diff --git a/pkg/cmd/search/issues/issues.go b/pkg/cmd/search/issues/issues.go
index e8da9edbb91..ec79097476b 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/search/issues/issues.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/search/issues/issues.go
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ func NewCmdIssues(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*shared.IssuesOptions) error) *c
 
 			# search issues without label "bug"
 			$ gh search issues -- -label:bug
+
+			# search issues only from un-archived repositories (default is all repositories)
+			$ gh search issues --owner github --archived=false
+
     `),
 		RunE: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			if len(args) == 0 && c.Flags().NFlag() == 0 {
@@ -134,7 +138,7 @@ func NewCmdIssues(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*shared.IssuesOptions) error) *c
 	// Query qualifier flags
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&includePrs, "include-prs", false, "Include pull requests in results")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&appAuthor, "app", "", "Filter by GitHub App author")
-	cmdutil.NilBoolFlag(cmd, &opts.Query.Qualifiers.Archived, "archived", "", "Restrict search to archived repositories")
+	cmdutil.NilBoolFlag(cmd, &opts.Query.Qualifiers.Archived, "archived", "", "Filter based on the repository archived state {true|false}")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&opts.Query.Qualifiers.Assignee, "assignee", "", "Filter by assignee")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&opts.Query.Qualifiers.Author, "author", "", "Filter by author")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&opts.Query.Qualifiers.Closed, "closed", "", "Filter on closed at `date`")
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/search/prs/prs.go b/pkg/cmd/search/prs/prs.go
index fc68e51cc1c..5da7b18f723 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/search/prs/prs.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/search/prs/prs.go
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ func NewCmdPrs(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*shared.IssuesOptions) error) *cobr
 
 			# search pull requests without label "bug"
 			$ gh search prs -- -label:bug
+
+			# search pull requests only from un-archived repositories (default is all repositories)
+			$ gh search prs --owner github --archived=false
     `),
 		RunE: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			if len(args) == 0 && c.Flags().NFlag() == 0 {
@@ -145,7 +148,7 @@ func NewCmdPrs(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*shared.IssuesOptions) error) *cobr
 
 	// Issue query qualifier flags
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&appAuthor, "app", "", "Filter by GitHub App author")
-	cmdutil.NilBoolFlag(cmd, &opts.Query.Qualifiers.Archived, "archived", "", "Restrict search to archived repositories")
+	cmdutil.NilBoolFlag(cmd, &opts.Query.Qualifiers.Archived, "archived", "", "Filter based on the repository archived state {true|false}")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&opts.Query.Qualifiers.Assignee, "assignee", "", "Filter by assignee")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&opts.Query.Qualifiers.Author, "author", "", "Filter by author")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&opts.Query.Qualifiers.Closed, "closed", "", "Filter on closed at `date`")
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/search/repos/repos.go b/pkg/cmd/search/repos/repos.go
index 37ea49a9013..26bee450eda 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/search/repos/repos.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/search/repos/repos.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func NewCmdRepos(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*ReposOptions) error) *cobra.Comm
 	cmdutil.StringEnumFlag(cmd, &sort, "sort", "", "best-match", []string{"forks", "help-wanted-issues", "stars", "updated"}, "Sort fetched repositories")
 
 	// Query qualifier flags
-	cmdutil.NilBoolFlag(cmd, &opts.Query.Qualifiers.Archived, "archived", "", "Filter based on archive state")
+	cmdutil.NilBoolFlag(cmd, &opts.Query.Qualifiers.Archived, "archived", "", "Filter based on the repository archived state {true|false}")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&opts.Query.Qualifiers.Created, "created", "", "Filter based on created at `date`")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&opts.Query.Qualifiers.Followers, "followers", "", "Filter based on `number` of followers")
 	cmdutil.StringEnumFlag(cmd, &opts.Query.Qualifiers.Fork, "include-forks", "", "", []string{"false", "true", "only"}, "Include forks in fetched repositories")