diff --git a/command/base/command.go b/command/base/command.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3d4020924fc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/command/base/command.go
@@ -0,0 +1,238 @@
+package base
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/api"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/cli"
+	text "github.com/tonnerre/golang-text"
+)
+
+// maxLineLength is the maximum width of any line.
+const maxLineLength int = 72
+
+// FlagSetFlags is an enum to define what flags are present in the
+// default FlagSet returned.
+type FlagSetFlags uint
+
+const (
+	FlagSetNone       FlagSetFlags = 1 << iota
+	FlagSetClientHTTP FlagSetFlags = 1 << iota
+	FlagSetServerHTTP FlagSetFlags = 1 << iota
+
+	FlagSetHTTP = FlagSetClientHTTP | FlagSetServerHTTP
+)
+
+type Command struct {
+	Ui    cli.Ui
+	Flags FlagSetFlags
+
+	flagSet *flag.FlagSet
+
+	// These are the options which correspond to the HTTP API options
+	httpAddr   stringValue
+	token      stringValue
+	datacenter stringValue
+	stale      boolValue
+}
+
+// HTTPClient returns a client with the parsed flags. It panics if the command
+// does not accept HTTP flags or if the flags have not been parsed.
+func (c *Command) HTTPClient() (*api.Client, error) {
+	if !c.hasClientHTTP() && !c.hasServerHTTP() {
+		panic("no http flags defined")
+	}
+	if !c.flagSet.Parsed() {
+		panic("flags have not been parsed")
+	}
+
+	config := api.DefaultConfig()
+	c.httpAddr.Merge(&config.Address)
+	c.token.Merge(&config.Token)
+	c.datacenter.Merge(&config.Datacenter)
+	return api.NewClient(config)
+}
+
+// httpFlagsClient is the list of flags that apply to HTTP connections.
+func (c *Command) httpFlagsClient(f *flag.FlagSet) *flag.FlagSet {
+	if f == nil {
+		f = flag.NewFlagSet("", flag.ContinueOnError)
+	}
+
+	f.Var(&c.httpAddr, "http-addr",
+		"Address and port to the Consul HTTP agent. The value can be an IP "+
+			"address or DNS address, but it must also include the port. This can "+
+			"also be specified via the CONSUL_HTTP_ADDR environment variable. The "+
+			"default value is 127.0.0.1:8500.")
+	f.Var(&c.token, "token",
+		"ACL token to use in the request. This can also be specified via the "+
+			"CONSUL_HTTP_TOKEN environment variable. If unspecified, the query will "+
+			"default to the token of the Consul agent at the HTTP address.")
+
+	return f
+}
+
+// httpFlagsServer is the list of flags that apply to HTTP connections.
+func (c *Command) httpFlagsServer(f *flag.FlagSet) *flag.FlagSet {
+	if f == nil {
+		f = flag.NewFlagSet("", flag.ContinueOnError)
+	}
+
+	f.Var(&c.datacenter, "datacenter",
+		"Name of the datacenter to query. If unspecified, this will default to "+
+			"the datacenter of the queried agent.")
+	f.Var(&c.stale, "stale",
+		"Permit any Consul server (non-leader) to respond to this request. This "+
+			"allows for lower latency and higher throughput, but can result in "+
+			"stale data. This option has no effect on non-read operations. The "+
+			"default value is false.")
+
+	return f
+}
+
+// NewFlagSet creates a new flag set for the given command. It automatically
+// generates help output and adds the appropriate API flags.
+func (c *Command) NewFlagSet(command cli.Command) *flag.FlagSet {
+	f := flag.NewFlagSet("", flag.ContinueOnError)
+	f.Usage = func() { c.Ui.Error(command.Help()) }
+
+	if c.hasClientHTTP() {
+		c.httpFlagsClient(f)
+	}
+
+	if c.hasServerHTTP() {
+		c.httpFlagsServer(f)
+	}
+
+	errR, errW := io.Pipe()
+	errScanner := bufio.NewScanner(errR)
+	go func() {
+		for errScanner.Scan() {
+			c.Ui.Error(errScanner.Text())
+		}
+	}()
+	f.SetOutput(errW)
+
+	c.flagSet = f
+
+	return f
+}
+
+// Parse is used to parse the underlying flag set.
+func (c *Command) Parse(args []string) error {
+	return c.flagSet.Parse(args)
+}
+
+// Help returns the help for this flagSet.
+func (c *Command) Help() string {
+	return c.helpFlagsFor(c.flagSet)
+}
+
+// hasClientHTTP returns true if this meta command contains client HTTP flags.
+func (c *Command) hasClientHTTP() bool {
+	return c.Flags&FlagSetClientHTTP != 0
+}
+
+// hasServerHTTP returns true if this meta command contains server HTTP flags.
+func (c *Command) hasServerHTTP() bool {
+	return c.Flags&FlagSetServerHTTP != 0
+}
+
+// helpFlagsFor visits all flags in the given flag set and prints formatted
+// help output. This function is sad because there's no "merging" of command
+// line flags. We explicitly pull out our "common" options into another section
+// by doing string comparisons :(.
+func (c *Command) helpFlagsFor(f *flag.FlagSet) string {
+	httpFlagsClient := c.httpFlagsClient(nil)
+	httpFlagsServer := c.httpFlagsServer(nil)
+
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+
+	firstHTTP := true
+	if c.hasClientHTTP() {
+		if firstHTTP {
+			printTitle(&out, "HTTP API Options")
+			firstHTTP = false
+		}
+		httpFlagsClient.VisitAll(func(f *flag.Flag) {
+			printFlag(&out, f)
+		})
+	}
+	if c.hasServerHTTP() {
+		if firstHTTP {
+			printTitle(&out, "HTTP API Options")
+			firstHTTP = false
+		}
+		httpFlagsServer.VisitAll(func(f *flag.Flag) {
+			printFlag(&out, f)
+		})
+	}
+
+	firstCommand := true
+	f.VisitAll(func(f *flag.Flag) {
+		// Skip HTTP flags as they will be grouped separately
+		if flagContains(httpFlagsClient, f) || flagContains(httpFlagsServer, f) {
+			return
+		}
+		if firstCommand {
+			printTitle(&out, "Command Options")
+			firstCommand = false
+		}
+		printFlag(&out, f)
+	})
+
+	return strings.TrimRight(out.String(), "\n")
+}
+
+// printTitle prints a consistently-formatted title to the given writer.
+func printTitle(w io.Writer, s string) {
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\n\n", s)
+}
+
+// printFlag prints a single flag to the given writer.
+func printFlag(w io.Writer, f *flag.Flag) {
+	example, _ := flag.UnquoteUsage(f)
+	if example != "" {
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "  -%s=<%s>\n", f.Name, example)
+	} else {
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "  -%s\n", f.Name)
+	}
+
+	indented := wrapAtLength(f.Usage, 5)
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\n\n", indented)
+}
+
+// flagContains returns true if the given flag is contained in the given flag
+// set or false otherwise.
+func flagContains(fs *flag.FlagSet, f *flag.Flag) bool {
+	var skip bool
+
+	fs.VisitAll(func(hf *flag.Flag) {
+		if skip {
+			return
+		}
+
+		if f.Name == hf.Name && f.Usage == hf.Usage {
+			skip = true
+			return
+		}
+	})
+
+	return skip
+}
+
+// wrapAtLength wraps the given text at the maxLineLength, taking into account
+// any provided left padding.
+func wrapAtLength(s string, pad int) string {
+	wrapped := text.Wrap(s, maxLineLength-pad)
+	lines := strings.Split(wrapped, "\n")
+	for i, line := range lines {
+		lines[i] = strings.Repeat(" ", pad) + line
+	}
+	return strings.Join(lines, "\n")
+}
diff --git a/command/base/config_util.go b/command/base/config_util.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7eac69cd27d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/command/base/config_util.go
@@ -0,0 +1,319 @@
+package base
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"reflect"
+	"sort"
+	"strconv"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
+)
+
+// TODO (slackpad) - Trying out a different pattern here for config handling.
+// These classes support the flag.Value interface but work in a manner where
+// we can tell if they have been set. This lets us work with an all-pointer
+// config structure and merge it in a clean-ish way. If this ends up being a
+// good pattern we should pull this out into a reusable library.
+
+// configDecodeHook should be passed to mapstructure in order to decode into
+// the *Value objects here.
+var configDecodeHook = mapstructure.ComposeDecodeHookFunc(
+	boolToBoolValueFunc(),
+	stringToDurationValueFunc(),
+	stringToStringValueFunc(),
+	float64ToUintValueFunc(),
+)
+
+// boolValue provides a flag value that's aware if it has been set.
+type boolValue struct {
+	v *bool
+}
+
+// See flag.Value.
+func (b *boolValue) IsBoolFlag() bool {
+	return true
+}
+
+// Merge will overlay this value if it has been set.
+func (b *boolValue) Merge(onto *bool) {
+	if b.v != nil {
+		*onto = *(b.v)
+	}
+}
+
+// See flag.Value.
+func (b *boolValue) Set(v string) error {
+	if b.v == nil {
+		b.v = new(bool)
+	}
+	var err error
+	*(b.v), err = strconv.ParseBool(v)
+	return err
+}
+
+// See flag.Value.
+func (b *boolValue) String() string {
+	var current bool
+	if b.v != nil {
+		current = *(b.v)
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%v", current)
+}
+
+// boolToBoolValueFunc is a mapstructure hook that looks for an incoming bool
+// mapped to a boolValue and does the translation.
+func boolToBoolValueFunc() mapstructure.DecodeHookFunc {
+	return func(
+		f reflect.Type,
+		t reflect.Type,
+		data interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+		if f.Kind() != reflect.Bool {
+			return data, nil
+		}
+
+		val := boolValue{}
+		if t != reflect.TypeOf(val) {
