diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a2ddd5911..faac0e9d1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ Canonical reference for changes, improvements, and bugfixes for Boundary.
 
 ## Next
 
+### New and Improved
+
+* cli: Update authentication examples to remove password flag and make
+  subcommend selection a bit clearer
+  ([PR](https://github.com/hashicorp/boundary/pull/1835))
+
 ## 0.7.4 (2022/01/18)
 
 ### Deprecations/Changes
diff --git a/internal/cmd/commands/authenticate/authenticate.go b/internal/cmd/commands/authenticate/authenticate.go
index 53723aa48..846ed7ac4 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/commands/authenticate/authenticate.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/commands/authenticate/authenticate.go
@@ -22,9 +22,13 @@ func (c *Command) Help() string {
 		"",
 		"  This command authenticates the Boundary commandline client using a specified auth method. Examples:",
 		"",
-		"    Authenticate with password auth method:",
+		"    Authenticate with a password auth method:",
 		"",
-		"      $ boundary authenticate password -auth-method-id ampw_1234567890 -login-name foo -password \"bar\"",
+		"      $ boundary authenticate password -auth-method-id ampw_1234567890 -login-name foo",
+		"",
+		"    Authenticate with an OIDC auth method:",
+		"",
+		"      $ boundary authenticate oidc -auth-method-id amoidc_1234567890",
 		"",
 		"  Please see the auth method subcommand help for detailed usage information.",
 	})
diff --git a/internal/cmd/commands/authenticate/oidc.go b/internal/cmd/commands/authenticate/oidc.go
index bffe82d03..a9ad64b7b 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/commands/authenticate/oidc.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/commands/authenticate/oidc.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func (c *OidcCommand) Help() string {
 	return base.WrapForHelpText([]string{
 		"Usage: boundary authenticate oidc [options] [args]",
 		"",
-		"  Invoke the OIDC auth method to authenticate the Boundary CLI:",
+		"  Invoke the OIDC auth method to authenticate the Boundary CLI. Example:",
 		"",
 		`    $ boundary authenticate oidc -auth-method-id amoidc_1234567890`,
 		"",
diff --git a/internal/cmd/commands/authenticate/password.go b/internal/cmd/commands/authenticate/password.go
index dc0a38f83..91640e6bb 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/commands/authenticate/password.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/commands/authenticate/password.go
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ func (c *PasswordCommand) Help() string {
 	return base.WrapForHelpText([]string{
 		"Usage: boundary authenticate password [options] [args]",
 		"",
-		"  Invoke the password auth method to authenticate the Boundary CLI:",
+		"  Invoke the password auth method to authenticate the Boundary CLI. Example:",
 		"",
-		`    $ boundary authenticate password -auth-method-id ampw_1234567890 -login-name foo -password "bar"`,
+		`    $ boundary authenticate password -auth-method-id ampw_1234567890 -login-name foo`,
 		"",
 		"",
 	}) + c.Flags().Help()