diff --git a/cmd-bind-key.c b/cmd-bind-key.c
index c535612f..60887904 100644
--- a/cmd-bind-key.c
+++ b/cmd-bind-key.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ cmd_bind_key_exec(struct cmd *self, unused struct cmd_ctx *ctx)
 		return (cmd_bind_key_table(self, ctx));
 
 	key_bindings_add(data->key, data->can_repeat, data->cmdlist);
-	data->cmdlist = NULL;	/* avoid free */
+	data->cmdlist->references++;
 
 	return (0);
 }
@@ -192,8 +192,17 @@ cmd_bind_key_print(struct cmd *self, char *buf, size_t len)
 	off += xsnprintf(buf, len, "%s", self->entry->name);
 	if (data == NULL)
 		return (off);
+
+	if (off < len && data->command_key)
+		off += xsnprintf(buf + off, len - off, " -c");
+	if (off < len && !(data->key & KEYC_PREFIX))
+		off += xsnprintf(buf + off, len - off, " -n");
+	if (off < len && data->can_repeat)
+		off += xsnprintf(buf + off, len - off, " -r");
+	if (off < len && data->tablename != NULL)
+		off += cmd_prarg(buf + off, len - off, " -t ", data->tablename);
 	if (off < len) {
-		skey = key_string_lookup_key(data->key);
+		skey = key_string_lookup_key(data->key & ~KEYC_PREFIX);
 		off += xsnprintf(buf + off, len - off, " %s ", skey);
 	}
 	if (off < len)
diff --git a/cmd-list.c b/cmd-list.c
index 55550c21..181127ae 100644
--- a/cmd-list.c
+++ b/cmd-list.c
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ cmd_list_parse(int argc, char **argv, char **cause)
 	char	       **new_argv;
 
 	cmdlist = xmalloc(sizeof *cmdlist);
-	TAILQ_INIT(cmdlist);
+	cmdlist->references = 1;
+	TAILQ_INIT(&cmdlist->list);
 
 	lastsplit = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ cmd_list_parse(int argc, char **argv, char **cause)
 		cmd = cmd_parse(new_argc, new_argv, cause);
 		if (cmd == NULL)
 			goto bad;
-		TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(cmdlist, cmd, qentry);
+		TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&cmdlist->list, cmd, qentry);
 
 		lastsplit = i + 1;
 	}
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ cmd_list_parse(int argc, char **argv, char **cause)
 		cmd = cmd_parse(argc - lastsplit, argv + lastsplit, cause);
 		if (cmd == NULL)
 			goto bad;
-		TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(cmdlist, cmd, qentry);
+		TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&cmdlist->list, cmd, qentry);
 	}
 
 	return (cmdlist);
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ cmd_list_exec(struct cmd_list *cmdlist, struct cmd_ctx *ctx)
 	int		 n, retval;
 
 	retval = 0;
-	TAILQ_FOREACH(cmd, cmdlist, qentry) {
+	TAILQ_FOREACH(cmd, &cmdlist->list, qentry) {
 		if ((n = cmd_exec(cmd, ctx)) == -1)
 			return (-1);
 
@@ -114,9 +115,12 @@ cmd_list_free(struct cmd_list *cmdlist)
 {
 	struct cmd	*cmd;
 
-	while (!TAILQ_EMPTY(cmdlist)) {
-		cmd = TAILQ_FIRST(cmdlist);
-		TAILQ_REMOVE(cmdlist, cmd, qentry);
+	if (--cmdlist->references != 0)
+		return;
+
+	while (!TAILQ_EMPTY(&cmdlist->list)) {
+		cmd = TAILQ_FIRST(&cmdlist->list);
+		TAILQ_REMOVE(&cmdlist->list, cmd, qentry);
 		cmd_free(cmd);
 	}
 	xfree(cmdlist);
@@ -129,7 +133,7 @@ cmd_list_print(struct cmd_list *cmdlist, char *buf, size_t len)
 	size_t		 off;
 
 	off = 0;
-	TAILQ_FOREACH(cmd, cmdlist, qentry) {
+	TAILQ_FOREACH(cmd, &cmdlist->list, qentry) {
 		if (off >= len)
 			break;
 		off += cmd_print(cmd, buf + off, len - off);
diff --git a/key-bindings.c b/key-bindings.c
index ac4039f9..2a039af0 100644
--- a/key-bindings.c
+++ b/key-bindings.c
@@ -178,14 +178,15 @@ key_bindings_init(void)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nitems(table); i++) {
 		cmdlist = xmalloc(sizeof *cmdlist);
-		TAILQ_INIT(cmdlist);
+		TAILQ_INIT(&cmdlist->list);
+		cmdlist->references = 1;
 
 		cmd = xmalloc(sizeof *cmd);
 		cmd->entry = table[i].entry;
 		cmd->data = NULL;
 		if (cmd->entry->init != NULL)
 			cmd->entry->init(cmd, table[i].key);
-		TAILQ_INSERT_HEAD(cmdlist, cmd, qentry);
+		TAILQ_INSERT_HEAD(&cmdlist->list, cmd, qentry);
 
 		key_bindings_add(
 		    table[i].key | KEYC_PREFIX, table[i].can_repeat, cmdlist);
@@ -259,7 +260,7 @@ key_bindings_dispatch(struct key_binding *bd, struct client *c)
 	ctx.cmdclient = NULL;
 
 	readonly = 1;
-	TAILQ_FOREACH(cmd, bd->cmdlist, qentry) {
+	TAILQ_FOREACH(cmd, &bd->cmdlist->list, qentry) {
 		if (!(cmd->entry->flags & CMD_READONLY))
 			readonly = 0;
 	}
diff --git a/tmux.c b/tmux.c
index 28f822ce..f85a3556 100644
--- a/tmux.c
+++ b/tmux.c
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 			exit(1);
 		}
 		cmdflags &= ~CMD_STARTSERVER;
-		TAILQ_FOREACH(cmd, cmdlist, qentry) {
+		TAILQ_FOREACH(cmd, &cmdlist->list, qentry) {
 			if (cmd->entry->flags & CMD_STARTSERVER)
 				cmdflags |= CMD_STARTSERVER;
 			if (cmd->entry->flags & CMD_SENDENVIRON)
diff --git a/tmux.h b/tmux.h
index 7d6c2e70..6b158cd7 100644
--- a/tmux.h
+++ b/tmux.h
@@ -1161,7 +1161,10 @@ struct cmd {
 
 	TAILQ_ENTRY(cmd) qentry;
 };
-TAILQ_HEAD(cmd_list, cmd);
+struct cmd_list {
+	int		 references;
+	TAILQ_HEAD(, cmd) list;
+};
 
 struct cmd_entry {
 	const char	*name;