diff --git a/lib/api/screenboard.js b/lib/api/screenboard.js
index aeac641..6096a66 100644
--- a/lib/api/screenboard.js
+++ b/lib/api/screenboard.js
@@ -6,14 +6,11 @@ var util = require("util");
 /*section: screenboard
  *comment: create a new screenboard
  *params:
- *  title: the name of the screenboard
- *  description: description of the screenboard
- *  graphs: |
- *    an array of objects which required the following keys
- *    * title: the name of the graph
- *    * widgets: an array of widgets, see http://docs.datadoghq.com/api/screenboards/ for more info
+ *  boardTitle: the name of the screenboard
+ *  widgets: an array of widgets, see http://docs.datadoghq.com/api/screenboards/ for more info
  *  options: |
  *    optional, a object which can contain any of the following keys
+ *    * description: description of the screenboard
  *    * templateVariables: |
  *      an array of objects with the following keys
  *      * name: the name of the variable
@@ -21,6 +18,7 @@ var util = require("util");
  *      * default: optional, the default value for this tag
  *    * width: the width of the screenboard in pixels
  *    * height: the height of the screenboard in pixels
+ *    * readOnly: the read-only status of the screenboard
  *  callback: function(err, res)
  *example: |
  *  ```javascript
@@ -30,9 +28,8 @@ var util = require("util");
  *    app_key: "app_key"
  *  };
  *  dogapi.initialize(options);
- *  var title = "my screenboard";
- *  var description = "it is super awesome";
- *  var graphs = [
+ *  var boardTitle = "my screenboard";
+ *  var widgets = [
  *    {
  *      type: "image",
  *      height: 20,
@@ -49,17 +46,18 @@ var util = require("util");
  *        prefix: "host",
  *        "default": "host:my-host"
  *      }
- *    ]
+ *    ],
+ *    description: "it is super awesome"
  *  };
  *  dogapi.screenboard.create(
- *    title, description, graphs, options,
+ *    boardTitle, widgets, options,
  *    function(err, res){
  *      console.dir(res);
  *    }
  *  );
  *  ```
  */
-function create(title, description, graphs, options, callback){
+function create(boardTitle, widgets, options, callback){
     if(arguments.length < 5 && typeof arguments[3] === "function"){
         callback = options;
         options = {};
@@ -70,12 +68,14 @@ function create(title, description, graphs, options, callback){
 
     var params = {
         body: {
-            title: title,
-            description: description,
-            graphs: graphs
+            board_title: boardTitle,
+            widgets: widgets
         }
     };
 
+    if(options.description){
+        params.body.description = options.description;
+    }
     if(options.templateVariables){
         params.body.template_variables = options.templateVariables;
     }
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ function create(title, description, graphs, options, callback){
     if(options.height){
         params.body.height = options.height;
     }
+    if(options.readOnly){
+        params.body.read_only = options.readOnly;
+    }
 
     client.request("POST", "/screen", params, callback);
 }
@@ -185,7 +188,7 @@ module.exports = {
     share: share,
     getUsage: function(){
         return [
-            "  dogapi screenboard create <title> <description> <graphs> [--tmpvars <templateVariables>] [--width <width>] [--height <height>]",
+            "  dogapi screenboard create <boardTitle> <widgets> [--description <description>] [--tmpvars <templateVariables>] [--width <width>] [--height <height>]",
             "  dogapi screenboard remove <boardId>",
             "  dogapi screenboard get <boardId>",
             "  dogapi screenboard getall",
@@ -196,12 +199,13 @@ module.exports = {
         return [
             "Screenboard:",
             "  Subcommands:",
-            "    create <title> <description> <graphs>   create a new screenboard, <graphs> is a json of the graph definition",
+            "    create <boardTitle> <widgets>           create a new screenboard, <widgets> is a json of the graph definition",
             "    remove <boardId>                        remove an existing screenboard",
             "    get <boardId>                           get an existing screenboard",
             "    getall                                  get all screenboards",
             "    share <boardId>                         get share info for an existing screenboard",
             "  Options:",
+            "    --description <description>             a description of the screenboard's content",
             "    --tmpvars <templateVariables>           json representation of the template variable definition",
             "    --width <width>                         width of the screenboard in pixels",
             "    --height <height>                       height of the screenboard in pixels",
@@ -217,11 +221,13 @@ module.exports = {
         } else if(subcommand === "share"){
             share(args._[4], callback);
         } else if(subcommand === "create"){
-            var title = args._[4];
-            var description = args._[5];
-            var graphs = json.parse(args._[6]);
+            var boardTitle = args._[4];
+            var widgets = json.parse(args._[5]);
 
             var options = {};
+            if(args["description"]) {
+                options.description = args["description"];
+            }
             if(args["tmpvars"]){
                 options.templateVariables = json.parse(args["tmpvars"]);
             }
@@ -232,7 +238,7 @@ module.exports = {
                 options.height = parseInt(args["height"]);
             }
 
-            create(title, description, graphs, options, callback);
+            create(boardTitle, widgets, options, callback);
         } else {
             callback("unknown subcommand or arguments try `dogapi screenboard --help` for help", false);
         }