+			return data, nil
+		}
+
+		val.v = new(bool)
+		*(val.v) = data.(bool)
+		return val, nil
+	}
+}
+
+// durationValue provides a flag value that's aware if it has been set.
+type durationValue struct {
+	v *time.Duration
+}
+
+// Merge will overlay this value if it has been set.
+func (d *durationValue) Merge(onto *time.Duration) {
+	if d.v != nil {
+		*onto = *(d.v)
+	}
+}
+
+// See flag.Value.
+func (d *durationValue) Set(v string) error {
+	if d.v == nil {
+		d.v = new(time.Duration)
+	}
+	var err error
+	*(d.v), err = time.ParseDuration(v)
+	return err
+}
+
+// See flag.Value.
+func (d *durationValue) String() string {
+	var current time.Duration
+	if d.v != nil {
+		current = *(d.v)
+	}
+	return current.String()
+}
+
+// stringToDurationValueFunc is a mapstructure hook that looks for an incoming
+// string mapped to a durationValue and does the translation.
+func stringToDurationValueFunc() mapstructure.DecodeHookFunc {
+	return func(
+		f reflect.Type,
+		t reflect.Type,
+		data interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+		if f.Kind() != reflect.String {
+			return data, nil
+		}
+
+		val := durationValue{}
+		if t != reflect.TypeOf(val) {
+			return data, nil
+		}
+		if err := val.Set(data.(string)); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return val, nil
+	}
+}
+
+// stringValue provides a flag value that's aware if it has been set.
+type stringValue struct {
+	v *string
+}
+
+// Merge will overlay this value if it has been set.
+func (s *stringValue) Merge(onto *string) {
+	if s.v != nil {
+		*onto = *(s.v)
+	}
+}
+
+// See flag.Value.
+func (s *stringValue) Set(v string) error {
+	if s.v == nil {
+		s.v = new(string)
+	}
+	*(s.v) = v
+	return nil
+}
+
+// See flag.Value.
+func (s *stringValue) String() string {
+	var current string
+	if s.v != nil {
+		current = *(s.v)
+	}
+	return current
+}
+
+// stringToStringValueFunc is a mapstructure hook that looks for an incoming
+// string mapped to a stringValue and does the translation.
+func stringToStringValueFunc() mapstructure.DecodeHookFunc {
+	return func(
+		f reflect.Type,
+		t reflect.Type,
+		data interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+		if f.Kind() != reflect.String {
+			return data, nil
+		}
+
+		val := stringValue{}
+		if t != reflect.TypeOf(val) {
+			return data, nil
+		}
+		val.v = new(string)
+		*(val.v) = data.(string)
+		return val, nil
+	}
+}
+
+// uintValue provides a flag value that's aware if it has been set.
+type uintValue struct {
+	v *uint
+}
+
+// Merge will overlay this value if it has been set.
+func (u *uintValue) Merge(onto *uint) {
+	if u.v != nil {
+		*onto = *(u.v)
+	}
+}
+
+// See flag.Value.
+func (u *uintValue) Set(v string) error {
+	if u.v == nil {
+		u.v = new(uint)
+	}
+	parsed, err := strconv.ParseUint(v, 0, 64)
+	*(u.v) = (uint)(parsed)
+	return err
+}
+
+// See flag.Value.
+func (u *uintValue) String() string {
+	var current uint
+	if u.v != nil {
+		current = *(u.v)
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%v", current)
+}
+
+// float64ToUintValueFunc is a mapstructure hook that looks for an incoming
+// float64 mapped to a uintValue and does the translation.
+func float64ToUintValueFunc() mapstructure.DecodeHookFunc {
+	return func(
+		f reflect.Type,
+		t reflect.Type,
+		data interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+		if f.Kind() != reflect.Float64 {
+			return data, nil
+		}
+
+		val := uintValue{}
+		if t != reflect.TypeOf(val) {
+			return data, nil
+		}
+
+		fv := data.(float64)
+		if fv < 0 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("value cannot be negative")
+		}
+
+		// The standard guarantees at least this, and this is fine for
+		// values we expect to use in configs vs. being fancy with the
+		// machine's size for uint.
+		if fv > (1<<32 - 1) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("value is too large")
+		}
+
+		val.v = new(uint)
+		*(val.v) = (uint)(fv)
+		return val, nil
+	}
+}
+
+// visitFn is a callback that gets a chance to visit each file found during a
+// traversal with visit().
+type visitFn func(path string) error
+
+// visit will call the visitor function on the path if it's a file, or for each
+// file in the path if it's a directory. Directories will not be recursed into,
+// and files in the directory will be visited in alphabetical order.
+func visit(path string, visitor visitFn) error {
+	f, err := os.Open(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error reading %q: %v", path, err)
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	fi, err := f.Stat()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error checking %q: %v", path, err)
+	}
+
+	if !fi.IsDir() {
+		if err := visitor(path); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error in %q: %v", path, err)
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	contents, err := f.Readdir(-1)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error listing %q: %v", path, err)
+	}
+
+	sort.Sort(dirEnts(contents))
+	for _, fi := range contents {
+		if fi.IsDir() {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		fullPath := filepath.Join(path, fi.Name())
+		if err := visitor(fullPath); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error in %q: %v", fullPath, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// dirEnts applies sort.Interface to directory entries for sorting by name.
+type dirEnts []os.FileInfo
+
+// See sort.Interface.
+func (d dirEnts) Len() int {
+	return len(d)
+}
+
+// See sort.Interface.
+func (d dirEnts) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	return d[i].Name() < d[j].Name()
+}
+
+// See sort.Interface.
+func (d dirEnts) Swap(i, j int) {
+	d[i], d[j] = d[j], d[i]
+}
diff --git a/command/base/config_util_test.go b/command/base/config_util_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b8264751fb4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/command/base/config_util_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+package base
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
+	"path"
+	"reflect"
+)
+
+func TestConfigUtil_Values(t *testing.T) {
+	type config struct {
+		B boolValue     `mapstructure:"bool"`
+		D durationValue `mapstructure:"duration"`
+		S stringValue   `mapstructure:"string"`
+		U uintValue     `mapstructure:"uint"`
+	}
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		in      string
+		success string
+		failure string
+	}{
+		{
+			`{ }`,
+			`"false" "0s" "" "0"`,
+			"",
+		},
+		{
+			`{ "bool": true, "duration": "2h", "string": "hello", "uint": 23 }`,
+			`"true" "2h0m0s" "hello" "23"`,
+			"",
+		},
+		{
+			`{ "bool": "nope" }`,
+			"",
+			"got 'string'",
+		},
+		{
+			`{ "duration": "nope" }`,
+			"",
+			"invalid duration nope",
+		},
+		{
+			`{ "string": 123 }`,
+			"",
+			"got 'float64'",
+		},
+		{
+			`{ "uint": -1 }`,
+			"",
+			"value cannot be negative",
+		},
+		{
+			`{ "uint": 4294967296 }`,
+			"",
+			"value is too large",
+		},
+	}
+	for i, c := range cases {
+		var raw interface{}
+		dec := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewBufferString(c.in))
+		if err := dec.Decode(&raw); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("(case %d) err: %v", i, err)
+		}
+
+		var r config
+		msdec, err := mapstructure.NewDecoder(&mapstructure.DecoderConfig{
+			DecodeHook:  configDecodeHook,
+			Result:      &r,
+			ErrorUnused: true,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("(case %d) err: %v", i, err)
+		}
+
+		err = msdec.Decode(raw)
+		if c.failure != "" {
+			if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), c.failure) {
+				t.Fatalf("(case %d) err: %v", i, err)
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("(case %d) err: %v", i, err)
+		}
+
+		actual := fmt.Sprintf("%q %q %q %q",
+			r.B.String(),
+			r.D.String(),
+			r.S.String(),
+			r.U.String())
+		if actual != c.success {
+			t.Fatalf("(case %d) bad: %s", i, actual)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestConfigUtil_Visit(t *testing.T) {
+	var trail []string
+	visitor := func(path string) error {
+		trail = append(trail, path)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	basePath := "../../test/command/merge"
+	if err := visit(basePath, visitor); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := visit(path.Join(basePath, "subdir", "c.json"), visitor); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	expected := []string{
+		path.Join(basePath, "a.json"),
+		path.Join(basePath, "b.json"),
+		path.Join(basePath, "nope"),
+		path.Join(basePath, "zero.json"),
+		path.Join(basePath, "subdir", "c.json"),
+	}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(trail, expected) {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", trail)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/command/configtest.go b/command/configtest.go
index fc35b79fe46d..81eafef512ea 100644
--- a/command/configtest.go
+++ b/command/configtest.go
@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
 package command
 
