diff --git a/linodecli/__init__.py b/linodecli/__init__.py
index 2da84752f..00bb6b677 100755
--- a/linodecli/__init__.py
+++ b/linodecli/__init__.py
@@ -558,6 +558,11 @@ def main():
                             arg.description,
                         )
                     )
+                if operation.example:
+                    print()
+                    print("Example:")
+                    print(operation.example)
+
             elif operation.method == "get" and parsed.action == "list":
                 filterable_attrs = [
                     attr for attr in operation.response_model.attrs if attr.filterable
diff --git a/linodecli/cli.py b/linodecli/cli.py
index eb8909197..7dddffd5d 100644
--- a/linodecli/cli.py
+++ b/linodecli/cli.py
@@ -209,6 +209,13 @@ def bake(self, spec):
                         continue
 
                     summary = data[m].get("summary") or ""
+                    example = None
+
+                    if "x-code-samples" in data[m]:
+                        for c in data[m]["x-code-samples"]:
+                            if "lang" in c and c["lang"].lower() == "cli" and "source" in c:
+                                example = c["source"]
+                                break
 
                     use_servers = (
                         [c["url"] for c in data[m]["servers"]]
@@ -356,6 +363,7 @@ def bake(self, spec):
                         use_params,
                         use_servers,
                         allowed_defaults=allowed_defaults,
+                        example=example,
                     )
 
         # remove any empty commands (those that have no actions)
diff --git a/linodecli/operation.py b/linodecli/operation.py
index ea9c16bba..f958e95c2 100644
--- a/linodecli/operation.py
+++ b/linodecli/operation.py
@@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ class CLIArg:
     are defined in a requestBody in the api spec.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, name, arg_type, description, path, arg_format, list_item=None):
+    def __init__(
+        self, name, arg_type, description, path, arg_format, list_item=None
+    ):
         self.name = name
         self.arg_type = arg_type
         self.arg_format = arg_format
@@ -147,6 +149,7 @@ def __init__(
         params,
         servers,
         allowed_defaults=None,
+        example=None,
     ):
         self.command = command
         self.action = action
@@ -158,6 +161,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.params = params
         self.servers = servers
         self.allowed_defaults = allowed_defaults
+        self.example = example
 
     @property
     def url(self):
@@ -178,6 +182,7 @@ def parse_args(self, args):
         parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
             prog="linode-cli {} {}".format(self.command, self.action),
             description=self.summary,
+            example=self.example,
         )
         for param in self.params:
             parser.add_argument(