diff --git a/gimmecert/decorators.py b/gimmecert/decorators.py
index a5832e78ae08f209bb6f037239ecd1bcdecfe32c..d8ea0fce4ab436ddaf320d4da4bfcb76db7058ab 100644
--- a/gimmecert/decorators.py
+++ b/gimmecert/decorators.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def subcommand_parser(func):
     having multiple code paths that deal with instantion and set-up of
     subcommand parsers.
 
-    The registerd functions are expected to accept two arguments:
+    The registered functions are expected to accept two arguments:
 
     - parser (ArgumentParser), instance of parent parser to which the
       subcommand (sub)parser belongs to.
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ def subcommand_parser(func):
       should instantiate a subparser through it by calling the
       standard subparsers.add_parser() method.
 
+    The registered functions are expeceted to return the subparser
+    itself.
+
     It is expected that each subcomand parser will set a default
     function to be invoked with parsed arguments by doing a call to
     set_defaults(func=subcommand_function).
@@ -65,6 +68,8 @@ def subcommand_parser(func):
 
         subparser.set_defaults(func=mysubcommand)
 
+        return subparser
+
     Later on the registered setup functions should be retrieved
     through get_subcommand_parser_setup_functions() function.