 import (
-	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/agent"
-	"github.com/mitchellh/cli"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/base"
 )
 
 // ConfigTestCommand is a Command implementation that is used to
 // verify config files
 type ConfigTestCommand struct {
-	Ui cli.Ui
+	base.Command
 }
 
 func (c *ConfigTestCommand) Help() string {
@@ -27,25 +26,22 @@ Usage: consul configtest [options]
 
   Returns 0 if the configuration is valid, or 1 if there are problems.
 
-Options:
+` + c.Command.Help()
 
-  -config-file=foo         Path to a JSON file to read configuration from.
-                           This can be specified multiple times.
-  -config-dir=foo          Path to a directory to read configuration files
-                           from. This will read every file ending in ".json"
-                           as configuration in this directory in alphabetical
-                           order.
-	`
 	return strings.TrimSpace(helpText)
 }
 
 func (c *ConfigTestCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 	var configFiles []string
-	cmdFlags := flag.NewFlagSet("configtest", flag.ContinueOnError)
-	cmdFlags.Usage = func() { c.Ui.Output(c.Help()) }
-	cmdFlags.Var((*agent.AppendSliceValue)(&configFiles), "config-file", "json file to read config from")
-	cmdFlags.Var((*agent.AppendSliceValue)(&configFiles), "config-dir", "directory of json files to read")
-	if err := cmdFlags.Parse(args); err != nil {
+
+	f := c.Command.NewFlagSet(c)
+	f.Var((*agent.AppendSliceValue)(&configFiles), "config-file",
+		"Path to a JSON file to read configuration from. This can be specified multiple times.")
+	f.Var((*agent.AppendSliceValue)(&configFiles), "config-dir",
+		"Path to a directory to read configuration files from. This will read every file ending in "+
+			".json as configuration in this directory in alphabetical order.")
+
+	if err := c.Command.Parse(args); err != nil {
 		return 1
 	}
 
diff --git a/command/configtest_test.go b/command/configtest_test.go
index 65e6e1753b77..766ad594bf4b 100644
--- a/command/configtest_test.go
+++ b/command/configtest_test.go
@@ -6,9 +6,20 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/base"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/cli"
 )
 
+func testConfigTestCommand(t *testing.T) (*cli.MockUi, *ConfigTestCommand) {
+	ui := new(cli.MockUi)
+	return ui, &ConfigTestCommand{
+		Command: base.Command{
+			Ui:    ui,
+			Flags: base.FlagSetNone,
+		},
+	}
+}
+
 func TestConfigTestCommand_implements(t *testing.T) {
 	var _ cli.Command = &ConfigTestCommand{}
 }
@@ -20,9 +31,7 @@ func TestConfigTestCommandFailOnEmptyFile(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpFile.Name())
 
-	cmd := &ConfigTestCommand{
-		Ui: new(cli.MockUi),
-	}
+	_, cmd := testConfigTestCommand(t)
 
 	args := []string{
 		"-config-file", tmpFile.Name(),
@@ -40,16 +49,14 @@ func TestConfigTestCommandSucceedOnEmptyDir(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(td)
 
-	cmd := &ConfigTestCommand{
-		Ui: new(cli.MockUi),
-	}
+	ui, cmd := testConfigTestCommand(t)
 
 	args := []string{
 		"-config-dir", td,
 	}
 
 	if code := cmd.Run(args); code != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("bad: %d", code)
+		t.Fatalf("bad: %d, %s", code, ui.ErrorWriter.String())
 	}
 }
 
