diff --git a/amanuensis/__main__.py b/amanuensis/__main__.py
index 92114d5..18734ee 100644
--- a/amanuensis/__main__.py
+++ b/amanuensis/__main__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import traceback
 
 # Module imports
 import amanuensis.cli as cli
+from amanuensis.cli.helpers import USER_ARGS, USER_KWARGS
 import amanuensis.config as config
 
 
@@ -83,10 +84,7 @@ def get_parser(valid_commands):
 		metavar="LEXICON",
 		dest="tl_lexicon",
 		help="Specify a lexicon to operate on")
-	parser.add_argument("-u",
-		metavar="USERNAME",
-		dest="tl_username",
-		help="Specify a user to operate on")
+	parser.add_argument(*USER_ARGS, **USER_KWARGS)
 	parser.set_defaults(
 		func=lambda args: repl(args)
 		if args.tl_lexicon
diff --git a/amanuensis/cli/helpers.py b/amanuensis/cli/helpers.py
index 652a54e..f4121c9 100644
--- a/amanuensis/cli/helpers.py
+++ b/amanuensis/cli/helpers.py
@@ -80,15 +80,19 @@ def requires_lexicon(command):
 	augmented_command.__dict__['wrapper'] = True
 	return augmented_command
 
-
-def requires_username(command):
+USER_ARGS = ['--user']
+USER_KWARGS = {'metavar': 'USER', 'dest': 'user',
+	'help': 'Specify a user to operate on'}
+def requires_user(command):
+	"""
+	Performs all necessary setup and verification for passing a user to a CLI
+	command.
+	"""
 	@wraps(command)
 	def augmented_command(cmd_args):
 		# Add user argument in parser pass
 		if isinstance(cmd_args, ArgumentParser):
-			cmd_args.add_argument(
-				"-u", metavar="USERNAME", dest="username",
-				help="Specify a user to operate on")
+			cmd_args.add_argument(*USER_ARGS, **USER_KWARGS)
 			# If there are more command wrappers, pass through to them
 			if command.__dict__.get('wrapper', False):
 				command(cmd_args)
@@ -96,17 +100,18 @@ def requires_username(command):
 			return None
 
 		# Verify user argument in execute pass
-		base_val = (hasattr(cmd_args, "tl_username")
-			and getattr(cmd_args, "tl_lexicon"))
-		subp_val = (hasattr(cmd_args, "username")
-			and getattr(cmd_args, "username"))
+		base_val = (hasattr(cmd_args, "tl_user")
+			and getattr(cmd_args, "tl_user"))
+		subp_val = (hasattr(cmd_args, "user")
+			and getattr(cmd_args, "user"))
 		val = subp_val or base_val or None
 		if not val:
 			from amanuensis.config import logger
 			logger.error("This command requires specifying a user")
 			return -1
-		# from amanuensis.user import UserModel
-		cmd_args.username = val#UserModel.by(name=val).name TODO
+		from amanuensis.user import UserModel
+		cmd_args.user = UserModel.by(name=val)
+		# TODO more thorough verification of argument val
 		return command(cmd_args)
 
 	augmented_command.__dict__['wrapper'] = True
diff --git a/amanuensis/cli/user.py b/amanuensis/cli/user.py
index eff9dfd..f86e3b7 100644
--- a/amanuensis/cli/user.py
+++ b/amanuensis/cli/user.py
@@ -1,23 +1,28 @@
+# Standard imports
+import getpass
+import json
+import os
 import shutil
 
+# Module imports
 from amanuensis.cli.helpers import (
-	add_argument, no_argument, requires_username,
+	add_argument, no_argument, requires_user,
 	config_get, config_set, CONFIG_GET_ROOT_VALUE)
 
-@requires_username
-@add_argument("--email", required=True, help="User's email")
+
+@add_argument("--username", required=True, help="Name of user to create")
+@add_argument("--email", help="User's email")
 @add_argument("--displayname", help="User's publicly displayed name")
 def command_create(args):
 	"""
 	Create a user
 	"""
-	import json
 	# Module imports
 	from amanuensis.config import logger, json_ro
 	from amanuensis.user import (
 		UserModel, valid_username, valid_email, create_user)
 
