diff --git a/cmd/create.go b/cmd/create.go
index 9c56921a..ef37e9d5 100644
--- a/cmd/create.go
+++ b/cmd/create.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ kn func create --runtime quarkus myfunc
 # Create a function project that uses a CloudEvent based function signature
 kn func create --template events myfunc
 	`,
-		SuggestFor: []string{"inti", "new"},
+		SuggestFor: []string{"vreate", "creaet", "craete", "new"},
 		PreRunE:    bindEnv("runtime", "template", "repositories", "confirm"),
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/create_test.go b/cmd/create_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a5bd855e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/create_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	fn "github.com/boson-project/func"
+	"github.com/boson-project/func/utils"
+)
+
+// TestCreateValidatesName ensures that the create command only accepts
+// DNS-1123 labels for Function name.
+func TestCreateValidatesName(t *testing.T) {
+	defer fromTempDir(t)()
+
+	// Create a new Create command with a fn.Client construtor
+	// which returns a default (noop) client suitable for tests.
+	cmd := NewCreateCmd(func(string, bool) *fn.Client {
+		return fn.New()
+	})
+
+	// Execute the command with a function name containing invalid characters.
+	cmd.SetArgs([]string{"invalid!"})
+	err := cmd.Execute()
+
+	// Confirm the expected error is returned
+	var e utils.ErrInvalidFunctionName
+	if !errors.As(err, &e) {
+		t.Fatalf("Did not receive ErrInvalidFunctionName. Got %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// Helpers ----
+
+// change directory into a new temp directory.
+// returned is a closure which cleans up; intended to be run as a defer:
+//    defer within(t, /some/path)()
+func fromTempDir(t *testing.T) func() {
+	t.Helper()
+	tmp := mktmp(t) // create temp directory
+	owd := pwd(t)   // original working directory
+	cd(t, tmp)      // change to the temp directory
+	return func() { // return a deferable cleanup closure
+		os.RemoveAll(tmp) // remove temp directory
+		cd(t, owd)        // change director back to original
+	}
+}
+
+func mktmp(t *testing.T) string {
+	d, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "dir")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return d
+}
+
+func pwd(t *testing.T) string {
+	d, err := os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return d
+}
+
+func cd(t *testing.T, dir string) {
+	if err := os.Chdir(dir); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/utils/names.go b/utils/names.go
index 83113e8e..7afdf40d 100644
--- a/utils/names.go
+++ b/utils/names.go
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation"
 )
 
+// ErrInvalidName indicates the name did not pass funciton name validation.
+type ErrInvalidFunctionName error
+
+// ErrInvalidEnvVarName indicates the name did not pass env var name validation.
+type ErrInvalidEnvVarName error
+
 // ValidateFunctionName validatest that the input name is a valid function name, ie. valid DNS-1123 label.
 // It must consist of lower case alphanumeric characters or '-' and start and end with an alphanumeric character
 // (e.g. 'my-name',  or '123-abc', regex used for validation is '[a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?')
@@ -18,7 +24,7 @@ func ValidateFunctionName(name string) error {
 		//   and must start and end with an alphanumeric character (e.g. 'my-name',
 		//   or '123-abc', regex used for validation is '[a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?')"
 		// Let's reuse it for our purposes, ie. replace "DNS-1123 label" substring with "function name"
-		return errors.New(strings.Replace(strings.Join(errs, ""), "a DNS-1123 label", "Function name", 1))
+		return ErrInvalidFunctionName(errors.New(strings.Replace(strings.Join(errs, ""), "a DNS-1123 label", "Function name", 1)))
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -29,7 +35,7 @@ func ValidateFunctionName(name string) error {
 // (e.g. 'my.env-name',  or 'MY_ENV.NAME',  or 'MyEnvName1', regex used for validation is '[-._a-zA-Z][-._a-zA-Z0-9]*'))
 func ValidateEnvVarName(name string) error {
 	if errs := validation.IsEnvVarName(name); len(errs) > 0 {
-		return errors.New(strings.Join(errs, ""))
+		return ErrInvalidEnvVarName(errors.New(strings.Join(errs, "")))
 	}
 
 	return nil