@@ -66,9 +73,7 @@ func TestConfigTestCommandSucceedOnMinimalConfigFile(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	cmd := &ConfigTestCommand{
-		Ui: new(cli.MockUi),
-	}
+	_, cmd := testConfigTestCommand(t)
 
 	args := []string{
 		"-config-file", fp,
@@ -91,9 +96,7 @@ func TestConfigTestCommandSucceedOnMinimalConfigDir(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	cmd := &ConfigTestCommand{
-		Ui: new(cli.MockUi),
-	}
+	_, cmd := testConfigTestCommand(t)
 
 	args := []string{
 		"-config-dir", td,
@@ -116,9 +119,7 @@ func TestConfigTestCommandSucceedOnConfigDirWithEmptyFile(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	cmd := &ConfigTestCommand{
-		Ui: new(cli.MockUi),
-	}
+	_, cmd := testConfigTestCommand(t)
 
 	args := []string{
 		"-config-dir", td,
diff --git a/command/force_leave.go b/command/force_leave.go
index 4839135d6196..778cc9d46c71 100644
--- a/command/force_leave.go
+++ b/command/force_leave.go
@@ -1,42 +1,38 @@
 package command
 
 import (
-	"flag"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/mitchellh/cli"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/base"
 	"strings"
 )
 
 // ForceLeaveCommand is a Command implementation that tells a running Consul
 // to force a member to enter the "left" state.
 type ForceLeaveCommand struct {
-	Ui cli.Ui
+	base.Command
 }
 
 func (c *ForceLeaveCommand) Run(args []string) int {
-	cmdFlags := flag.NewFlagSet("join", flag.ContinueOnError)
-	cmdFlags.Usage = func() { c.Ui.Output(c.Help()) }
-	rpcAddr := RPCAddrFlag(cmdFlags)
-	if err := cmdFlags.Parse(args); err != nil {
+	f := c.Command.NewFlagSet(c)
+	if err := c.Command.Parse(args); err != nil {
 		return 1
 	}
 
-	nodes := cmdFlags.Args()
+	nodes := f.Args()
 	if len(nodes) != 1 {
-		c.Ui.Error("A node name must be specified to force leave.")
+		c.Ui.Error("A single node name must be specified to force leave.")
 		c.Ui.Error("")
 		c.Ui.Error(c.Help())
 		return 1
 	}
 
-	client, err := RPCClient(*rpcAddr)
+	client, err := c.Command.HTTPClient()
 	if err != nil {
 		c.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error connecting to Consul agent: %s", err))
 		return 1
 	}
-	defer client.Close()
 
-	err = client.ForceLeave(nodes[0])
+	err = client.Agent().ForceLeave(nodes[0])
 	if err != nil {
 		c.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error force leaving: %s", err))
 		return 1
@@ -60,10 +56,7 @@ Usage: consul force-leave [options] name
   Consul will attempt to reconnect to those failed nodes for some period of
   time before eventually reaping them.
 
-Options:
+` + c.Command.Help()
 
-  -rpc-addr=127.0.0.1:8400 RPC address of the Consul agent.
-
-`
 	return strings.TrimSpace(helpText)
 }
diff --git a/command/force_leave_test.go b/command/force_leave_test.go
index d297380a8601..257ce1b2b378 100644
--- a/command/force_leave_test.go
+++ b/command/force_leave_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package command
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/base"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/testutil"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/serf/serf"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/cli"
@@ -10,6 +11,16 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
+func testForceLeaveCommand(t *testing.T) (*cli.MockUi, *ForceLeaveCommand) {
+	ui := new(cli.MockUi)
+	return ui, &ForceLeaveCommand{
+		Command: base.Command{
+			Ui:    ui,
+			Flags: base.FlagSetClientHTTP,
+		},
+	}
+}
+
 func TestForceLeaveCommand_implements(t *testing.T) {
 	var _ cli.Command = &ForceLeaveCommand{}
 }
@@ -29,10 +40,9 @@ func TestForceLeaveCommandRun(t *testing.T) {
 	// Forcibly shutdown a2 so that it appears "failed" in a1
 	a2.Shutdown()
 
-	ui := new(cli.MockUi)
-	c := &ForceLeaveCommand{Ui: ui}
+	ui, c := testForceLeaveCommand(t)
 	args := []string{
-		"-rpc-addr=" + a1.addr,
+		"-http-addr=" + a1.httpAddr,
 		a2.config.NodeName,
 	}
 
@@ -57,8 +67,8 @@ func TestForceLeaveCommandRun(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestForceLeaveCommandRun_noAddrs(t *testing.T) {
 	ui := new(cli.MockUi)
-	c := &ForceLeaveCommand{Ui: ui}
-	args := []string{"-rpc-addr=foo"}
+	ui, c := testForceLeaveCommand(t)
+	args := []string{"-http-addr=foo"}
 
 	code := c.Run(args)
 	if code != 1 {
diff --git a/command/lock.go b/command/lock.go
index 72f4ec5830e1..08b53fc3c8aa 100644
--- a/command/lock.go
+++ b/command/lock.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package command
 
 import (
-	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path"
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/api"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/agent"
-	"github.com/mitchellh/cli"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/base"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -37,54 +36,37 @@ const (
 // LockCommand is a Command implementation that is used to setup
 // a "lock" which manages lock acquisition and invokes a sub-process
 type LockCommand struct {
+	base.Command
+
 	ShutdownCh <-chan struct{}
-	Ui         cli.Ui
 
 	child     *os.Process
 	childLock sync.Mutex
-	verbose   bool
+
+	verbose bool
 }
 
 func (c *LockCommand) Help() string {
 	helpText := `
 Usage: consul lock [options] prefix child...
 
-  Acquires a lock or semaphore at a given path, and invokes a child
-  process when successful. The child process can assume the lock is
-  held while it executes. If the lock is lost or communication is
-  disrupted the child process will be sent a SIGTERM signal and given
-  time to gracefully exit. After the grace period expires the process
-  will be hard terminated.
+  Acquires a lock or semaphore at a given path, and invokes a child process
+  when successful. The child process can assume the lock is held while it
+  executes. If the lock is lost or communication is disrupted the child
+  process will be sent a SIGTERM signal and given time to gracefully exit.
+  After the grace period expires the process will be hard terminated.
 
-  For Consul agents on Windows, the child process is always hard
-  terminated with a SIGKILL, since Windows has no POSIX compatible
-  notion for SIGTERM.
+  For Consul agents on Windows, the child process is always hard terminated
+  with a SIGKILL, since Windows has no POSIX compatible notion for SIGTERM.
 
-  When -n=1, only a single lock holder or leader exists providing
-  mutual exclusion. Setting a higher value switches to a semaphore
-  allowing multiple holders to coordinate.
+  When -n=1, only a single lock holder or leader exists providing mutual
+  exclusion. Setting a higher value switches to a semaphore allowing multiple
+  holders to coordinate.
 
   The prefix provided must have write privileges.
 
