diff --git a/Octokit.Tests.Integration/Clients/SearchClientTests.cs b/Octokit.Tests.Integration/Clients/SearchClientTests.cs
index 3292c39090..95b70213ce 100644
--- a/Octokit.Tests.Integration/Clients/SearchClientTests.cs
+++ b/Octokit.Tests.Integration/Clients/SearchClientTests.cs
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public async Task SearchForOpenIssues()
         Assert.NotEmpty(issues.Items);
     }
 
-    [Fact(Skip = "see https://github.com/octokit/octokit.net/issues/1082 for investigating this failing test")]
+    [Fact]
     public async Task SearchForAllIssues()
     {
         var request = new SearchIssuesRequest("phone");
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public async Task SearchForAllIssues()
     }
 
     [Fact]
-    public async Task SearchForAllIssuesWithouTaskUsingTerm()
+    public async Task SearchForAllIssuesWithoutUsingTerm()
     {
         var request = new SearchIssuesRequest();
         request.Repos.Add("caliburn-micro/caliburn.micro");
@@ -126,4 +126,62 @@ public async Task SearchForAllIssuesUsingTerm()
         Assert.NotEmpty(closedIssues);
         Assert.NotEmpty(openedIssues);
     }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task SearchForMergedPullRequests()
+    {
+        var allRequest = new SearchIssuesRequest();
+        allRequest.Repos.Add("octokit", "octokit.net");
+        allRequest.Type = IssueTypeQualifier.PR;
+
+        var mergedRequest = new SearchIssuesRequest();
+        mergedRequest.Repos.Add("octokit", "octokit.net");
+        mergedRequest.Is = new List<IssueIsQualifier> { IssueIsQualifier.PullRequest, IssueIsQualifier.Merged };
+
+        var allPullRequests = await _gitHubClient.Search.SearchIssues(allRequest);
+        var mergedPullRequests = await _gitHubClient.Search.SearchIssues(mergedRequest);
+
+        Assert.NotEmpty(allPullRequests.Items);
+        Assert.NotEmpty(mergedPullRequests.Items);
+        Assert.NotEqual(allPullRequests.TotalCount, mergedPullRequests.TotalCount);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task SearchForLabelsAndExcludedLabels()
+    {
+        var labelRequest = new SearchIssuesRequest();
+        labelRequest.Repos.Add("octokit", "octokit.net");
+        labelRequest.Labels = new List<string> { "up-for-grabs" };
+
+        var notLabelRequest = new SearchIssuesRequest();
+        notLabelRequest.Repos.Add("octokit", "octokit.net");
+        notLabelRequest.NotLabels = new List<string> { "up-for-grabs" };
+
+        var upForGrabs = await _gitHubClient.Search.SearchIssues(labelRequest);
+        var notUpForGrabs = await _gitHubClient.Search.SearchIssues(notLabelRequest);
+
+        Assert.NotEmpty(upForGrabs.Items);
+        Assert.NotEmpty(notUpForGrabs.Items);
+        Assert.NotEqual(upForGrabs.TotalCount, notUpForGrabs.TotalCount);
+
+        Assert.False(upForGrabs.Items.Any(x1 => notUpForGrabs.Items.Any(x2 => x2.Number == x1.Number)));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task SearchForMissingMetadata()
+    {
+        var allRequest = new SearchIssuesRequest();
+        allRequest.Repos.Add("octokit", "octokit.net");
+
+        var noAssigneeRequest = new SearchIssuesRequest();
+        noAssigneeRequest.Repos.Add("octokit", "octokit.net");
+        noAssigneeRequest.No = IssueNoMetadataQualifier.Assignee;
+
+        var allIssues = await _gitHubClient.Search.SearchIssues(allRequest);
+        var noAssigneeIssues = await _gitHubClient.Search.SearchIssues(noAssigneeRequest);
+
+        Assert.NotEmpty(allIssues.Items);
+        Assert.NotEmpty(noAssigneeIssues.Items);
+        Assert.NotEqual(allIssues.TotalCount, noAssigneeIssues.TotalCount);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Octokit.Tests/Models/SearchIssuesRequestTests.cs b/Octokit.Tests/Models/SearchIssuesRequestTests.cs
index 0323d938fb..4371859ebc 100644
--- a/Octokit.Tests/Models/SearchIssuesRequestTests.cs
+++ b/Octokit.Tests/Models/SearchIssuesRequestTests.cs
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ public void HandlesLanguageAttributeCorrectly()
             Assert.False(request.MergedQualifiers().Any(x => x.Contains("language:")));
 
             request.Language = Language.CSharp;
-            Assert.True(request.MergedQualifiers().Contains("language:CSharp"));
+            Assert.True(request.MergedQualifiers().Contains("language:C#"));
         }
 
         [Fact]
diff --git a/Octokit/Models/Request/SearchIssuesRequest.cs b/Octokit/Models/Request/SearchIssuesRequest.cs
index caebeec69f..b5307d8848 100644
--- a/Octokit/Models/Request/SearchIssuesRequest.cs
+++ b/Octokit/Models/Request/SearchIssuesRequest.cs
@@ -32,6 +32,16 @@ public SearchIssuesRequest(string term) : base(term)
             Repos = new RepositoryCollection();
         }
 
+        [Obsolete("this will be deprecated in a future version")]
+        public SearchIssuesRequest(string term, string owner, string name)
+            : this(term)
+        {
+            Ensure.ArgumentNotNullOrEmptyString(owner, "owner");
+            Ensure.ArgumentNotNullOrEmptyString(name, "name");
+
+            Repos.Add(owner, name);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Optional Sort field. One of comments, created, updated or merged 
         /// If not provided, results are sorted by best match.
@@ -182,13 +192,13 @@ public IEnumerable<string> NotLabels
         /// Searches for issues within repositories that match a certain language.
         /// </summary>
         /// <remarks>
-        /// https://help.github.com/articles/searching-issues/#search-by-the-labels-on-an-issue
+        /// https://help.github.com/articles/searching-issues/#search-by-the-main-language-of-a-repository
         /// </remarks>
         public Language? Language { get; set; }
 
         private IEnumerable<IssueIsQualifier> _is;
         /// <summary>
-        /// Searches for issues using a more human syntax covering options like state, type and merged status
+        /// Searches for issues using a more human syntax covering options like state, type, merged status, private/public repository
         /// </summary>
         /// <remarks>
         /// https://help.github.com/articles/searching-issues/#search-based-on-the-state-of-an-issue-or-pull-request
@@ -349,7 +359,7 @@ public override IReadOnlyList<string> MergedQualifiers()
 
             if (Language != null)
             {
-                parameters.Add(string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "language:{0}", Language));
+                parameters.Add(string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "language:{0}", Language.ToParameter()));
             }
 
             if (Is != null)