diff --git a/Documentation/Reference/MaxCtrl.md b/Documentation/Reference/MaxCtrl.md
index d5effed0d..4b602e466 100644
--- a/Documentation/Reference/MaxCtrl.md
+++ b/Documentation/Reference/MaxCtrl.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ For more information about the MaxScale REST API, refer to the
 * [rotate](#rotate)
 * [call](#call)
 * [cluster](#cluster)
+* [api](#api)
 
 ## Options
 
@@ -39,7 +40,9 @@ All command accept the following global options.
 
 ```
   -u, --user      Username to use                    [string] [default: "admin"]
-  -p, --password  Password for the user            [string] [default: "mariadb"]
+  -p, --password  Password for the user. To input the password manually, give -p
+                  as the last argument or use --password=''
+                                                   [string] [default: "mariadb"]
   -h, --hosts     List of MaxScale hosts. The hosts must be in HOST:PORT format
                   and each value must be separated by a comma.
                                             [string] [default: "localhost:8989"]
@@ -664,3 +667,21 @@ due to a network failure or some other ephemeral error. Any other errors require
 manual synchronization of the MaxScale configuration files and a restart of the
 failed Maxscale.
 
+## api
+
+```
+Usage: api <command>
+
+Commands:
+  get <resource> [path]  Get raw JSON
+
+```
+
+### api get
+
+`Usage: get <resource> [path]`
+
+Perform a raw REST API call. The path definition uses JavaScript syntax to
+extract values. For example, the following command extracts all server states as
+an array of JSON values: maxctrl api get servers data[].attributes.state
+
diff --git a/maxctrl/lib/api.js b/maxctrl/lib/api.js
index 716924110..835e43057 100644
--- a/maxctrl/lib/api.js
+++ b/maxctrl/lib/api.js
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ exports.builder = function(yargs) {
     yargs
         .command('get <resource> [path]', 'Get raw JSON', function(yargs) {
             return yargs.epilog('Perform a raw REST API call. ' +
-                                'The path definition uses JavaScript syntax to extract values.')
+                                'The path definition uses JavaScript syntax to extract values. ' +
+                                'For example, the following command extracts all server states ' +
+                                'as an array of JSON values: maxctrl api get servers data[].attributes.state')
                 .usage('Usage: get <resource> [path]')
         }, function(argv) {
             maxctrl(argv, function(host) {