-Options:
-
-  -http-addr=127.0.0.1:8500  HTTP address of the Consul agent.
-  -n=1                       Maximum number of allowed lock holders. If this
-                             value is one, it operates as a lock, otherwise
-                             a semaphore is used.
-  -name=""                   Optional name to associate with lock session.
-  -token=""                  ACL token to use. Defaults to that of agent.
-  -pass-stdin                Pass stdin to child process.
-  -try=timeout               Attempt to acquire the lock up to the given
-                             timeout (eg. "15s").
-  -monitor-retry=n           Retry up to n times if Consul returns a 500 error
-                             while monitoring the lock. This allows riding out brief
-                             periods of unavailability without causing leader
-                             elections, but increases the amount of time required
-                             to detect a lost lock in some cases. Defaults to 3,
-                             with a 1s wait between retries. Set to 0 to disable.
-  -verbose                   Enables verbose output
-`
+` + c.Command.Help()
+
 	return strings.TrimSpace(helpText)
 }
 
@@ -93,25 +75,41 @@ func (c *LockCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 	return c.run(args, &lu)
 }
 
-// run exposes the underlying lock for testing.
 func (c *LockCommand) run(args []string, lu **LockUnlock) int {
 	var childDone chan struct{}
-	var name, token string
 	var limit int
+	var monitorRetry int
+	var name string
 	var passStdin bool
-	var try string
-	var retry int
-	cmdFlags := flag.NewFlagSet("watch", flag.ContinueOnError)
-	cmdFlags.Usage = func() { c.Ui.Output(c.Help()) }
-	cmdFlags.IntVar(&limit, "n", 1, "")
-	cmdFlags.StringVar(&name, "name", "", "")
-	cmdFlags.StringVar(&token, "token", "", "")
-	cmdFlags.BoolVar(&passStdin, "pass-stdin", false, "")
-	cmdFlags.StringVar(&try, "try", "", "")
-	cmdFlags.IntVar(&retry, "monitor-retry", defaultMonitorRetry, "")
-	cmdFlags.BoolVar(&c.verbose, "verbose", false, "")
-	httpAddr := HTTPAddrFlag(cmdFlags)
-	if err := cmdFlags.Parse(args); err != nil {
+	var timeout time.Duration
+
+	f := c.Command.NewFlagSet(c)
+	f.IntVar(&limit, "n", 1,
+		"Optional limit on the number of concurrent lock holders. The underlying "+
+			"implementation switches from a lock to a semaphore when the value is "+
+			"greater than 1. The default value is 1.")
+	f.IntVar(&monitorRetry, "monitor-retry", defaultMonitorRetry,
+		"Number of times to retry if Consul returns a 500 error while monitoring "+
+			"the lock. This allows riding out brief periods of unavailability "+
+			"without causing leader elections, but increases the amount of time "+
+			"required to detect a lost lock in some cases. The default value is 3, "+
+			"with a 1s wait between retries. Set this value to 0 to disable retires.")
+	f.StringVar(&name, "name", "",
+		"Optional name to associate with the lock session. It not provided, one "+
+			"is generated based on the provided child command.")
+	f.BoolVar(&passStdin, "pass-stdin", false,
+		"Pass stdin to the child process.")
+	f.DurationVar(&timeout, "timeout", 0,
+		"Maximum amount of time to wait to acquire the lock, specified as a "+
+			"timestamp like \"1s\" or \"3h\". The default value is 0.")
+	f.BoolVar(&c.verbose, "verbose", false,
+		"Enable verbose (debugging) output.")
+
+	// Deprecations
+	f.DurationVar(&timeout, "try", 0,
+		"DEPRECATED. Use -timeout instead.")
+
+	if err := c.Command.Parse(args); err != nil {
 		return 1
 	}
 
@@ -122,52 +120,36 @@ func (c *LockCommand) run(args []string, lu **LockUnlock) int {
 	}
 
 	// Verify the prefix and child are provided
-	extra := cmdFlags.Args()
+	extra := f.Args()
 	if len(extra) < 2 {
 		c.Ui.Error("Key prefix and child command must be specified")
-		c.Ui.Error("")
-		c.Ui.Error(c.Help())
 		return 1
 	}
 	prefix := extra[0]
 	prefix = strings.TrimPrefix(prefix, "/")
 	script := strings.Join(extra[1:], " ")
 
+	if timeout < 0 {
+		c.Ui.Error("Timeout must be positive")
+		return 1
+	}
+
 	// Calculate a session name if none provided
 	if name == "" {
 		name = fmt.Sprintf("Consul lock for '%s' at '%s'", script, prefix)
 	}
 
-	// Verify the duration if given.
-	oneshot := false
-	var wait time.Duration
-	if try != "" {
-		var err error
-		wait, err = time.ParseDuration(try)
-		if err != nil {
-			c.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error parsing try timeout: %s", err))
-			return 1
-		}
-
-		if wait <= 0 {
-			c.Ui.Error("Try timeout must be positive")
-			return 1
-		}
-
-		oneshot = true
-	}
+	// Calculate oneshot
+	oneshot := timeout > 0
 
 	// Check the retry parameter
-	if retry < 0 {
+	if monitorRetry < 0 {
 		c.Ui.Error("Number for 'monitor-retry' must be >= 0")
 		return 1
 	}
 
 	// Create and test the HTTP client
-	conf := api.DefaultConfig()
-	conf.Address = *httpAddr
-	conf.Token = token
-	client, err := api.NewClient(conf)
+	client, err := c.Command.HTTPClient()
 	if err != nil {
 		c.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error connecting to Consul agent: %s", err))
 		return 1
@@ -180,9 +162,9 @@ func (c *LockCommand) run(args []string, lu **LockUnlock) int {
 
 	// Setup the lock or semaphore
 	if limit == 1 {
-		*lu, err = c.setupLock(client, prefix, name, oneshot, wait, retry)
+		*lu, err = c.setupLock(client, prefix, name, oneshot, timeout, monitorRetry)
 	} else {
-		*lu, err = c.setupSemaphore(client, limit, prefix, name, oneshot, wait, retry)
+		*lu, err = c.setupSemaphore(client, limit, prefix, name, oneshot, timeout, monitorRetry)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		c.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Lock setup failed: %s", err))
diff --git a/command/lock_test.go b/command/lock_test.go
index 34c859a51fd8..efbf028e56f9 100644
--- a/command/lock_test.go
+++ b/command/lock_test.go
@@ -9,16 +9,26 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/api"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/base"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/cli"
 )
 
+func testLockCommand(t *testing.T) (*cli.MockUi, *LockCommand) {
+	ui := new(cli.MockUi)
+	return ui, &LockCommand{
+		Command: base.Command{
+			Ui:    ui,
+			Flags: base.FlagSetHTTP,
+		},
+	}
+}
+
 func TestLockCommand_implements(t *testing.T) {
 	var _ cli.Command = &LockCommand{}
 }
 
 func argFail(t *testing.T, args []string, expected string) {
-	ui := new(cli.MockUi)
-	c := &LockCommand{Ui: ui}
+	ui, c := testLockCommand(t)
 	if code := c.Run(args); code != 1 {
 		t.Fatalf("expected return code 1, got %d", code)
 	}
@@ -29,9 +39,8 @@ func argFail(t *testing.T, args []string, expected string) {
 }
 
 func TestLockCommand_BadArgs(t *testing.T) {
-	argFail(t, []string{"-try=blah", "test/prefix", "date"}, "parsing try timeout")
-	argFail(t, []string{"-try=0s", "test/prefix", "date"}, "timeout must be positive")
-	argFail(t, []string{"-try=-10s", "test/prefix", "date"}, "timeout must be positive")
+	argFail(t, []string{"-try=blah", "test/prefix", "date"}, "invalid duration")
+	argFail(t, []string{"-try=-10s", "test/prefix", "date"}, "Timeout must be positive")
 	argFail(t, []string{"-monitor-retry=-5", "test/prefix", "date"}, "must be >= 0")
 }
 
