diff --git a/pkg/cmd/user.go b/pkg/cmd/user.go
index dbd72f7..5828aad 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/user.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/user.go
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ var UserDeactivateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 }
 
 var UserEditCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "edit",
+	Use:   "edit <user>",
 	Short: "edites a user",
 	Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ var UserEditCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		}
 
 		if flagUserPassword != "" {
-			passwordHash, err := bcrypt.GenerateFromPassword([]byte(args[1]), bcrypt.DefaultCost)
+			passwordHash, err := bcrypt.GenerateFromPassword([]byte(flagUserPassword), bcrypt.DefaultCost)
 			if err != nil {
 				logrus.WithError(err).Fatal("could not compute user password hash")
 			}