diff --git a/docs/source/guides/deployment_guide.rst b/docs/source/guides/deployment_guide.rst
index abc6009cc..7b613a63c 100644
--- a/docs/source/guides/deployment_guide.rst
+++ b/docs/source/guides/deployment_guide.rst
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Additional flags can be set up to increase the block gas limit.
 
 .. code:: bash
 
-    (nucypher)$ nucypher-deploy contracts --provider ipc:///tmp/geth.ipc --poa
+    (nucypher)$ nucypher-deploy contracts --provider ipc:///tmp/geth.ipc
     ...
 
 This will deploy the main NuCypher contracts, namely ``NuCypherToken``, ``StakingEscrow``, ``PolicyManager`` and ``Adjudicator``,
diff --git a/docs/source/guides/development/cli_guide.rst b/docs/source/guides/development/cli_guide.rst
index 4525bec52..3fd991c0c 100644
--- a/docs/source/guides/development/cli_guide.rst
+++ b/docs/source/guides/development/cli_guide.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Initialize Alice and Bob
 ------------------------
 .. code::
 
-    (nucypher)$ nucypher alice init --provider <YOUR PROVIDER URI> --poa
+    (nucypher)$ nucypher alice init --provider <YOUR PROVIDER URI>
 
     (nucypher)$ nucypher bob init --provider <YOUR PROVIDER URI>
 
diff --git a/docs/source/guides/network_node/ursula_configuration_guide.rst b/docs/source/guides/network_node/ursula_configuration_guide.rst
index b994c82db..f92671673 100644
--- a/docs/source/guides/network_node/ursula_configuration_guide.rst
+++ b/docs/source/guides/network_node/ursula_configuration_guide.rst
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ Running an Ursula via CLI (Interactive)
 
 .. code:: bash
 
-    (nucypher)$ nucypher ursula init --provider <YOUR PROVIDER URI> --poa --network <NETWORK_NAME>
+    (nucypher)$ nucypher ursula init --provider <YOUR PROVIDER URI> --network <NETWORK_NAME>
 
 
 Replace ``<YOUR PROVIDER URI>`` with a valid node web3 node provider string, for example:
diff --git a/docs/source/guides/worklock_guide.rst b/docs/source/guides/worklock_guide.rst
index 67bab1239..82cc17ed3 100644
--- a/docs/source/guides/worklock_guide.rst
+++ b/docs/source/guides/worklock_guide.rst
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ All ``nucypher worklock`` commands share a similar structure:
 
 .. code::
 
-    (nucypher)$ nucypher worklock <ACTION> [OPTIONS] --network <NETWORK> --provider <YOUR PROVIDER URI> --poa
+    (nucypher)$ nucypher worklock <ACTION> [OPTIONS] --network <NETWORK> --provider <YOUR PROVIDER URI>
 
 
 Replace ``<YOUR PROVIDER URI>`` with a valid node web3 node provider string, for example:
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ You can obtain information about the current state of WorkLock by running:
 
 .. code::
 
-    (nucypher)$ nucypher worklock status --network <NETWORK> --provider <YOUR PROVIDER URI> --poa
+    (nucypher)$ nucypher worklock status --network <NETWORK> --provider <YOUR PROVIDER URI>
 
 
 If you want to see detailed information about your current bid, you can specify your bidder address with the ``--bidder-address`` flag:
 
 .. code::
 
-    (nucypher)$ nucypher worklock status --bidder-address <YOUR BIDDER ADDRESS> --network <NETWORK> --provider <YOUR PROVIDER URI> --poa
+    (nucypher)$ nucypher worklock status --bidder-address <YOUR BIDDER ADDRESS> --network <NETWORK> --provider <YOUR PROVIDER URI>
 
 
 Place a bid
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ You can place a bid to WorkLock by running:
 
 .. code::
 
-    (nucypher)$ nucypher worklock bid --network <NETWORK> --provider <YOUR PROVIDER URI> --poa
+    (nucypher)$ nucypher worklock bid --network <NETWORK> --provider <YOUR PROVIDER URI>
 
 
 Recall that there's a minimum bid amount needed to participate in WorkLock.
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ You can cancel a bid to WorkLock by running:
 
 .. code::
 
-    (nucypher)$ nucypher worklock cancel-bid --network <NETWORK> --provider <YOUR PROVIDER URI> --poa
+    (nucypher)$ nucypher worklock cancel-bid --network <NETWORK> --provider <YOUR PROVIDER URI>
 
 
 Claim your stake
@@ -89,14 +89,14 @@ Once the claiming window is open, you can claim your tokens as a stake in NuCyph
 
 .. code::
 
-    (nucypher)$ nucypher worklock claim --network <NETWORK> --provider <YOUR PROVIDER URI> --poa
+    (nucypher)$ nucypher worklock claim --network <NETWORK> --provider <YOUR PROVIDER URI>
 
 
 Once claimed, you can check that the stake was created successfully by running:
 
 .. code::
 
-    (nucypher)$ nucypher status stakers --staking-address <YOUR BIDDER ADDRESS> --network {network} --provider <YOUR PROVIDER URI> --poa
+    (nucypher)$ nucypher status stakers --staking-address <YOUR BIDDER ADDRESS> --network {network} --provider <YOUR PROVIDER URI>
     
 
 Check remaining work
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ If you have a stake created from WorkLock, you can check how much work is pendin
 
 .. code::
 
-    (nucypher)$ nucypher worklock remaining-work --network <NETWORK> --provider <YOUR PROVIDER URI> --poa
+    (nucypher)$ nucypher worklock remaining-work --network <NETWORK> --provider <YOUR PROVIDER URI>
 
 
 Refund locked ETH
@@ -116,4 +116,4 @@ If you've committed some work, you are able to refund proportional part of ETH y
 
 .. code::
 
-    (nucypher)$ nucypher worklock refund --network <NETWORK> --provider <YOUR PROVIDER URI> --poa
+    (nucypher)$ nucypher worklock refund --network <NETWORK> --provider <YOUR PROVIDER URI>