diff --git a/pkg/cmd/auth/token/token.go b/pkg/cmd/auth/token/token.go
index 5f6f4d915..2c57771b6 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/auth/token/token.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/auth/token/token.go
@@ -27,11 +27,13 @@ func NewCmdToken(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*TokenOptions) error) *cobra.Comm
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "token",
-		Short: "Print the authentication token gh is configured to use",
+		Short: "Print the authentication token gh uses for a hostname and account",
 		Long: heredoc.Docf(`
 			This command outputs the authentication token for an account on a given GitHub host.
 
-			Without the %[1]s--user%[1]s flag, the token for the currently active user is printed.
+			Without the %[1]s--hostname%[1]s flag, the default host is chosen.
+
+			Without the %[1]s--user%[1]s flag, the currently active account for the host is chosen.
 		`, "`"),
 		Args: cobra.ExactArgs(0),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {