coder · sreya · Mar 30, 2021 · Mar 30, 2021 · Mar 30, 2021
diff --git a/docs/coder_envs.md b/docs/coder_envs.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Perform operations on the Coder environments owned by the active user.
 
 * [coder](coder.md)	 - coder provides a CLI for working with an existing Coder Enterprise installation
 * [coder envs create](coder_envs_create.md)	 - create a new environment.
+* [coder envs create-from-config](coder_envs_create-from-config.md)	 - create a new environment from a template
 * [coder envs edit](coder_envs_edit.md)	 - edit an existing environment and initiate a rebuild.
 * [coder envs ls](coder_envs_ls.md)	 - list all environments owned by the active user
 * [coder envs rebuild](coder_envs_rebuild.md)	 - rebuild a Coder environment

diff --git a/docs/coder_envs_create-from-config.md b/docs/coder_envs_create-from-config.md
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+## coder envs create-from-config
+
+create a new environment from a template
+
+### Synopsis
+
+Create a new Coder environment using a Workspaces As Code template.
+
+```
+coder envs create-from-config [flags]
+```
+
+### Examples
+
+```
+# create a new environment from git repository
+coder envs create-from-config --name="dev-env" --repo-url https://github.com/cdr/m --ref my-branch
+coder envs create-from-config --name="dev-env" -f coder.yaml
+```
+
+### Options
+
+```
+  -f, --filepath string   path to local template file.
+      --follow            follow buildlog after initiating rebuild
+  -h, --help              help for create-from-config
+      --name string       name of the environment to be created
+  -o, --org string        name of the organization the environment should be created under.
+      --provider string   name of Workspace Provider with which to create the environment
+      --ref string        git reference to pull template from. May be a branch, tag, or commit hash. (default "master")
+  -r, --repo-url string   URL of the git repository to pull the config from. Config file must live in '.coder/coder.yaml'.
+```
+
+### Options inherited from parent commands
+
+```
+  -v, --verbose   show verbose output
+```
+
+### SEE ALSO
+
+* [coder envs](coder_envs.md)	 - Interact with Coder environments
+
diff --git a/internal/cmd/envs.go b/internal/cmd/envs.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func envsCmd() *cobra.Command {
 		watchBuildLogCommand(),
 		rebuildEnvCommand(),
 		createEnvCmd(),
-		createEnvFromRepoCmd(),
+		createEnvFromConfigCmd(),
 		editEnvCmd(),
 	)
 	return cmd
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ coder envs create my-new-powerful-env --cpu 12 --disk 100 --memory 16 --image ub
 	return cmd
 }
 
-func createEnvFromRepoCmd() *cobra.Command {
+func createEnvFromConfigCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	var (
 		ref          string
 		repo         string
@@ -303,12 +303,11 @@ func createEnvFromRepoCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	)
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:    "create-from-config",
-		Short:  "create a new environment from a config file.",
-		Long:   "Create a new Coder environment from a config file.",
-		Hidden: true,
-		Example: `# create a new environment from git repository template
-coder envs create-from-config --name="dev-env" --repo-url github.com/cdr/m --ref my-branch
+		Use:   "create-from-config",
+		Short: "create a new environment from a template",
+		Long:  "Create a new Coder environment using a Workspaces As Code template.",
+		Example: `# create a new environment from git repository
+coder envs create-from-config --name="dev-env" --repo-url https://github.com/cdr/m --ref my-branch
 coder envs create-from-config --name="dev-env" -f coder.yaml`,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			ctx := cmd.Context()