@@ -40,8 +49,7 @@ func TestLockCommand_Run(t *testing.T) {
 	defer a1.Shutdown()
 	waitForLeader(t, a1.httpAddr)
 
-	ui := new(cli.MockUi)
-	c := &LockCommand{Ui: ui}
+	ui, c := testLockCommand(t)
 	filePath := filepath.Join(a1.dir, "test_touch")
 	touchCmd := fmt.Sprintf("touch '%s'", filePath)
 	args := []string{"-http-addr=" + a1.httpAddr, "test/prefix", touchCmd}
@@ -63,8 +71,7 @@ func TestLockCommand_Try_Lock(t *testing.T) {
 	defer a1.Shutdown()
 	waitForLeader(t, a1.httpAddr)
 
-	ui := new(cli.MockUi)
-	c := &LockCommand{Ui: ui}
+	ui, c := testLockCommand(t)
 	filePath := filepath.Join(a1.dir, "test_touch")
 	touchCmd := fmt.Sprintf("touch '%s'", filePath)
 	args := []string{"-http-addr=" + a1.httpAddr, "-try=10s", "test/prefix", touchCmd}
@@ -95,8 +102,7 @@ func TestLockCommand_Try_Semaphore(t *testing.T) {
 	defer a1.Shutdown()
 	waitForLeader(t, a1.httpAddr)
 
-	ui := new(cli.MockUi)
-	c := &LockCommand{Ui: ui}
+	ui, c := testLockCommand(t)
 	filePath := filepath.Join(a1.dir, "test_touch")
 	touchCmd := fmt.Sprintf("touch '%s'", filePath)
 	args := []string{"-http-addr=" + a1.httpAddr, "-n=3", "-try=10s", "test/prefix", touchCmd}
@@ -127,8 +133,7 @@ func TestLockCommand_MonitorRetry_Lock_Default(t *testing.T) {
 	defer a1.Shutdown()
 	waitForLeader(t, a1.httpAddr)
 
-	ui := new(cli.MockUi)
-	c := &LockCommand{Ui: ui}
+	ui, c := testLockCommand(t)
 	filePath := filepath.Join(a1.dir, "test_touch")
 	touchCmd := fmt.Sprintf("touch '%s'", filePath)
 	args := []string{"-http-addr=" + a1.httpAddr, "test/prefix", touchCmd}
@@ -160,8 +165,7 @@ func TestLockCommand_MonitorRetry_Semaphore_Default(t *testing.T) {
 	defer a1.Shutdown()
 	waitForLeader(t, a1.httpAddr)
 
-	ui := new(cli.MockUi)
-	c := &LockCommand{Ui: ui}
+	ui, c := testLockCommand(t)
 	filePath := filepath.Join(a1.dir, "test_touch")
 	touchCmd := fmt.Sprintf("touch '%s'", filePath)
 	args := []string{"-http-addr=" + a1.httpAddr, "-n=3", "test/prefix", touchCmd}
@@ -193,8 +197,7 @@ func TestLockCommand_MonitorRetry_Lock_Arg(t *testing.T) {
 	defer a1.Shutdown()
 	waitForLeader(t, a1.httpAddr)
 
-	ui := new(cli.MockUi)
-	c := &LockCommand{Ui: ui}
+	ui, c := testLockCommand(t)
 	filePath := filepath.Join(a1.dir, "test_touch")
 	touchCmd := fmt.Sprintf("touch '%s'", filePath)
 	args := []string{"-http-addr=" + a1.httpAddr, "-monitor-retry=9", "test/prefix", touchCmd}
@@ -226,8 +229,7 @@ func TestLockCommand_MonitorRetry_Semaphore_Arg(t *testing.T) {
 	defer a1.Shutdown()
 	waitForLeader(t, a1.httpAddr)
 
-	ui := new(cli.MockUi)
-	c := &LockCommand{Ui: ui}
+	ui, c := testLockCommand(t)
 	filePath := filepath.Join(a1.dir, "test_touch")
 	touchCmd := fmt.Sprintf("touch '%s'", filePath)
 	args := []string{"-http-addr=" + a1.httpAddr, "-n=3", "-monitor-retry=9", "test/prefix", touchCmd}
diff --git a/commands.go b/commands.go
index b843d0e74a63..3a9ee39672cc 100644
--- a/commands.go
+++ b/commands.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/agent"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/base"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/version"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/cli"
 )
@@ -31,7 +32,10 @@ func init() {
 
 		"configtest": func() (cli.Command, error) {
 			return &command.ConfigTestCommand{
-				Ui: ui,
+				Command: base.Command{
+					Flags: base.FlagSetNone,
+					Ui:    ui,
+				},
 			}, nil
 		},
 
@@ -50,7 +54,10 @@ func init() {
 
 		"force-leave": func() (cli.Command, error) {
 			return &command.ForceLeaveCommand{
-				Ui: ui,
+				Command: base.Command{
+					Flags: base.FlagSetClientHTTP,
+					Ui:    ui,
+				},
 			}, nil
 		},
 
@@ -117,7 +124,10 @@ func init() {
 		"lock": func() (cli.Command, error) {
 			return &command.LockCommand{
 				ShutdownCh: makeShutdownCh(),
-				Ui:         ui,
+				Command: base.Command{
+					Flags: base.FlagSetHTTP,
+					Ui:    ui,
+				},
 			}, nil
 		},
 
