diff --git a/scripts/README.md b/scripts/README.md
index 5e1399f9..aa412e72 100644
--- a/scripts/README.md
+++ b/scripts/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 ## REST API CLI client
 
-`sftpgo_api_cli.py` is a very simple command line client for `SFTPGo` REST API written in python. It requires python3 and the python HTTP library [Requests](https://2.python-requests.org/en/master/ "Requests") to run.
+`sftpgo_api_cli.py` is a very simple command line client for `SFTPGo` REST API written in python.
+
+It has the following requirements:
+
+- python3 or python2
+- python [Requests](https://2.python-requests.org/en/master/ "Requests") module
+- Optionally, if the python module [Pygments](http://pygments.org/ "Pygments") 1.5 or above is installed, the JSON responses will be highlighted with colors.
 
 You can see the usage with the following command:
 
@@ -14,14 +20,15 @@ and
 python sftpgo_api_cli.py [sub-command] --help
 ```
 
-Basically there is a subcommand for each REST API and a some global arguments:
+Basically there is a sub command for each REST API and the following global arguments:
 
  - `--debug`, default disabled, print useful debug info.
  - `--base-url`, default `http://127.0.0.1:8080`. Base URL for SFTPGo REST API
  - `--auth-type`, HTTP auth type. Supported HTTP auth type are `basic` and `digest`. Default none
  - `--auth-user`, user for HTTP authentication
  - `--auth-password`, password for HTTP authentication
- - `--secure`, disable to ignore verifying the SSL certificate. Default enabled
+ - `--insecure`, enable to ignore verifying the SSL certificate. Default disabled
+ - `--no-color`, disable color highligth for JSON responses. You need python pygments module 1.5 or above for this to work. Default disabled if pygments is found, enabled if not found
 
 For each subcommand `--help` shows the available arguments, try for example:
 
@@ -119,7 +126,7 @@ Output:
 Command:
 
 ```
-python sftpgo_api_cli.py get_users --limit 1 --offset 0 --username test_username --order DESC
+python sftpgo_api_cli.py get-users --limit 1 --offset 0 --username test_username --order DESC
 ```
 
 Output:
diff --git a/scripts/sftpgo_api_cli.py b/scripts/sftpgo_api_cli.py
index 08e971d6..bc635bf5 100755
--- a/scripts/sftpgo_api_cli.py
+++ b/scripts/sftpgo_api_cli.py
@@ -9,10 +9,17 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
 	import urlparse
 
+try:
+	import pygments
+	from pygments.lexers import JsonLexer
+	from pygments.formatters import TerminalFormatter
+except ImportError:
+	pygments = None
+
 
 class SFTPGoApiRequests:
 
-	def __init__(self, debug, baseUrl, authType, authUser, authPassword, secure):
+	def __init__(self, debug, baseUrl, authType, authUser, authPassword, secure, no_color):
 		self.userPath = urlparse.urljoin(baseUrl, '/api/v1/user')
 		self.quotaScanPath = urlparse.urljoin(baseUrl, '/api/v1/quota_scan')
 		self.activeConnectionsPath = urlparse.urljoin(baseUrl, '/api/v1/sftp_connection')
@@ -25,18 +32,27 @@ class SFTPGoApiRequests:
 		else:
 			self.auth = None
 		self.verify = secure
+		self.no_color = no_color
 
 	def formatAsJSON(self, text):
 		if not text:
 			return ""
-		return json.dumps(json.loads(text), indent=2)
+		json_string = json.dumps(json.loads(text), sort_keys=True, indent=2)
+		if not self.no_color and pygments:
+			return pygments.highlight(json_string, JsonLexer(), TerminalFormatter())
+		return json_string
 
 	def printResponse(self, r):
 		if "content-type" in r.headers and "application/json" in r.headers["content-type"]:
 			if self.debug:
-				print("executed request: {} {} - status code: {} request body: {}".format(
-					r.request.method, r.url, r.status_code, self.formatAsJSON(r.request.body)))
-				print("got response, status code: {} body:".format(r.status_code))
+				if pygments is None:
+					print('')
+					print('Response color highlight is not available: you need pygments 1.5 or above.')
+				print('')
+				print("Executed request: {} {} - request body: {}".format(
+					r.request.method, r.url, self.formatAsJSON(r.request.body)))
+				print('')
+				print("Got response, status code: {} body:".format(r.status_code))
 			print(self.formatAsJSON(r.text))
 		else:
 			print(r.text)
@@ -132,14 +148,17 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 	parser.add_argument('-a', '--auth-type', type=str, default=None, choices=['basic', 'digest'],
 					help='HTTP authentication type. Default: %(default)s')
 	parser.add_argument("-u", "--auth-user", type=str, default="",
-					help='User to use for HTTP authentication. Default: %(default)s')
+					help='User for HTTP authentication. Default: %(default)s')
 	parser.add_argument('-p', '--auth-password', type=str, default='',
-					help='Password to use for HTTP authentication. Default: %(default)s')
+					help='Password for HTTP authentication. Default: %(default)s')
 	parser.add_argument('-d', '--debug', dest='debug', action='store_true')
 	parser.set_defaults(debug=False)
-	parser.add_argument('-s', '--secure', dest='secure', action='store_true',
+	parser.add_argument('-i', '--insecure', dest='secure', action='store_false',
 					help='Set to false to ignore verifying the SSL certificate')
 	parser.set_defaults(secure=True)
+	parser.add_argument('-t', '--no-color', dest='no_color', action='store_true',
+					help='Disable color highlight for JSON responses. You need python pygments module 1.5 or above to have highlighted output')
+	parser.set_defaults(no_color=(pygments is None))
 
 	subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(dest='command', help='sub-command --help')
 	subparsers.required = True
@@ -180,7 +199,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
 	args = parser.parse_args()
 
-	api = SFTPGoApiRequests(args.debug, args.base_url, args.auth_type, args.auth_user, args.auth_password, args.secure)
+	api = SFTPGoApiRequests(args.debug, args.base_url, args.auth_type, args.auth_user, args.auth_password, args.secure,
+						 args.no_color)
 
 	if args.command == 'add-user':
 		api.addUser(args.username, args.password, args.public_keys, args.home_dir,