-	# Verify or query parameters
+	# Verify arguments
 	if not valid_username(args.username):
 		logger.error("Invalid username: usernames may only contain alphanumer"
 			"ic characters, dashes, and underscores")
@@ -27,48 +32,46 @@ def command_create(args):
 		return -1
 	if not args.displayname:
 		args.displayname = args.username
-	if not valid_email(args.email):
+	if args.email and not valid_email(args.email):
 		logger.error("Invalid email")
 		return -1
 
-	# Create user
+	# Perform command
 	new_user, tmp_pw = create_user(args.username, args.displayname, args.email)
-	with json_ro(new_user.config_path) as js:
-		print(json.dumps(js, indent=2))
-	print("Username: {}\nUser ID:  {}\nPassword: {}".format(
-		args.username, new_user.uid, tmp_pw))
 
+	# Output
+	print(tmp_pw)
 	return 0
 
-@add_argument("--id", required=True, help="id of user to delete")
+
+@requires_user
 def command_delete(args):
 	"""
 	Delete a user
 	"""
-	import os
 	# Module imports
 	from amanuensis.config import logger, prepend, json_rw
 
-	user_path = prepend('user', args.id)
-	if not os.path.isdir(user_path):
-		logger.error("No user with that id")
-		return -1
+	# Perform command
+	user_path = prepend('user', args.user.id)
 	shutil.rmtree(user_path)
-	with json_rw('user', 'index.json') as j:
-		if args.id in j: # TODO this is wrong
-			del j[args.id]
+	with json_rw('user', 'index.json') as index:
+		del index[args.user.username]
 
-	# TODO
+	# TODO resolve user id references in all games
 
+	# Output
+	logger.info("Deleted user {0.username} ({0.id})".format(args.user))
 	return 0
 
+
 @no_argument
 def command_list(args):
 	"""List all users"""
-	import os
 	# Module imports
 	from amanuensis.config import prepend, json_ro
 
+	# Perform command
 	user_dirs = os.listdir(prepend('user'))
 	users = []
 	for uid in user_dirs:
@@ -76,14 +79,16 @@ def command_list(args):
 			continue
 		with json_ro('user', uid, 'config.json') as user:
 			users.append(user)
+
+	# Output
 	users.sort(key=lambda u: u['username'])
 	for user in users:
 		print("{0}  {1} ({2})".format(
 			user['uid'], user['displayname'], user['username']))
-
 	return 0
 
-@requires_username
+
+@requires_user
 @add_argument(
 	"--get", metavar="PATHSPEC", dest="get",
 	nargs="?", const=CONFIG_GET_ROOT_VALUE, help="Get the value of a config key")
@@ -98,43 +103,39 @@ def command_config(args):
 	from amanuensis.config import logger, json_ro, json_rw
 	from amanuensis.user import UserModel
 
+	# Verify arguments
 	if args.get and args.set:
 		logger.error("Specify one of --get and --set")
 		return -1
 
-	u = UserModel.by(name=args.username)
-	if not u:
-		logger.error("User not found")
-		return -1
-
+	# Perform command
 	if args.get:
-		with json_ro('user', u.id, 'config.json') as cfg:
-			config_get(cfg, args.get)
+		config_get(args.user.config, args.get)
 
 	if args.set:
-		with json_rw('user', u.id, 'config.json') as cfg:
-			config_set(u.id, cfg, args.set)
+		with json_rw(args.user.config_path) as cfg:
+			config_set(args.user.id, cfg, args.set)
 
+	# Output
 	return 0
 
-@add_argument("--username", help="The user to change password for")
-@add_argument("--password", help="The password to set. Not recommended")
+
+@requires_user
+@add_argument("--password", help="The password to set. Used for scripting; "
+	"not recommended for general use")
 def command_passwd(args):
 	"""
 	Set a user's password
 	"""
-	import getpass
 	# Module imports
 	from amanuensis.config import logger
 	from amanuensis.user import UserModel
 
-	if not args.username:
-		args.username = input("Username: ")
-	u = UserModel.by(name=args.username)
-	if u is None:
-		logger.error("No user with username '{}'".format(args.username))
-		return -1
+	# Verify arguments
 	pw = args.password or getpass.getpass("Password: ")
-	u.set_password(pw)
 
+	# Perform commands
+	args.user.set_password(pw)
+
+	# Output
 	return 0