diff --git a/internal/app/help_topics.go b/internal/app/help_topics.go
index c3ed3405..209cccc5 100644
--- a/internal/app/help_topics.go
+++ b/internal/app/help_topics.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const (
 // help omits --repo, --remote and --cwd.
 var noRepoCommands = []string{
 	"tea admin", "tea alias", "tea auth", "tea completion", "tea config", "tea help", "tea man", "tea org",
-	"tea repo create", "tea repo list", "tea search repo", "tea ssh-key", "tea team", "tea version",
+	"tea repo create", "tea repo list", "tea repo migrate", "tea search repo", "tea ssh-key", "tea team", "tea version",
 }
 
 // writeHelp prints the help page of cmd.
diff --git a/internal/app/repos.go b/internal/app/repos.go
index a9e5ce14..6331aa0b 100644
--- a/internal/app/repos.go
+++ b/internal/app/repos.go
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ package app
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"strings"
 
 	"gitea.dev/tea/internal/clierr"
 	"gitea.dev/tea/internal/services"
+	"gitea.dev/tea/internal/settings"
 	"gitea.dev/tea/internal/terminal"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -24,10 +26,32 @@ func (a *application) repositoryArgument(args []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// rejectRepoFlag fails when --repo is passed to a command that acts on no repository; suggest
+// words the command the user probably meant for the owner that --repo names.
+func (a *application) rejectRepoFlag(cmd *cobra.Command, suggest func(owner string) string) error {
+	if a.options.repo == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	text := "--repo is not used by " + strings.TrimPrefix(cmd.CommandPath(), cmd.Root().Name()+" ")
+	if ref, err := settings.ParseRepository(a.options.repo, nil); err == nil && ref.Owner != "" {
+		text += "; did you mean: " + suggest(ref.Owner)
+	}
+	return clierr.Wrap(clierr.Usage, errors.New(text))
+}
+
 func (a *application) repoCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	group := &cobra.Command{Use: "repo", Short: "Work with Gitea repositories"}
 	var opts services.RepositoryListOptions
-	list := &cobra.Command{Use: "list", Short: "List your repositories", Args: argsExact(0), RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
+	list := &cobra.Command{Use: "list [<owner>]", Short: "List your repositories", Args: usageArgs(cobra.MaximumNArgs(1)), RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		if err := a.rejectRepoFlag(cmd, func(owner string) string { return "tea repo list " + owner }); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if len(args) > 0 {
+			if cmd.Flags().Changed("owner") {
+				return clierr.Wrap(clierr.Usage, errors.New("supply the owner as an argument or --owner, not both"))
+			}
+			opts.Owner = args[0]
+		}
 		if err := validateRepositoryKind(opts.Kind); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/internal/app/repository_argument_test.go b/internal/app/repository_argument_test.go
index ec20d062..f75d1728 100644
--- a/internal/app/repository_argument_test.go
+++ b/internal/app/repository_argument_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package app
 import (
 	"context"
 	"net/http"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -40,3 +41,48 @@ func TestRepositoryCommandsAcceptPositionalRepository(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestCommandsWithoutRepositoryRejectRepoFlag(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, test := range []struct {
+		args []string
+		want string
+	}{
+		{[]string{"repo", "list", "-R", "acme/service"}, "--repo is not used by repo list; did you mean: tea repo list acme"},
+		{[]string{"repo", "create", "foo", "-R", "alice/project", "--yes"}, "--repo is not used by repo create; did you mean: tea repo create alice/foo"},
+		{[]string{"repo", "migrate", "https://example.com/x.git", "--name", "x", "--repo", "acme/x"}, "--repo is not used by repo migrate; did you mean: tea repo migrate URL --owner acme"},
+		{[]string{"search", "repo", "tea", "-R", "acme/x"}, "--repo is not used by search repo; did you mean: tea search repo --owner acme"},
+	} {
+		t.Run(strings.Join(test.args[:2], " "), func(t *testing.T) {
+			requireUsageBeforeRequests(t, test.want, test.args...)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRepositoryOwnerArguments(t *testing.T) {
+	var requests []string
+	server := newAuthenticatedServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		requests = append(requests, r.Method+" "+r.URL.Path)
+		switch {
+		case r.URL.Path == "/api/v1/orgs/acme":
+			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"id":3,"name":"acme"}`))
+		case r.Method == http.MethodGet:
+			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`[]`))
+		default:
+			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"full_name":"acme/tool"}`))
+		}
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+	for _, test := range []struct {
+		args []string
+		want string
+	}{
+		{[]string{"repo", "list", "acme"}, "GET /api/v1/orgs/acme/repos"},
+		{[]string{"repo", "create", "acme/tool"}, "POST /api/v1/orgs/acme/repos"},
+		{[]string{"repo", "create", "alice/tool"}, "POST /api/v1/user/repos"},
+	} {
+		requests = nil
+		deps, _, _ := serverDeps(t, server.URL)
+		require.NoError(t, Execute(context.Background(), deps, append(test.args, "--no-input", "--json")))
+		require.Equal(t, test.want, requests[len(requests)-1], test.args)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/app/repository_create.go b/internal/app/repository_create.go
index 85bcb08c..24e7baef 100644
--- a/internal/app/repository_create.go
+++ b/internal/app/repository_create.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package app
 
