diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/create.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/create.rb
index 6855d6f379bde3d0fa78613a18e823c891a811cb..58a155b133296dee94d221e93c89b33a65ceb99e 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/create.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/create.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 #:    If `--meson` is passed, create a basic template for a Meson-style build.
 #:
 #:    If `--no-fetch` is passed, Homebrew will not download <URL> to the cache and
-#:    will thus not add the SHA256 to the formula for you.
+#:    will thus not add the SHA256 to the formula for you. It will also not check
+#:    the GitHub API for GitHub projects (to fill out the description and homepage).
 #:
 #:    The options `--set-name` and `--set-version` each take an argument and allow
 #:    you to explicitly set the name and version of the package you are creating.
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ module Homebrew
 end
 
 class FormulaCreator
-  attr_reader :url, :sha256
+  attr_reader :url, :sha256, :desc, :homepage
   attr_accessor :name, :version, :tap, :path, :mode
 
   def url=(url)
@@ -108,11 +109,15 @@ class FormulaCreator
     path = Pathname.new(url)
     if @name.nil?
       case url
-      when %r{github\.com/\S+/(\S+)\.git}
-        @name = $1
+      when %r{github\.com/(\S+)/(\S+)\.git}
+        @user = $1
+        @name = $2
         @head = true
-      when %r{github\.com/\S+/(\S+)/archive/}
-        @name = $1
+        @github = true
+      when %r{github\.com/(\S+)/(\S+)/(archive|releases)/}
+        @user = $1
+        @name = $2
+        @github = true
       else
         @name = path.basename.to_s[/(.*?)[-_.]?#{Regexp.escape(path.version.to_s)}/, 1]
       end
@@ -131,7 +136,7 @@ class FormulaCreator
   end
 
   def fetch?
-    !head? && !ARGV.include?("--no-fetch")
+    !ARGV.include?("--no-fetch")
   end
 
   def head?
@@ -145,11 +150,25 @@ class FormulaCreator
       opoo "Version cannot be determined from URL."
       puts "You'll need to add an explicit 'version' to the formula."
     elsif fetch?
-      r = Resource.new
-      r.url(url)
-      r.version(version)
-      r.owner = self
-      @sha256 = r.fetch.sha256 if r.download_strategy == CurlDownloadStrategy
+      unless head?
+        r = Resource.new
+        r.url(url)
+        r.version(version)
+        r.owner = self
+        @sha256 = r.fetch.sha256 if r.download_strategy == CurlDownloadStrategy
+      end
+
+      if @user && @name
+        begin
+          metadata = GitHub.repository(@user, @name)
+          @desc = metadata["description"]
+          @homepage = metadata["homepage"]
+        rescue GitHub::HTTPNotFoundError
+          # If there was no repository found assume the network connection is at
+          # fault rather than the input URL.
+          nil
+        end
+      end
     end
 
     path.write ERB.new(template, nil, ">").result(binding)
@@ -161,8 +180,8 @@ class FormulaCreator
     # PLEASE REMOVE ALL GENERATED COMMENTS BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR PULL REQUEST!
 
     class #{Formulary.class_s(name)} < Formula
-      desc ""
-      homepage ""
+      desc "#{desc}"
+      homepage "#{homepage}"
     <% if head? %>
       head "#{url}"
     <% else %>
diff --git a/docs/Manpage.md b/docs/Manpage.md
index 23e338213c74b9ab23bf062959fe48a8f76dd871..b861a73aee85b51cbaf72b90a364bee2c7b2b998 100644
--- a/docs/Manpage.md
+++ b/docs/Manpage.md
@@ -709,7 +709,8 @@ With `--verbose` or `-v`, many commands print extra debugging information. Note
     If `--meson` is passed, create a basic template for a Meson-style build.
 
     If `--no-fetch` is passed, Homebrew will not download `URL` to the cache and
-    will thus not add the SHA256 to the formula for you.
+    will thus not add the SHA256 to the formula for you. It will also not check
+    the GitHub API for GitHub projects (to fill out the description and homepage).
 
     The options `--set-name` and `--set-version` each take an argument and allow
     you to explicitly set the name and version of the package you are creating.
diff --git a/manpages/brew.1 b/manpages/brew.1
index 6c30b60cf44ff2d6aa4895e7e0d81c9ea8a9d0d1..69fa3260a95a4dc56b875dc906b64e4480b95316 100644
--- a/manpages/brew.1
+++ b/manpages/brew.1
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ Generate a formula for the downloadable file at \fIURL\fR and open it in the edi
 If \fB\-\-autotools\fR is passed, create a basic template for an Autotools\-style build\. If \fB\-\-cmake\fR is passed, create a basic template for a CMake\-style build\. If \fB\-\-meson\fR is passed, create a basic template for a Meson\-style build\.
 .
 .IP
-If \fB\-\-no\-fetch\fR is passed, Homebrew will not download \fIURL\fR to the cache and will thus not add the SHA256 to the formula for you\.
+If \fB\-\-no\-fetch\fR is passed, Homebrew will not download \fIURL\fR to the cache and will thus not add the SHA256 to the formula for you\. It will also not check the GitHub API for GitHub projects (to fill out the description and homepage)\.
 .
 .IP
 The options \fB\-\-set\-name\fR and \fB\-\-set\-version\fR each take an argument and allow you to explicitly set the name and version of the package you are creating\.