diff --git a/e2e/application/application_test.go b/e2e/application/application_test.go
index 8881b4fab..098177a69 100644
--- a/e2e/application/application_test.go
+++ b/e2e/application/application_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Application", func() {
 		workloadType, applicationName))
 	e2e.ComponentListContext("ls", applicationName, "")
 	e2e.TraitManualScalerAttachContext("vela attach scaler trait", traitAlias, applicationName)
-	e2e.ApplicationShowContext("app show", applicationName, workloadType)
+	e2e.ApplicationShowContext("show", applicationName, workloadType)
 	e2e.ApplicationStatusContext("app status", applicationName, workloadType)
 	e2e.ApplicationCompStatusContext("svc status", applicationName, workloadType, envName)
 	e2e.ApplicationExecContext("exec -- COMMAND", applicationName)
diff --git a/e2e/commonContext.go b/e2e/commonContext.go
index 8607985e2..003b8e6f5 100644
--- a/e2e/commonContext.go
+++ b/e2e/commonContext.go
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ var (
 	ApplicationShowContext = func(context string, applicationName string, workloadType string) bool {
 		return ginkgo.Context(context, func() {
 			ginkgo.It("should show app information", func() {
-				cli := fmt.Sprintf("vela app show %s", applicationName)
+				cli := fmt.Sprintf("vela show %s", applicationName)
 				output, err := Exec(cli)
 				gomega.Expect(err).NotTo(gomega.HaveOccurred())
 				// TODO(zzxwill) need to check workloadType after app show is refined
diff --git a/pkg/commands/show.go b/pkg/commands/show.go
index 683e98741..dc9d23f2c 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/show.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/show.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	"github.com/oam-dev/kubevela/pkg/oam"
+
 	"github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2"
 	"github.com/gosuri/uitable"
 	"github.com/oam-dev/kubevela/api/types"
@@ -12,8 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-const DefaultChosenSvc = "ALL SERVICES"
-
 func NewAppShowCommand(ioStreams cmdutil.IOStreams) *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:     "show <APPLICATION-NAME>",
@@ -50,26 +50,43 @@ func showApplication(cmd *cobra.Command, env *types.EnvMeta, appName string) err
 		return err
 	}
 
-	var chosenSvc string
-	var validInputtedSvc bool
-	inputtedSvc := cmd.Flag("svc").Value.String()
-
+	var svcFlag, chosenSvc string
+	var svcFlagStatus string
+	// to store the value of flag `--svc` set in Cli, or selected value in survey
+	var targetServices []string
+	if svcFlag = cmd.Flag("svc").Value.String(); svcFlag == "" {
+		svcFlagStatus = oam.FlagNotSet
+	} else {
+		svcFlagStatus = oam.FlagIsInvalid
+	}
+	// all services name of the application `appName`
 	var services []string
 	for svcName := range app.Services {
 		services = append(services, svcName)
-		if inputtedSvc == svcName {
-			validInputtedSvc = true
+		if svcFlag == svcName {
+			svcFlagStatus = oam.FlagIsValid
+			targetServices = append(targetServices, svcName)
 		}
 	}
-
-	if inputtedSvc != "" && !validInputtedSvc || inputtedSvc == "" && len(services) > 1 {
-		if inputtedSvc != "" && !validInputtedSvc {
-			cmd.Printf("The service name '%s' is not valid\n", inputtedSvc)
+	totalServices := len(services)
+	if svcFlagStatus == oam.FlagNotSet && totalServices == 1 {
+		targetServices = services
+	}
+	if svcFlagStatus == oam.FlagIsInvalid || (svcFlagStatus == oam.FlagNotSet && totalServices > 1) {
+		if svcFlagStatus == oam.FlagIsInvalid {
+			cmd.Printf("The service name '%s' is not valid\n", svcFlag)
 		}
 		chosenSvc, err = chooseSvc(services)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+
+		if chosenSvc == oam.DefaultChosenAllSvc {
+			targetServices = services
+		} else {
+			targetServices = targetServices[:0]
+			targetServices = append(targetServices, chosenSvc)
+		}
 	}
 
 	cmd.Printf("About:\n\n")
@@ -87,14 +104,9 @@ func showApplication(cmd *cobra.Command, env *types.EnvMeta, appName string) err
 	table = uitable.New()
 	cmd.Printf("Services:\n\n")
 
-	for svcName := range app.Services {
-		if inputtedSvc != "" && validInputtedSvc && svcName == inputtedSvc ||
-			inputtedSvc != "" && !validInputtedSvc && (svcName == chosenSvc || chosenSvc == DefaultChosenSvc) ||
-			inputtedSvc == "" && len(services) == 1 ||
-			inputtedSvc == "" && len(services) > 1 && (svcName == chosenSvc || chosenSvc == DefaultChosenSvc) {
-			if err := showComponent(cmd, env, svcName, appName); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
+	for _, svcName := range targetServices {
+		if err := showComponent(cmd, env, svcName, appName); err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
 	}
 	cmd.Println(table.String())
@@ -151,11 +163,11 @@ func showComponent(cmd *cobra.Command, env *types.EnvMeta, compName, appName str
 
 func chooseSvc(services []string) (string, error) {
 	var svcName string
-	services = append(services, DefaultChosenSvc)
+	services = append(services, oam.DefaultChosenAllSvc)
 	prompt := &survey.Select{
 		Message: "Please choose one service: ",
 		Options: services,
-		Default: DefaultChosenSvc,
+		Default: oam.DefaultChosenAllSvc,
 	}
 	err := survey.AskOne(prompt, &svcName)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/oam/application.go b/pkg/oam/application.go
index fb8604d74..16e6035c0 100644
--- a/pkg/oam/application.go
+++ b/pkg/oam/application.go
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 )
 
+const (
+	DefaultChosenAllSvc = "ALL SERVICES"
+	FlagNotSet          = "FlagNotSet"
+	FlagIsInvalid       = "FlagIsInvalid"
+	FlagIsValid         = "FlagIsValid"
+)
+
 type componentMetaList []apis.ComponentMeta
 type ApplicationMetaList []apis.ApplicationMeta