diff --git a/openstackclient/identity/v3/identity_provider.py b/openstackclient/identity/v3/identity_provider.py
index b6c358f2c5..4e086b681b 100644
--- a/openstackclient/identity/v3/identity_provider.py
+++ b/openstackclient/identity/v3/identity_provider.py
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ class CreateIdentityProvider(show.ShowOne):
             enabled=parsed_args.enabled)
 
         idp._info.pop('links', None)
+        remote_ids = utils.format_list(idp._info.pop('remote_ids', []))
+        idp._info['remote_ids'] = remote_ids
         return zip(*sorted(six.iteritems(idp._info)))
 
 
@@ -230,9 +232,11 @@ class ShowIdentityProvider(show.ShowOne):
     @utils.log_method(log)
     def take_action(self, parsed_args):
         identity_client = self.app.client_manager.identity
-        identity_provider = utils.find_resource(
+        idp = utils.find_resource(
             identity_client.federation.identity_providers,
             parsed_args.identity_provider)
 
-        identity_provider._info.pop('links', None)
-        return zip(*sorted(six.iteritems(identity_provider._info)))
+        idp._info.pop('links', None)
+        remote_ids = utils.format_list(idp._info.pop('remote_ids', []))
+        idp._info['remote_ids'] = remote_ids
+        return zip(*sorted(six.iteritems(idp._info)))
diff --git a/openstackclient/tests/identity/v3/fakes.py b/openstackclient/tests/identity/v3/fakes.py
index 61e74f9c86..9fe341ed6a 100644
--- a/openstackclient/tests/identity/v3/fakes.py
+++ b/openstackclient/tests/identity/v3/fakes.py
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ TOKEN_WITH_DOMAIN_ID = {
 idp_id = 'test_idp'
 idp_description = 'super exciting IdP description'
 idp_remote_ids = ['entity1', 'entity2']
+formatted_idp_remote_ids = 'entity1, entity2'
 
 IDENTITY_PROVIDER = {
     'id': idp_id,
diff --git a/openstackclient/tests/identity/v3/test_identity_provider.py b/openstackclient/tests/identity/v3/test_identity_provider.py
index bd094ac4ba..db097d5df9 100644
--- a/openstackclient/tests/identity/v3/test_identity_provider.py
+++ b/openstackclient/tests/identity/v3/test_identity_provider.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class TestIdentityProviderCreate(TestIdentityProvider):
             identity_fakes.idp_description,
             True,
             identity_fakes.idp_id,
-            identity_fakes.idp_remote_ids
+            identity_fakes.formatted_idp_remote_ids
         )
         self.assertEqual(datalist, data)
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class TestIdentityProviderCreate(TestIdentityProvider):
             identity_fakes.idp_description,
             True,
             identity_fakes.idp_id,
-            identity_fakes.idp_remote_ids
+            identity_fakes.formatted_idp_remote_ids
         )
         self.assertEqual(datalist, data)
 
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class TestIdentityProviderCreate(TestIdentityProvider):
             identity_fakes.idp_description,
             True,
             identity_fakes.idp_id,
-            identity_fakes.idp_remote_ids
+            identity_fakes.formatted_idp_remote_ids
         )
         self.assertEqual(datalist, data)
 
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class TestIdentityProviderCreate(TestIdentityProvider):
             identity_fakes.idp_description,
             True,
             identity_fakes.idp_id,
-            identity_fakes.idp_remote_ids
+            identity_fakes.formatted_idp_remote_ids
         )
         self.assertEqual(datalist, data)
 
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ class TestIdentityProviderCreate(TestIdentityProvider):
             identity_fakes.idp_description,
             True,
             identity_fakes.idp_id,
-            identity_fakes.idp_remote_ids
+            identity_fakes.formatted_idp_remote_ids
         )
         self.assertEqual(datalist, data)
 
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ class TestIdentityProviderCreate(TestIdentityProvider):
             None,
             False,
             identity_fakes.idp_id,
-            identity_fakes.idp_remote_ids
+            identity_fakes.formatted_idp_remote_ids
         )
         self.assertEqual(datalist, data)
 
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ class TestIdentityProviderShow(TestIdentityProvider):
             identity_fakes.idp_description,
             True,
             identity_fakes.idp_id,
-            identity_fakes.idp_remote_ids
+            identity_fakes.formatted_idp_remote_ids
         )
         self.assertEqual(datalist, data)