diff --git a/command/monitor.go b/command/monitor.go
index f24646662c..4460b66d49 100644
--- a/command/monitor.go
+++ b/command/monitor.go
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 package command
 
 import (
-	"flag"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/logutils"
-	"github.com/mitchellh/cli"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/base"
 )
 
 // MonitorCommand is a Command implementation that queries a running
 // Consul agent what members are part of the cluster currently.
 type MonitorCommand struct {
+	base.Command
+
 	ShutdownCh <-chan struct{}
-	Ui         cli.Ui
 
 	lock     sync.Mutex
 	quitting bool
@@ -29,40 +29,34 @@ Usage: consul monitor [options]
   example your agent may only be logging at INFO level, but with the monitor
   you can see the DEBUG level logs.
 
-Options:
+` + c.Command.Help()
 
-  -log-level=info          Log level of the agent.
-  -rpc-addr=127.0.0.1:8400 RPC address of the Consul agent.
-`
 	return strings.TrimSpace(helpText)
 }
 
 func (c *MonitorCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 	var logLevel string
-	cmdFlags := flag.NewFlagSet("monitor", flag.ContinueOnError)
-	cmdFlags.Usage = func() { c.Ui.Output(c.Help()) }
-	cmdFlags.StringVar(&logLevel, "log-level", "INFO", "log level")
-	rpcAddr := RPCAddrFlag(cmdFlags)
-	if err := cmdFlags.Parse(args); err != nil {
+
+	f := c.Command.NewFlagSet(c)
+	f.StringVar(&logLevel, "log-level", "INFO", "Log level of the agent.")
+
+	if err := c.Command.Parse(args); err != nil {
 		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()
 
-	logCh := make(chan string, 1024)
-	monHandle, err := client.Monitor(logutils.LogLevel(logLevel), logCh)
+	eventDoneCh := make(chan struct{})
+	logCh, err := client.Agent().Monitor(logLevel, eventDoneCh, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		c.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error starting monitor: %s", err))
 		return 1
 	}
-	defer client.Stop(monHandle)
 
-	eventDoneCh := make(chan struct{})
 	go func() {
 		defer close(eventDoneCh)
 	OUTER:
diff --git a/commands.go b/commands.go
index efd9fc1df5..30aebced64 100644
--- a/commands.go
+++ b/commands.go
@@ -155,7 +155,10 @@ func init() {
 		"monitor": func() (cli.Command, error) {
 			return &command.MonitorCommand{
 				ShutdownCh: makeShutdownCh(),
-				Ui:         ui,
+				Command: base.Command{
+					Flags: base.FlagSetClientHTTP,
+					Ui:    ui,
+				},
 			}, nil
 		},
 
diff --git a/website/source/docs/commands/monitor.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/commands/monitor.html.markdown.erb
similarity index 76%
rename from website/source/docs/commands/monitor.html.markdown
rename to website/source/docs/commands/monitor.html.markdown.erb
index 0d609dc3b2..fed4084a6e 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/commands/monitor.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/commands/monitor.html.markdown.erb
@@ -22,14 +22,13 @@ logs and watch the debug logs if necessary.
 
 Usage: `consul monitor [options]`
 
-The command-line flags are all optional. The list of available flags are:
+#### API Options
+
+<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options_client" %>
+
+#### Command Options
 
 * `-log-level` - The log level of the messages to show. By default this
   is "info". This log level can be more verbose than what the agent is
   configured to run at. Available log levels are "trace", "debug", "info",
   "warn", and "err".
-
-* `-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".