diff --git a/src/core.py b/src/core.py
index 20b41d00..7d837202 100644
--- a/src/core.py
+++ b/src/core.py
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ class Core(object):
             'available': (self.command_avail, _("Usage: /available [message]\nAvailable: Sets your availability to available and (optional) sets your status message. This is equivalent to '/show available [message]'"), None),
            'bookmark': (self.command_bookmark, _("Usage: /bookmark [roomname][/nick]\nBookmark: Bookmark the specified room (you will then auto-join it on each poezio start). This commands uses the same syntaxe as /join. Type /help join for syntaxe examples. Note that when typing \"/bookmark\" on its own, the room will be bookmarked with the nickname you\'re currently using in this room (instead of default_nick)"), None),
             'set': (self.command_set, _("Usage: /set <option> [value]\nSet: Sets the value to the option in your configuration file. You can, for example, change your default nickname by doing `/set default_nick toto` or your resource with `/set resource blabla`. You can also set an empty value (nothing) by providing no [value] after <option>."), None),
-            'whois': (self.command_whois, _('Usage: /whois <nickname>\nWhois: Request many informations about the user.'), None),
             'theme': (self.command_theme, _('Usage: /theme\nTheme: Reload the theme defined in the config file.'), None),
             'list': (self.command_list, _('Usage: /list\n/List: get the list of public chatrooms on the specified server'), self.completion_list),
             }
@@ -971,27 +970,6 @@ class Core(object):
         self.add_tab(list_tab, True)
         self.xmpp.plugin['xep_0030'].get_items(jid=server, block=False, callback=list_tab.on_muc_list_item_received)
 
-    def command_whois(self, arg):
-        """
-        /whois <nickname>
-        """
-        # TODO
-        return
-        # check shlex here
-        try:
-            args = shlex.split(arg)
-        except ValueError as error:
-            return self.information(str(error), _("Error"))
-        room = self.current_room()
-        if len(args) != 1:
-            self.add_message_to_text_buffer(room, _('whois command takes exactly one argument'))
-            return
-        # check if current room is a MUC
-        if room.jid or room.name == 'Info':
-            return
-        nickname = args[0]
-        self.muc.request_vcard(room.name, nickname)
-
     def command_theme(self, arg):
         """
         """
diff --git a/src/tabs.py b/src/tabs.py
index 83dc9079..19688713 100644
--- a/src/tabs.py
+++ b/src/tabs.py
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ class MucTab(ChatTab):
         self.commands['nick'] = (self.command_nick, _("Usage: /nick <nickname>\nNick: Change your nickname in the current room"), None)
         self.commands['recolor'] = (self.command_recolor, _('Usage: /recolor\nRecolor: Re-assign a color to all participants of the current room, based on the last time they talked. Use this if the participants currently talking have too many identical colors.'), None)
         self.commands['cycle'] = (self.command_cycle, _('Usage: /cycle [message]\nCycle: Leaves the current room and rejoin it immediately'), None)
+        self.commands['info'] = (self.command_info, _('Usage: /info <nickname>\nInfoDisplay some information about the user in the MUC: his/here role, affiliation, status and status message.'), None)
         self.resize()
 
     def scroll_user_list_up(self):
@@ -377,6 +378,19 @@ class MucTab(ChatTab):
         self.user_win.scroll_down()
         self.core.refresh_window()
 
+    def command_info(self, arg):
+        try:
+            args = shlex.split(arg)
+        except ValueError as error:
+            return self.core.information(str(error), _("Error"))
+        if len(args) != 1:
+            return self.core.information("Info command takes only 1 argument")
+        user = self.get_room().get_user_by_name(args[0])
+        if not user:
+            return self.core.information("Unknown user: %s" % args[0])
+        self.get_room().add_message("%s: show: %s, affiliation: %s, role: %s\n%s"% (args[0], user.show or 'Available', user.role or 'None', user.affiliation or 'None', user.status))
+        self.core.refresh_window()
+
     def command_cycle(self, arg):
         if self.get_room().joined:
             muc.leave_groupchat(self.core.xmpp, self.get_name(), self.get_room().own_nick, arg)