diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -3263,10 +3263,11 @@ def help_(ui, name=None, unknowncmd=Fals
     ('i', 'id', None, _('show global revision id')),
     ('b', 'branch', None, _('show branch')),
     ('t', 'tags', None, _('show tags')),
-    ('B', 'bookmarks', None, _('show bookmarks'))],
+    ('B', 'bookmarks', None, _('show bookmarks')),
+    ] + remoteopts,
     _('[-nibtB] [-r REV] [SOURCE]'))
 def identify(ui, repo, source=None, rev=None,
-             num=None, id=None, branch=None, tags=None, bookmarks=None):
+             num=None, id=None, branch=None, tags=None, bookmarks=None, **opts):
     """identify the working copy or specified revision
 
     Print a summary identifying the repository state at REV using one or
@@ -3310,7 +3311,7 @@ def identify(ui, repo, source=None, rev=
 
     if source:
         source, branches = hg.parseurl(ui.expandpath(source))
-        repo = hg.peer(ui, {}, source)
+        repo = hg.peer(ui, opts, source)
         revs, checkout = hg.addbranchrevs(repo, repo, branches, None)
 
     if not repo.local():
diff --git a/tests/test-debugcomplete.t b/tests/test-debugcomplete.t
--- a/tests/test-debugcomplete.t
+++ b/tests/test-debugcomplete.t
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ Show all commands + options
   grep: print0, all, text, follow, ignore-case, files-with-matches, line-number, rev, user, date, include, exclude
   heads: rev, topo, active, closed, style, template
   help: extension, command
-  identify: rev, num, id, branch, tags, bookmarks
+  identify: rev, num, id, branch, tags, bookmarks, ssh, remotecmd, insecure
   import: strip, base, edit, force, no-commit, bypass, exact, import-branch, message, logfile, date, user, similarity
   incoming: force, newest-first, bundle, rev, bookmarks, branch, patch, git, limit, no-merges, stat, style, template, ssh, remotecmd, insecure, subrepos
   locate: rev, print0, fullpath, include, exclude
diff --git a/tests/test-hook.t b/tests/test-hook.t
--- a/tests/test-hook.t
+++ b/tests/test-hook.t
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ pretxncommit and commit hooks can see bo
 test generic hooks
 
   $ hg id
-  pre-identify hook: HG_ARGS=id HG_OPTS={'bookmarks': None, 'branch': None, 'id': None, 'num': None, 'rev': '', 'tags': None} HG_PATS=[] 
+  pre-identify hook: HG_ARGS=id HG_OPTS={'bookmarks': None, 'branch': None, 'id': None, 'insecure': None, 'num': None, 'remotecmd': '', 'rev': '', 'ssh': '', 'tags': None} HG_PATS=[] 
   warning: pre-identify hook exited with status 1
   [1]
   $ hg cat b