diff --git a/internal/cmd/decode/decode.go b/internal/cmd/decode/decode.go
index 3c9f490..b19238a 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/decode/decode.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/decode/decode.go
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ import (
 
 func Decode() *cobra.Command {
 	command := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "decode",
-		Short: "decode jwt token",
-		Long:  "decode jwt token",
-		Run:   decode,
+		Use:     "decode",
+		Short:   "decode jwt token",
+		Long:    "decode jwt token",
+		Example: "jwt decode <TOKEN>",
+		Run:     decode,
 	}
 
 	return command
diff --git a/internal/cmd/encode/encode.go b/internal/cmd/encode/encode.go
index a3edc4a..f5c4922 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/encode/encode.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/encode/encode.go
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ import (
 
 func Encode() *cobra.Command {
 	root := &cobra.Command{ //nolint:exhaustivestruct
-		Use:   "encode",
-		Short: "Create JWT Token",
-		Long:  "Create JWT Token",
-		Run:   main,
+		Use:     "encode",
+		Short:   "Create JWT Token",
+		Example: `jwt encode -e 2h -s finance -i "jwt-cli" -a people -A RS512`,
+		Run:     main,
 	}
 	root.Flags().StringP("expiration", "e", "1h", "token expires after how long")
 	root.Flags().StringP("subject", "s", "", "token subject")