diff --git a/test/command/merge/a.json b/test/command/merge/a.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..50d6c60128da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/command/merge/a.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "snapshot_agent": {
+    "snapshot": {
+      "interval": "1h"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/command/merge/b.json b/test/command/merge/b.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ddf3dff8570a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/command/merge/b.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "snapshot_agent": {
+    "snapshot": {
+      "interval": "2h"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/command/merge/empty/foo.json b/test/command/merge/empty/foo.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..756fa36b9baa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/command/merge/empty/foo.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "not_related": true
+}
diff --git a/test/command/merge/nope b/test/command/merge/nope
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0c947af68aca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/command/merge/nope
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "snapshot_agent": {
+    "snapshot": {
+      "interval": "3h"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/command/merge/subdir/c.json b/test/command/merge/subdir/c.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a72381acb045
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/command/merge/subdir/c.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "snapshot_agent": {
+    "snapshot": {
+      "interval": "5h"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/command/merge/zero.json b/test/command/merge/zero.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/tonnerre/golang-text/License b/vendor/github.com/tonnerre/golang-text/License
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..480a32805999
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/tonnerre/golang-text/License
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Copyright 2012 Keith Rarick
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/tonnerre/golang-text/Readme b/vendor/github.com/tonnerre/golang-text/Readme
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7e6e7c0687b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/tonnerre/golang-text/Readme
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+This is a Go package for manipulating paragraphs of text.
+
+See http://go.pkgdoc.org/github.com/kr/text for full documentation.
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/tonnerre/golang-text/doc.go b/vendor/github.com/tonnerre/golang-text/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cf4c198f9558
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/tonnerre/golang-text/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// Package text provides rudimentary functions for manipulating text in
+// paragraphs.
+package text
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/tonnerre/golang-text/indent.go b/vendor/github.com/tonnerre/golang-text/indent.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4ebac45c0925
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/tonnerre/golang-text/indent.go
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+package text
+
+import (
+	"io"
+)
+
+// Indent inserts prefix at the beginning of each non-empty line of s. The
+// end-of-line marker is NL.
+func Indent(s, prefix string) string {
+	return string(IndentBytes([]byte(s), []byte(prefix)))
+}
+
+// IndentBytes inserts prefix at the beginning of each non-empty line of b.
+// The end-of-line marker is NL.
+func IndentBytes(b, prefix []byte) []byte {
+	var res []byte
+	bol := true
+	for _, c := range b {
+		if bol && c != '\n' {
+			res = append(res, prefix...)
+		}
+		res = append(res, c)
+		bol = c == '\n'
+	}
+	return res
+}
+
+// Writer indents each line of its input.
+type indentWriter struct {
+	w   io.Writer
+	bol bool
+	pre [][]byte
+	sel int
+	off int
+}
+
+// NewIndentWriter makes a new write filter that indents the input
+// lines. Each line is prefixed in order with the corresponding
+// element of pre. If there are more lines than elements, the last
+// element of pre is repeated for each subsequent line.
+func NewIndentWriter(w io.Writer, pre ...[]byte) io.Writer {
+	return &indentWriter{
+		w:   w,
+		pre: pre,
+		bol: true,
+	}
+}
+
+// The only errors returned are from the underlying indentWriter.
+func (w *indentWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	for _, c := range p {
+		if w.bol {
+			var i int
+			i, err = w.w.Write(w.pre[w.sel][w.off:])
+			w.off += i
+			if err != nil {
+				return n, err
+			}
+		}
+		_, err = w.w.Write([]byte{c})
+		if err != nil {
+			return n, err
+		}
+		n++
+		w.bol = c == '\n'
+		if w.bol {
+			w.off = 0
+			if w.sel < len(w.pre)-1 {
+				w.sel++
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return n, nil
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/tonnerre/golang-text/wrap.go b/vendor/github.com/tonnerre/golang-text/wrap.go
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..ca8856515c33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/tonnerre/golang-text/wrap.go
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package text
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"math"
+)
+
+var (
+	nl = []byte{'\n'}
+	sp = []byte{' '}
+)
+
+const defaultPenalty = 1e5
+
+// Wrap wraps s into a paragraph of lines of length lim, with minimal
+// raggedness.
+func Wrap(s string, lim int) string {
+	return string(WrapBytes([]byte(s), lim))
+}
+
+// WrapBytes wraps b into a paragraph of lines of length lim, with minimal
+// raggedness.
+func WrapBytes(b []byte, lim int) []byte {
+	words := bytes.Split(bytes.Replace(bytes.TrimSpace(b), nl, sp, -1), sp)
+	var lines [][]byte
+	for _, line := range WrapWords(words, 1, lim, defaultPenalty) {
+		lines = append(lines, bytes.Join(line, sp))
+	}
+	return bytes.Join(lines, nl)
+}
+
+// WrapWords is the low-level line-breaking algorithm, useful if you need more
+// control over the details of the text wrapping process. For most uses, either
+// Wrap or WrapBytes will be sufficient and more convenient. 
+//
+// WrapWords splits a list of words into lines with minimal "raggedness",
+// treating each byte as one unit, accounting for spc units between adjacent
+// words on each line, and attempting to limit lines to lim units. Raggedness
+// is the total error over all lines, where error is the square of the
+// difference of the length of the line and lim. Too-long lines (which only
+// happen when a single word is longer than lim units) have pen penalty units
+// added to the error.
+func WrapWords(words [][]byte, spc, lim, pen int) [][][]byte {
+	n := len(words)
+
+	length := make([][]int, n)
+	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
+		length[i] = make([]int, n)
+		length[i][i] = len(words[i])
+		for j := i + 1; j < n; j++ {
+			length[i][j] = length[i][j-1] + spc + len(words[j])
+		}
+	}
+
+	nbrk := make([]int, n)
+	cost := make([]int, n)
+	for i := range cost {
+		cost[i] = math.MaxInt32
+	}
+	for i := n - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		if length[i][n-1] <= lim {
+			cost[i] = 0
+			nbrk[i] = n
+		} else {
+			for j := i + 1; j < n; j++ {
+				d := lim - length[i][j-1]
+				c := d*d + cost[j]
+				if length[i][j-1] > lim {
+					c += pen // too-long lines get a worse penalty
+				}
+				if c < cost[i] {
+					cost[i] = c
+					nbrk[i] = j
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	var lines [][][]byte
+	i := 0
+	for i < n {
+		lines = append(lines, words[i:nbrk[i]])
+		i = nbrk[i]
+	}
+	return lines
+}
diff --git a/vendor/vendor.json b/vendor/vendor.json
index 25f3fd77137b..4626f5a10f20 100644
--- a/vendor/vendor.json
+++ b/vendor/vendor.json
@@ -740,6 +740,12 @@
 			"revision": "bb4de0191aa41b5507caa14b0650cdbddcd9280b",
 			"revisionTime": "2016-09-30T03:27:40Z"
 		},
+		{
+			"checksumSHA1": "t24KnvC9jRxiANVhpw2pqFpmEu8=",
+			"path": "github.com/tonnerre/golang-text",
+			"revision": "048ed3d792f7104850acbc8cfc01e5a6070f4c04",
+			"revisionTime": "2013-09-25T19:58:46Z"
+		},
 		{
 			"checksumSHA1": "9jjO5GjLa0XF/nfWihF02RoH4qc=",
 			"path": "golang.org/x/net/context",
diff --git a/website/source/docs/commands/_http_api_options.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/commands/_http_api_options.html.markdown
deleted file mode 100644
index ad5e02a0c34d..000000000000
--- a/website/source/docs/commands/_http_api_options.html.markdown
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-* `-http-addr=<addr>` - Address of the Consul agent with the port. This can be
-  an IP address or DNS address, but it must include the port. This can also be
-  specified via the CONSUL_HTTP_ADDR environment variable. The default value is
-  127.0.0.1:8500.
-
-* `-datacenter=<name>` -  Name of the datacenter to query. If unspecified, the
-  query will default to the datacenter of the Consul agent at the HTTP address.
-
-* `-token=<value>` - ACL token to use in the request. This can also be specified
-  via the `CONSUL_HTTP_TOKEN` environment variable. If unspecified, the query
-  will default to the token of the Consul agent at the HTTP address.
-
-* `-stale` - Permit any Consul server (non-leader) to respond to this request.
-  This allows for lower latency and higher throughput, but can result in stale
-  data. This option has no effect on non-read operations. The default value is
-  false.
diff --git a/website/source/docs/commands/_http_api_options_client.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/commands/_http_api_options_client.html.markdown
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ccdf5176b786
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/source/docs/commands/_http_api_options_client.html.markdown
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+* `-http-addr=<addr>` - Address of the Consul agent with the port. This can be
+  an IP address or DNS address, but it must include the port. This can also be
+  specified via the `CONSUL_HTTP_ADDR` environment variable. The default value is
+  127.0.0.1:8500.
+
+* `-token=<value>` - ACL token to use in the request. This can also be specified
+  via the `CONSUL_HTTP_TOKEN` environment variable. If unspecified, the query
+  will default to the token of the Consul agent at the HTTP address.
diff --git a/website/source/docs/commands/_http_api_options_server.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/commands/_http_api_options_server.html.markdown
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ab042f3cf622
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/source/docs/commands/_http_api_options_server.html.markdown
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+* `-datacenter=<name>` -  Name of the datacenter to query. If unspecified, the
+  query will default to the datacenter of the Consul agent at the HTTP address.
+
+* `-stale` - Permit any Consul server (non-leader) to respond to this request.
+  This allows for lower latency and higher throughput, but can result in stale
+  data. This option has no effect on non-read operations. The default value is
+  false.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/website/source/docs/commands/force-leave.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/commands/force-leave.html.markdown.erb
similarity index 76%
rename from website/source/docs/commands/force-leave.html.markdown
rename to website/source/docs/commands/force-leave.html.markdown.erb
index 2c07c233c2cb..70a6c3d05b2c 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/commands/force-leave.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/commands/force-leave.html.markdown.erb
@@ -28,11 +28,7 @@ as it will be removed from the Raft quorum.
 
