diff --git a/docs/commands/data.json b/docs/commands/data.json
index 1e3c26ee6..128b87660 100644
--- a/docs/commands/data.json
+++ b/docs/commands/data.json
@@ -536,12 +536,14 @@
       {
         "arg": "-a, --personal-access-token <personal-access-token>",
         "description": "Personal access token associated with your Azure DevOps token; falls back to azure_devops.access_token in your spk config",
-        "required": true
+        "required": true,
+        "inherit": "azure_devops.access_token"
       },
       {
         "arg": "-o, --org-name <organization-name>",
         "description": "Your Azure DevOps organization name; falls back to azure_devops.org in your spk config",
-        "required": true
+        "required": true,
+        "inherit": "azure_devops.org"
       },
       {
         "arg": "--target-branch",
diff --git a/src/commands/service/create-revision.decorator.json b/src/commands/service/create-revision.decorator.json
index 6ae321a93..0b7dfa5ea 100644
--- a/src/commands/service/create-revision.decorator.json
+++ b/src/commands/service/create-revision.decorator.json
@@ -24,12 +24,14 @@
     {
       "arg": "-a, --personal-access-token <personal-access-token>",
       "description": "Personal access token associated with your Azure DevOps token; falls back to azure_devops.access_token in your spk config",
-      "required": true
+      "required": true,
+      "inherit": "azure_devops.access_token"
     },
     {
       "arg": "-o, --org-name <organization-name>",
       "description": "Your Azure DevOps organization name; falls back to azure_devops.org in your spk config",
-      "required": true
+      "required": true,
+      "inherit": "azure_devops.org"
     },
     {
       "arg": "--target-branch",
diff --git a/src/commands/service/create-revision.ts b/src/commands/service/create-revision.ts
index 1d3c57f9a..be4050036 100644
--- a/src/commands/service/create-revision.ts
+++ b/src/commands/service/create-revision.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Bedrock, Config } from "../../config";
 import {
   build as buildCmd,
   exit as exitCmd,
+  populateInheritValueFromConfig,
   validateForRequiredValues,
 } from "../../lib/commandBuilder";
 import { createPullRequest } from "../../lib/git/azure";
@@ -125,10 +126,7 @@ export const makePullRequest = async (
 };
 
 const populateValues = async (opts: CommandOptions): Promise<CommandValues> => {
-  const { azure_devops } = Config();
-  opts.orgName = opts.orgName || azure_devops?.org;
-  opts.personalAccessToken =
-    opts.personalAccessToken || azure_devops?.access_token;
+  populateInheritValueFromConfig(decorator, Config(), opts);
 
   // Default the remote to the git origin
   opts.remoteUrl = await getRemoteUrl(opts.remoteUrl);
@@ -136,15 +134,7 @@ const populateValues = async (opts: CommandOptions): Promise<CommandValues> => {
   // default pull request source branch to the current branch
   opts.sourceBranch = await getSourceBranch(opts.sourceBranch);
 
-  const errors = validateForRequiredValues(decorator, {
-    orgName: opts.orgName,
-    personalAccessToken: opts.personalAccessToken,
-    remoteUrl: opts.remoteUrl,
-    sourceBranch: opts.sourceBranch,
-  });
-  if (errors.length > 0) {
-    throw Error("missing required values");
-  }
+  validateForRequiredValues(decorator, opts, true);
 
   return {
     // validateForRequiredValues confirm that sourceBranch has value