diff --git a/website/source/docs/auth/app-id.html.md b/website/source/docs/auth/app-id.html.md
index cbb10f4a6b..8bf1042209 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/auth/app-id.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/auth/app-id.html.md
@@ -71,6 +71,21 @@ The endpoint for the App ID login is `/login`.
 
 ## Configuration
 
+First you must enable the App ID auth backend:
+
+```
+$ vault auth-enable app-id
+Successfully enabled 'app-id' at 'app-id'!
+```
+
+Now when you run `vault auth -methods`, the App ID backend is available:
+
+```
+Path       Type      Description
+app-id/    app-id
+token/     token     token based credentials
+```
+
 To use the App ID auth backend, an operator must configure it with
 the set of App IDs, user IDs, and the mapping between them. An
 example is shown below, use `vault help` for more details.
diff --git a/website/source/docs/auth/cert.html.md b/website/source/docs/auth/cert.html.md
index 2dd02d1bf2..da978fc606 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/auth/cert.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/auth/cert.html.md
@@ -25,6 +25,21 @@ if there is a matching trusted certificate to authenticate the client.
 
 ## Configuration
 
+First, you must enable the certificate auth backend:
+
+```
+$ vault auth-enable cert
+Successfully enabled 'cert' at 'cert'!
+```
+
+Now when you run `vault auth -methods`, the certificate backend is available:
+
+```
+Path       Type      Description
+cert/      cert
+token/     token     token based credentials
+```
+
 To use the "cert" auth backend, an operator must configure it with
 trusted certificates that are allowed to authenticate. An example is shown below.
 Use `vault help` for more details.
diff --git a/website/source/docs/auth/github.html.md b/website/source/docs/auth/github.html.md
index b2de4f7030..37d63491d4 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/auth/github.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/auth/github.html.md
@@ -30,19 +30,41 @@ The endpoint for the GitHub login is `/login`.
 
 ## Configuration
 
+First, you must enable the GitHub auth backend:
+
+```
+$ vault auth-enable github
+Successfully enabled 'github' at 'github'!
+```
+
+Now when you run `vault auth -methods`, the GitHub backend is available:
+
+```
+Path       Type      Description
+github/    github
+token/     token     token based credentials
+```
+
 Prior to using the GitHub auth backend, it must be configured. To
-configure it, use the `/config` endpoint and pass in the following arguments:
+configure it, use the `/config` endpoint with the following arguments:
 
   * `organization` (string, required) - The organization name a user must
        be a part of to authenticate.
 
+For example:
+
+```
+$ vault write auth/github/config organization=hashicorp
+Success! Data written to: auth/github/config
+```
+
 After configuring that, you must map the teams of that organization to
 policies within Vault. Use the `map/teams/<team>` endpoints to do that.
 Example:
 
 ```
 $ vault write auth/github/map/teams/owners value=root
-...
+Success! Data written to: auth/github/map/teams/owners
 ```
 
 The above would make anyone in the "owners" team a root user in Vault
diff --git a/website/source/docs/auth/userpass.html.md b/website/source/docs/auth/userpass.html.md
index 9ee3e80e9b..fb6d9bd24c 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/auth/userpass.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/auth/userpass.html.md
@@ -34,6 +34,22 @@ The endpoint for the login is `/login/USERNAME`.
 
 ## Configuration
 
+First, you must enable the username/password auth backend:
+
+```
+$ vault auth-enable userpass
+Successfully enabled 'userpass' at 'userpass'!
+```
+
+Now when you run `vault auth -methods`, the username/password backend is
+available:
+
+```
+Path       Type      Description
+token/     token     token based credentials
+userpass/  userpass
+```
+
 To use the "userpass" auth backend, an operator must configure it with
 users that are allowed to authenticate. An example is shown below.
 Use `vault help` for more details.