 Usage: `consul force-leave [options] node`
 
-The following command-line options are available for this command.
-Every option is optional:
+#### API Options
 
-* `-rpc-addr` - Address to the RPC server of the agent you want to contact
-  to send this command. If this isn't specified, the command checks the
-  `CONSUL_RPC_ADDR` env variable. If this isn't set, the default RPC
-  address will be set to `127.0.0.1:8400`.
+<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options_client" %>
 
diff --git a/website/source/docs/commands/kv/delete.html.markdown.erb b/website/source/docs/commands/kv/delete.html.markdown.erb
index e716437cb7cb..05295cbf8d25 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/commands/kv/delete.html.markdown.erb
+++ b/website/source/docs/commands/kv/delete.html.markdown.erb
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ Usage: `consul kv delete [options] KEY_OR_PREFIX`
 
 #### API Options
 
-<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options" %>
+<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options_client" %>
+<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options_server" %>
 
 #### KV Delete Options
 
diff --git a/website/source/docs/commands/kv/export.html.markdown.erb b/website/source/docs/commands/kv/export.html.markdown.erb
index 2c3887d0db67..06bed5fa4468 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/commands/kv/export.html.markdown.erb
+++ b/website/source/docs/commands/kv/export.html.markdown.erb
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ Usage: `consul kv export [PREFIX]`
 
 #### API Options
 
-<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options" %>
+<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options_client" %>
+<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options_server" %>
 
 ## Examples
 
diff --git a/website/source/docs/commands/kv/get.html.markdown.erb b/website/source/docs/commands/kv/get.html.markdown.erb
index 49c9b6ca33fd..07ec0969e475 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/commands/kv/get.html.markdown.erb
+++ b/website/source/docs/commands/kv/get.html.markdown.erb
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ Usage: `consul kv get [options] [KEY_OR_PREFIX]`
 
 #### API Options
 
-<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options" %>
+<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options_client" %>
+<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options_server" %>
 
 #### KV Get Options
 
diff --git a/website/source/docs/commands/kv/import.html.markdown.erb b/website/source/docs/commands/kv/import.html.markdown.erb
index f0f0d1bb3265..ec06b579e351 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/commands/kv/import.html.markdown.erb
+++ b/website/source/docs/commands/kv/import.html.markdown.erb
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ Usage: `consul kv import [DATA]`
 
 #### API Options
 
-<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options" %>
+<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options_client" %>
+<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options_server" %>
 
 ## Examples
 
diff --git a/website/source/docs/commands/kv/put.html.markdown.erb b/website/source/docs/commands/kv/put.html.markdown.erb
index 562f75835a46..68189f7722d7 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/commands/kv/put.html.markdown.erb
+++ b/website/source/docs/commands/kv/put.html.markdown.erb
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ Usage: `consul kv put [options] KEY [DATA]`
 
 #### API Options
 
-<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options" %>
+<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options_client" %>
+<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options_server" %>
 
 #### KV Put Options
 
diff --git a/website/source/docs/commands/lock.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/commands/lock.html.markdown.erb
similarity index 92%
rename from website/source/docs/commands/lock.html.markdown
rename to website/source/docs/commands/lock.html.markdown.erb
index a9b10a12d846..c5069c8a0f16 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/commands/lock.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/commands/lock.html.markdown.erb
@@ -45,11 +45,18 @@ of 5 seconds, a `SIGKILL` will be used to force termination. For Consul agents
 on Windows, the child process is always terminated with a `SIGKILL`, since
 Windows has no POSIX compatible notion for `SIGTERM`.
 
-The list of available flags are:
+#### API Options
 
-* `-http-addr` - Address to the HTTP server of the agent you want to contact
-  to send this command. If this isn't specified, the command will contact
-  "127.0.0.1:8500" which is the default HTTP address of a Consul agent.
+<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options_client" %>
+<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options_server" %>
+
+#### Command Options
+
+* `-monitor-retry` - Retry up to this number of times if Consul returns a 500 error
+   while monitoring the lock. This allows riding out brief periods of unavailability
+   without causing leader elections, but increases the amount of time required
+   to detect a lost lock in some cases. Defaults to 3, with a 1s wait between retries.
+   Set to 0 to disable.
 
 * `-n` - Optional, limit of lock holders. Defaults to 1. The underlying
   implementation switches from a lock to a semaphore when increased past
@@ -58,20 +65,12 @@ The list of available flags are:
 * `-name` - Optional name to associate with the underlying session.
   If not provided, one is generated based on the child command.
 
-* `-token` - ACL token to use. Defaults to that of agent.
-
 * `-pass-stdin` - Pass stdin to child process.
 
 * `-try` - Attempt to acquire the lock up to the given timeout. The timeout is a
   positive decimal number, with unit suffix, such as "500ms". Valid time units
   are "ns", "us" (or "µs"), "ms", "s", "m", "h".
 
-* `-monitor-retry` - Retry up to this number of times if Consul returns a 500 error
-   while monitoring the lock. This allows riding out brief periods of unavailability
-   without causing leader elections, but increases the amount of time required
-   to detect a lost lock in some cases. Defaults to 3, with a 1s wait between retries.
-   Set to 0 to disable.
-
 * `-verbose` - Enables verbose output.
 
 ## SHELL
diff --git a/website/source/docs/commands/snapshot/agent.html.markdown.erb b/website/source/docs/commands/snapshot/agent.html.markdown.erb
index d01afab04235..fdf34ec3dd79 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/commands/snapshot/agent.html.markdown.erb
+++ b/website/source/docs/commands/snapshot/agent.html.markdown.erb
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Usage: `consul snapshot agent [options]`
 
 #### API Options
 
-<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options" %>
+<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options_client" %>
 
 #### Config File Options:
 
diff --git a/website/source/docs/commands/snapshot/restore.html.markdown.erb b/website/source/docs/commands/snapshot/restore.html.markdown.erb
index 1f5018f873c0..8a28440ad345 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/commands/snapshot/restore.html.markdown.erb
+++ b/website/source/docs/commands/snapshot/restore.html.markdown.erb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Usage: `consul snapshot restore [options] FILE`
 
 #### API Options
 
-<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options" %>
+<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options_client" %>
 
 ## Examples
 
diff --git a/website/source/docs/commands/snapshot/save.html.markdown.erb b/website/source/docs/commands/snapshot/save.html.markdown.erb
index bb353eb284d3..e6029172ad1f 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/commands/snapshot/save.html.markdown.erb
+++ b/website/source/docs/commands/snapshot/save.html.markdown.erb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Usage: `consul snapshot save [options] FILE`
 
 #### API Options
 
-<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options" %>
+<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options_client" %>
 
 ## Examples