diff --git a/cmd/compliance.go b/cmd/compliance.go
index 747aab8..64776f5 100644
--- a/cmd/compliance.go
+++ b/cmd/compliance.go
@@ -28,6 +28,20 @@ var complianceCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Long: `Check if your SBOM complies with various SBOM standards like NTIA minimum elements, BSI TR-03183-2, OpenChain Telco.
 	Generate a compliance report for an SBOM file.
 	`,
+	Example: ` sbomqs compliance --bsi|--oct  [--basic|--json] <SBOM file>
+
+  # Check a BSI TR-03183-2 v1.1 compliance against a SBOM in a table output
+  sbomqs compliance --bsi samples/sbomqs-spdx-syft.json
+
+  # Check a BSI TR-03183-2 v1.1 compliance against a SBOM in a JSON output
+  sbomqs compliance --bsi --json samples/sbomqs-spdx-syft.json
+
+  # Check a OpenChain Telco compliance against a SBOM in a table output
+  sbomqs compliance --oct samples/sbomqs-spdx-syft.json
+
+  # Check a OpenChain Telco compliance against a SBOM in a JSON output
+  sbomqs compliance --oct --json samples/sbomqs-spdx-syft.json
+`,
 	Args: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		if err := cobra.ExactArgs(1)(cmd, args); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("compliance requires a single argument, the path to an SBOM file")
diff --git a/cmd/score.go b/cmd/score.go
index df2ec34..363185d 100644
--- a/cmd/score.go
+++ b/cmd/score.go
@@ -64,6 +64,24 @@ var scoreCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:          "score",
 	Short:        "comprehensive quality score for your sbom",
 	SilenceUsage: true,
+	Example: ` sbomqs score [--category <category>] [--feature <feature>]  [--basic|--json]  <SBOM file>
+
+  # Get a score against a SBOM in a table output
+  sbomqs score samples/sbomqs-spdx-syft.json
+
+  # Get a score against a SBOM in a basic output
+  sbomqs score --basic samples/sbomqs-spdx-syft.json
+
+  # Get a score against a SBOM in a JSON output
+  sbomqs score --json samples/sbomqs-spdx-syft.json
+ 
+  # Get a score for a 'NTIA-minimum-elements' category against a SBOM in a table output
+  sbomqs score --category NTIA-minimum-elements samples/sbomqs-spdx-syft.json
+
+  # Get a score for a 'NTIA-minimum-elements' category and 'sbom_authors' feature against a SBOM in a table output
+  sbomqs score --category NTIA-minimum-elements --feature sbom_authors samples/sbomqs-spdx-syft.json
+`,
+
 	Args: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		if len(args) <= 0 {
 			if len(inFile) <= 0 && len(inDirPath) <= 0 {
@@ -187,8 +205,8 @@ func init() {
 	scoreCmd.Flags().StringP("configpath", "", "", "scoring based on config path")
 
 	// Filter Control
-	scoreCmd.Flags().StringP("category", "c", "", "filter by category")
-	scoreCmd.Flags().StringP("feature", "f", "", "filter by feature")
+	scoreCmd.Flags().StringP("category", "c", "", "filter by category (e.g. 'NTIA-minimum-elements', 'Quality', 'Semantic', 'Sharing', 'Structural')")
+	scoreCmd.Flags().StringP("feature", "f", "", "filter by feature (e.g. 'sbom_authors',  'comp_with_name', 'sbom_creation_timestamp') ")
 
 	// Spec Control
 	scoreCmd.Flags().BoolP("spdx", "", false, "limit scoring to spdx sboms")