diff --git a/internal/pkg/cli/flag.go b/internal/pkg/cli/flag.go
index 1e1cf13a0a9..99ba7144ea2 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/cli/flag.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/cli/flag.go
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ const (
 	envFlagShort      = "e"
 	typeFlagShort     = "t"
 	workloadFlagShort = "w"
-	// previousFlagShort = "p"
+	previousFlagShort = "p"
 
 	dockerFileFlagShort        = "d"
 	commandFlagShort           = "c"
@@ -233,9 +233,9 @@ Uploaded asset locations are filled in the template configuration.`
 unless any time filtering flags are set.`
 	lastFlagDescription = `Optional. The number of executions of the scheduled job for which
 logs should be shown.`
-	followFlagDescription = "Optional. Specifies if the logs should be streamed."
-	// previousFlagDescription = "Optional. Print logs for the last stopped task if exists."
-	sinceFlagDescription = `Optional. Only return logs newer than a relative duration like 5s, 2m, or 3h.
+	followFlagDescription   = "Optional. Specifies if the logs should be streamed."
+	previousFlagDescription = "Optional. Print logs for the last stopped task if exists."
+	sinceFlagDescription    = `Optional. Only return logs newer than a relative duration like 5s, 2m, or 3h.
 Defaults to all logs. Only one of start-time / since may be used.`
 	startTimeFlagDescription = `Optional. Only return logs after a specific date (RFC3339).
 Defaults to all logs. Only one of start-time / since may be used.`
diff --git a/internal/pkg/cli/svc_logs.go b/internal/pkg/cli/svc_logs.go
index e47e81132f3..7f227739fb0 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/cli/svc_logs.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/cli/svc_logs.go
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ func (o *svcLogsOpts) Execute() error {
 			return err
 		}
 		o.taskIDs = []string{taskID}
+		log.Infoln("previously stopped task:", taskID)
 	}
 	err := o.logsSvc.WriteLogEvents(logging.WriteLogEventsOpts{
 		Follow:        o.follow,
@@ -366,7 +367,7 @@ func buildSvcLogsCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.Flags().IntVar(&vars.limit, limitFlag, 0, limitFlagDescription)
 	cmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&vars.taskIDs, tasksFlag, nil, tasksLogsFlagDescription)
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&vars.logGroup, logGroupFlag, "", logGroupFlagDescription)
-	// cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&vars.previous, previousFlag, previousFlagShort, false, previousFlagDescription)
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&vars.previous, previousFlag, previousFlagShort, false, previousFlagDescription)
 	// cmd.Flags().StringVar(&vars.containerName, containerLogFlag, "", containerLogFlagDescription)
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/internal/pkg/cli/svc_logs_test.go b/internal/pkg/cli/svc_logs_test.go
index 5d56751dd9e..77c7083f0d2 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/cli/svc_logs_test.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/cli/svc_logs_test.go
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ func TestSvcLogs_Validate(t *testing.T) {
 		inputStartTime string
 		inputEndTime   string
 		inputSince     time.Duration
+		inputPrevious  bool
+		inputTaskIDs   []string
 
 		mockstore func(m *mocks.Mockstore)
 
@@ -107,6 +109,14 @@ func TestSvcLogs_Validate(t *testing.T) {
 
 			wantedError: fmt.Errorf("--limit 10001 is out-of-bounds, value must be between 1 and 10000"),
 		},
+		"returns error if both previous and tasks flags are defined": {
+			inputPrevious: true,
+			inputTaskIDs:  []string{"taskId"},
+
+			mockstore: func(m *mocks.Mockstore) {},
+
+			wantedError: fmt.Errorf("cannot specify both --previous and --tasks"),
+		},
 	}
 
 	for name, tc := range testCases {
@@ -128,7 +138,9 @@ func TestSvcLogs_Validate(t *testing.T) {
 						since:          tc.inputSince,
 						name:           tc.inputSvc,
 						appName:        tc.inputApp,
+						taskIDs:        tc.inputTaskIDs,
 					},
+					previous: tc.inputPrevious,
 				},
 				wkldLogOpts: wkldLogOpts{
 					configStore: mockstore,