diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 26fb005..faebfdd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ The supported commands are
 * `gita add <repo-path>`: add repo path
 * `gita rm <repo-name>`: remove repo
 * `gita ls`: display the status of all repos
-* `gita ls <repo-name>`: display the absolute path of the specified repo. One can then enter that directory using ``cd `gita ls <repo>` ``
+* `gita ls <repo-name>`: display the absolute path of the specified repo
 
 The repo paths are saved in `~/.gita_path`
 
diff --git a/tests/test_main.py b/tests/test_main.py
index 68d300e..1869e22 100644
--- a/tests/test_main.py
+++ b/tests/test_main.py
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
 
 from gita import __main__
+from gita import ls
 
 
-def test_ls():
+def test_ls(monkeypatch, capfd):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(__main__, 'update_repos',
+            lambda: {'repo1':'/a/', 'repo2':'/b/'})
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ls, 'describe', lambda x: x)
     __main__.main(['ls'])
-#    __main__.main(['ls', 'a-repo'])
+    out, err = capfd.readouterr()
+    assert out == "{'repo1': '/a/', 'repo2': '/b/'}\n"
+    __main__.main(['ls', 'repo1'])
+    out, err = capfd.readouterr()
+    assert out == '/a/\n'
 
 
 def test_rm(monkeypatch):
@@ -15,6 +23,7 @@ def test_rm(monkeypatch):
 
 
 def test_add():
+    # this won't write to disk because the repo is not valid
     __main__.main(['add', '/home/some/repo/'])