diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d7a11d2..8a9c8d6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ Detect vulnerable log4j versions on your file-system
 Usage:
   scan4log4shell local [paths] [flags]
 
+Examples:
+- Scan /var/www: scan4log4shell local /var/www
+- Ignore zip & aar: scan4log4shell local . --ignore-ext .zip --ignore-ext .aar
+
 Flags:
   -e, --exclude stringArray      path to exclude
   -h, --help                     help for local
@@ -169,6 +173,7 @@ Examples:
 
 Flags:
       --auth-fuzzing            add auth fuzzing
+      --basic-auth string       basic auth credentials (eg. user:pass)
       --caddr string            address to catch the callbacks (eg. ip:port)
       --catcher-type string     type of callback catcher (dns | ldap | tcp | none) (default "dns")
       --check-cve-2021-45046    check for CVE-2021-45046
@@ -210,9 +215,11 @@ Examples:
 - Scan multiple urls: scan4log4shell remote url https://target1.org https://target2.org
 - TCP catcher: scan4log4shell remote url https://target.org --catcher-type tcp --caddr 172.20.0.30:4444
 - Custom headers file: scan4log4shell remote url https://target.org --headers-file ./headers.txt
+- Scan url behind basic auth: scan4log4shell remote url https://target.org --basic-auth user:pass
 
 Flags:
       --auth-fuzzing            add auth fuzzing
+      --basic-auth string       basic auth credentials (eg. user:pass)
       --caddr string            address to catch the callbacks (eg. ip:port)
       --catcher-type string     type of callback catcher (dns | ldap | tcp | none) (default "dns")
       --check-cve-2021-45046    check for CVE-2021-45046
diff --git a/cmd/local.go b/cmd/local.go
index 2ca01a3..9814b34 100644
--- a/cmd/local.go
+++ b/cmd/local.go
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ func newLocalCmd(noColor *bool, output *string, verbose *bool) *cobra.Command {
 		Short:         "Detect vulnerable log4j versions on your file-system",
 		SilenceUsage:  true,
 		SilenceErrors: true,
+		Example: `- Scan /var/www: scan4log4shell local /var/www
+- Ignore zip & aar: scan4log4shell local . --ignore-ext .zip --ignore-ext .aar`,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			if *output != "" {
 				color.NoColor = true