 import (
+	"cmp"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
@@ -32,6 +33,15 @@ func (a *application) repoCreateCommand() *cobra.Command {
 			}
 			opts.Name = args[0]
 		}
+		if err := a.rejectRepoFlag(cmd, func(owner string) string { return "tea repo create " + owner + "/" + cmp.Or(opts.Name, "NAME") }); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if owner, name, ok := strings.Cut(opts.Name, "/"); ok {
+			if cmd.Flags().Changed("org") {
+				return clierr.Wrap(clierr.Usage, errors.New("supply the owner as OWNER/NAME or --org, not both"))
+			}
+			org, opts.Name = owner, name
+		}
 		if cmd.Flags().Changed("team") && (org == "" || strings.TrimSpace(team) == "") {
 			return clierr.Wrap(clierr.Usage, errors.New("--team requires --org and a team name"))
 		}
@@ -66,9 +76,6 @@ func (a *application) repoCreateCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		}
 		selected := *a
 		if source != "" {
-			if a.options.repo != "" {
-				return clierr.Wrap(clierr.Usage, errors.New("--template and --repo cannot both select a source repository"))
-			}
 			for _, flag := range []string{"auto-init", "label-template", "gitignores", "license", "readme", "as-template", "trust-model", "object-format"} {
 				if cmd.Flags().Changed(flag) {
 					return clierr.Wrap(clierr.Usage, errors.New("repository initialization options cannot be combined with --template"))
@@ -86,6 +93,12 @@ func (a *application) repoCreateCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		if !cmd.Flags().Changed("org") && strings.EqualFold(org, target.User) {
+			if team != "" {
+				return clierr.Wrap(clierr.Usage, errors.New("--team requires a repository owned by an organization"))
+			}
+			org = ""
+		}
 		if prompted {
 			if err := a.confirm(cmd, "Create repository "+opts.Name+" on "+target.Host); err != nil {
 				return err
diff --git a/internal/app/repository_migrate.go b/internal/app/repository_migrate.go
index d94ef478..0e616693 100644
--- a/internal/app/repository_migrate.go
+++ b/internal/app/repository_migrate.go
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ func (a *application) repoMigrateCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	var opts services.RepositoryMigrationOptions
 	var passwordFile, tokenFile, serverPath string
 	command := &cobra.Command{Use: "migrate [clone-url]", Short: "Import a remote repository through Gitea", Args: usageArgs(cobra.MaximumNArgs(1)), RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		if err := a.rejectRepoFlag(cmd, func(owner string) string { return "tea repo migrate URL --owner " + owner }); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 		if len(args) > 0 {
 			if cmd.Flags().Changed("clone-url") {
 				return clierr.Wrap(clierr.Usage, errors.New("supply clone URL as an argument or --clone-url, not both"))
diff --git a/internal/app/search.go b/internal/app/search.go
index c32932d1..19a67800 100644
--- a/internal/app/search.go
+++ b/internal/app/search.go
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ func (a *application) searchCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	var opts services.RepositorySearchOptions
 	var private, archived bool
 	command := &cobra.Command{Use: "repo [query]...", Short: "Search repository names, descriptions or topics", RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		if err := a.rejectRepoFlag(cmd, func(owner string) string { return "tea search repo --owner " + owner }); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 		if err := validateRepositoryKind(opts.Kind); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/internal/app/validation_test.go b/internal/app/validation_test.go
index 96a1f4c9..b8b61b46 100644
--- a/internal/app/validation_test.go
+++ b/internal/app/validation_test.go
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func TestUsageErrorsPrecedeRequests(t *testing.T) {
 		{[]string{"release", "edit", "v1"}, "supply release fields to edit"},
 		{[]string{"release", "edit", "v1", "v2", "--tag", "v3"}, "--tag requires one release and a nonempty new tag"},
 		{[]string{"repo", "create"}, "missing required input: supply --name"},
-		{[]string{"repo", "create", "bad/name"}, "repository name must be nonempty, at most 100 bytes, and contain no path separators or whitespace"},
+		{[]string{"repo", "create", "acme/bad/name"}, "repository name must be nonempty, at most 100 bytes, and contain no path separators or whitespace"},
 		{[]string{"repo", "create", "name", "--name", "other"}, "supply name as an argument or --name, not both"},
 		{[]string{"repo", "create", "name", "--default-branch", "bad..branch", "--auto-init"}, "invalid branch name"},
 		{[]string{"repo", "create", "name", "--license", "MIT"}, "initial content and default branch options require --auto-init"},
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func TestUsageErrorsPrecedeRequests(t *testing.T) {
 		{[]string{"repo", "create", "name", "--copy-content=false"}, "copy options require --template owner/repo"},
 		{[]string{"repo", "create", "name", "--template="}, "--template requires owner/repo or a repository URL"},
 		{[]string{"repo", "create", "name", "--template", "owner/source", "--auto-init"}, "repository initialization options cannot be combined with --template"},
-		{[]string{"repo", "create", "name", "--template", "owner/source", "-R", "owner/other"}, "--template and --repo cannot both select a source repository"},
+		{[]string{"repo", "create", "name", "--template", "owner/source", "-R", "owner/other"}, "--repo is not used by repo create; did you mean: tea repo create owner/name"},
 		{[]string{"repo", "edit", "--name="}, "repository name cannot be empty"},
 		{[]string{"repo", "edit", "--default-branch="}, "default branch cannot be empty"},
 		{[]string{"repo", "archive", "alice/project", "-R", "alice/other", "--yes"}, "supply the repository as an argument or --repo, not both"},