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     new 4967a0c4ba NO-JIRA clarify CLI docs
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commit 4967a0c4ba807968df2c22a8974fc5d1349aa7b4
Author: Justin Bertram <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Mon Jun 17 14:06:56 2024 -0500

    NO-JIRA clarify CLI docs
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 docs/user-manual/using-cli.adoc | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/user-manual/using-cli.adoc b/docs/user-manual/using-cli.adoc
index 9c49a6707f..5a936edca4 100644
--- a/docs/user-manual/using-cli.adoc
+++ b/docs/user-manual/using-cli.adoc
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 = Command Line Interface
 
 ActiveMQ Artemis has a Command Line Interface (CLI) that can used to manage a 
few aspects of the broker like instance creation, basic user management, queue 
& address management, etc.
+This interface is designed for simple use-cases with _humans_ in mind.
+It is not an exhaustive set of commands for complete broker management.
+There is a comprehensive xref:management.adoc[management API] available with 
many operations that return JSON formatted output which is better suited for 
use in scripts and other automated processes.
 
 There are two ways the CLI can be used:
 
@@ -9,13 +12,10 @@ There are two ways the CLI can be used:
 
 All commands available through the traditional CLI commands are also available 
through the shell interface.
 
-One benefit of the traditional CLI commands is that they can be used in your 
own bash scripts for automation, etc.
-
 One benefit of the shell is that it will *reuse* some information as you 
repeat commands.
 For example, once you supply the broker URI and username & password to one 
command those values will be transparently applied other commands in the same 
shell session.
 Of course, the shell also allows you to avoid retyping `./artemis` for every 
command.
 
-
 == Getting Help
 
 You can get a complete list of available commands by typing:
@@ -415,4 +415,4 @@ Connection brokerURL = tcp://localhost:61616
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  |0             |0               |0             |0              |ANYCAST     |
 |TEST                     |TEST                     |0             |8743       
  |8743          |0               |0             |0              |ANYCAST     |
 |activemq.management.2a...|activemq.management.2a...|1             |0          
  |0             |0               |0             |0              |MULTICAST   |
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