diff --git a/api/authtokens/authtokens.gen.go b/api/authtokens/authtokens.gen.go
index f95ea76f61..d0fee9dbdf 100644
--- a/api/authtokens/authtokens.gen.go
+++ b/api/authtokens/authtokens.gen.go
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ func (n AuthTokenReadResult) GetResponse() *api.Response {
 	return n.response
 }
 
-type AuthTokenCreateResult = AuthTokenReadResult
 type AuthTokenUpdateResult = AuthTokenReadResult
 
 type AuthTokenDeleteResult struct {
diff --git a/internal/api/genapi/input.go b/internal/api/genapi/input.go
index fe51a698ec..5be4dfac2a 100644
--- a/internal/api/genapi/input.go
+++ b/internal/api/genapi/input.go
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ var inputStructs = []*structInfo{
 			listTemplate,
 		},
 		pluralResourceName:  "auth-tokens",
-		createResponseTypes: []string{CreateResponseType, ReadResponseType, UpdateResponseType, DeleteResponseType, ListResponseType},
+		createResponseTypes: []string{ReadResponseType, UpdateResponseType, DeleteResponseType, ListResponseType},
 		recursiveListing:    true,
 	},
 	// Credentials
diff --git a/internal/cmd/commands/authtokenscmd/authtokens.gen.go b/internal/cmd/commands/authtokenscmd/authtokens.gen.go
index e3fee45143..71ee94dd4a 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/commands/authtokenscmd/authtokens.gen.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/commands/authtokenscmd/authtokens.gen.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func (c *Command) Help() string {
 
 	default:
 
-		helpStr = helpMap["base"]()
+		helpStr = c.extraHelpFunc(helpMap)
 
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/cmd/commands/authtokenscmd/authtokens.go b/internal/cmd/commands/authtokenscmd/authtokens.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17da532a80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/cmd/commands/authtokenscmd/authtokens.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+
+package authtokenscmd
+
+import "github.com/hashicorp/boundary/internal/cmd/base"
+
+func (c *Command) extraHelpFunc(helpMap map[string]func() string) string {
+	var helpStr string
+	switch c.Func {
+	case "":
+		return base.WrapForHelpText([]string{
+			"Usage: boundary auth-tokens [sub command] [options] [args]",
+			"",
+			"  This command allows operations on Boundary auth token resources. Example:",
+			"",
+			"    List all auth tokens:",
+			"",
+			`      $ boundary auth-tokens list -recursive `,
+			"",
+			"  Please see the auth-tokens subcommand help for detailed usage information.",
+			"  Note: To create an auth token, see the authenticate subcommand.",
+		})
+
+	default:
+		helpStr = helpMap["base"]()
+	}
+	return helpStr
+}
diff --git a/internal/cmd/gencli/input.go b/internal/cmd/gencli/input.go
index 9e9ada40cb..767e5c2bc0 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/gencli/input.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/gencli/input.go
@@ -204,10 +204,11 @@ var inputStructs = map[string][]*cmdInfo{
 	},
 	"authtokens": {
 		{
-			ResourceType: resource.AuthToken.String(),
-			Pkg:          "authtokens",
-			StdActions:   []string{"read", "delete", "list"},
-			Container:    "Scope",
+			ResourceType:     resource.AuthToken.String(),
+			Pkg:              "authtokens",
+			StdActions:       []string{"read", "delete", "list"},
+			HasExtraHelpFunc: true,
+			Container:        "Scope",
 		},
 	},
 	"credentialstores": {