diff --git a/docs/commands/rhoas_kafka_topic_consume.md b/docs/commands/rhoas_kafka_topic_consume.md
index bf23d4887..02114a281 100644
--- a/docs/commands/rhoas_kafka_topic_consume.md
+++ b/docs/commands/rhoas_kafka_topic_consume.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ $ rhoas kafka topic consume --name=topic-1 --format=json | jq -rc .value
       --limit int32             Maximum number of messages to consume from topic (default 20)
       --name string             Topic name
       --offset string           Consume messages from an offset equal to or greater than the specified value
-      --partition int32         Consume messages from specified partition (value must be a positive integer)
+      --partition int32         Consume messages from specified partition (value must be a positive integer) (default -1)
       --wait                    Wait for messages to consume from topic
 ```
 
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/kafka/topic/consume/consume.go b/pkg/cmd/kafka/topic/consume/consume.go
index 60d3e109d..edd1351fb 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/kafka/topic/consume/consume.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/kafka/topic/consume/consume.go
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ import (
 
 	kafkaflagutil "github.com/redhat-developer/app-services-cli/pkg/cmd/kafka/flagutil"
 
-	"strings"
-
 	"github.com/redhat-developer/app-services-cli/pkg/cmd/kafka/kafkacmdutil"
 	"github.com/redhat-developer/app-services-cli/pkg/core/cmdutil/flagutil"
 	"github.com/redhat-developer/app-services-cli/pkg/core/ioutil/dump"
@@ -26,6 +24,7 @@ const (
 	DefaultOffset    = ""
 	DefaultLimit     = 20
 	DefaultTimestamp = ""
+	DefaultPartition = -1
 	FormatKeyValue   = "key-value"
 )
 
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ func NewConsumeTopicCommand(f *factory.Factory) *cobra.Command {
 	flags := kafkaflagutil.NewFlagSet(cmd, f.Localizer)
 
 	flags.StringVar(&opts.topicName, "name", "", f.Localizer.MustLocalize("kafka.topic.common.flag.name.description"))
-	flags.Int32Var(&opts.partition, "partition", 0, f.Localizer.MustLocalize("kafka.topic.consume.flag.partition.description"))
+	flags.Int32Var(&opts.partition, "partition", DefaultPartition, f.Localizer.MustLocalize("kafka.topic.consume.flag.partition.description"))
 	flags.StringVar(&opts.date, "from-date", DefaultTimestamp, f.Localizer.MustLocalize("kafka.topic.consume.flag.date.description"))
 	flags.StringVar(&opts.timestamp, "from-timestamp", DefaultTimestamp, f.Localizer.MustLocalize("kafka.topic.consume.flag.timestamp.description"))
 	flags.BoolVar(&opts.wait, "wait", false, f.Localizer.MustLocalize("kafka.topic.consume.flag.wait.description"))
@@ -191,8 +190,11 @@ func consumeAndWait(opts *options, api *kafkainstanceclient.APIClient, kafkaInst
 
 func consume(opts *options, api *kafkainstanceclient.APIClient, kafkaInstance *kafkamgmtclient.KafkaRequest) (*kafkainstanceclient.RecordList, error) {
 
-	request := api.RecordsApi.ConsumeRecords(opts.f.Context, opts.topicName).Limit(opts.limit).Partition(opts.partition)
-
+	request := api.RecordsApi.ConsumeRecords(opts.f.Context, opts.topicName).Limit(opts.limit)
+	if opts.partition != DefaultPartition {
+		opts.f.Logger.Info(opts.f.Localizer.MustLocalize("kafka.topic.consume.partition.value", localize.NewEntry("Partition", opts.partition)))
+		request = request.Partition(opts.partition)
+	}
 	if opts.offset != DefaultOffset {
 		intOffset, err := strconv.ParseInt(opts.offset, 10, 64)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -284,6 +286,10 @@ func outputRecords(opts *options, records *kafkainstanceclient.RecordList) {
 			} else {
 				opts.f.Logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Key: %v\nMessage: %v", row.Key, row.Value))
 			}
+			opts.f.Logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Offset: %v", row.Offset))
+			if opts.partition == DefaultPartition {
+				opts.f.Logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Partition: %v", row.Partition))
+			}
 		} else {
 			_ = dump.Formatted(opts.f.IOStreams.Out, format, row)
 			opts.f.Logger.Info("")
@@ -299,10 +305,10 @@ func mapRecordsToRows(topic string, records *[]kafkainstanceclient.Record) []kaf
 		record := &(*records)[i]
 		row := kafkaRow{
 			Topic:     topic,
-			Key:       *record.Key,
-			Value:     strings.TrimSuffix(record.Value, "\n"), // trailing new line gives weird printing of table
-			Partition: *record.Partition,
-			Offset:    *record.Offset,
+			Key:       record.GetKey(),
+			Value:     record.Value,
+			Partition: record.GetPartition(),
+			Offset:    record.GetOffset(),
 		}
 
 		rows[i] = row
diff --git a/pkg/core/localize/locales/en/cmd/kafka.en.toml b/pkg/core/localize/locales/en/cmd/kafka.en.toml
index 8e2ea1c9b..b835ae182 100644
--- a/pkg/core/localize/locales/en/cmd/kafka.en.toml
+++ b/pkg/core/localize/locales/en/cmd/kafka.en.toml
@@ -637,6 +637,11 @@ one = 'Consume only messages with a timestamp later than the specified value (re
 [kafka.topic.consume.flag.wait.description]
 one = 'Wait for messages to consume from topic'
 
+[kafka.topic.consume.partition.value]
+one = 'Consuming messages from partition {{.Partition}}'
+
+
+
 [kafka.topic.consume.flag.offset.description]
 one = 'Consume messages from an offset equal to or greater than the specified value'