)["fields"].items():
+            match field_id:
+                case "description" | "comment":
+                    continue
+
+            name = field.get("name", field_id)
+            value = get_issue_field(issue, field_id)
+            v_type = field.get("schema", {}).get("type", None)
+            i_type = field.get("schema", {}).get("items", None)
+
+            if i_type:
+                v_type += " / " + i_type
+
+            print("#", "=" * 79, sep="")
+            print("# Field :", str(name))
+            print("#  Type :", str(v_type))
+            print("#    ID :", str(field_id))
+            print("#", "-" * 79, sep="")
+            if isinstance(value, list):
+                for n, item in enumerate(value):
+                    print(f":[{n}]")
+                    print(re.sub(r'^(.*)$', r'| \1', f"{item}", flags=re.M))
+            elif value is None:
+                pass
+            else:
+                print(re.sub(r'^(.*)$', r'| \1', f"{value}", flags=re.M))
+            print("*")
+
+    return jiramail.EX_SUCCESS