diff --git a/src/oci-api-mcp-server/oracle/oci_api_mcp_server/server.py b/src/oci-api-mcp-server/oracle/oci_api_mcp_server/server.py
index 1a8e59e..2f25de4 100644
--- a/src/oci-api-mcp-server/oracle/oci_api_mcp_server/server.py
+++ b/src/oci-api-mcp-server/oracle/oci_api_mcp_server/server.py
@@ -69,25 +69,43 @@ def get_oci_commands() -> str:
 @mcp.tool
 def get_oci_command_help(command: str) -> str:
     """Returns helpful instructions for running an OCI CLI command.
-    Only provide the command after 'oci', do not include the string 'oci'
-    in your command.
 
-    Never use the information returned by this tool to tell a user what
-    to do, only use it to help you determine which command to run yourself
-    using the run_oci_command tool.
-
-    CLI commands are structured as <service> <resource> <action>; you can get
-    help at the service level, resource level or action level, respectively:
-        1. compute
-        2. compute instance
-        3. compute instance list
-
-    If your request for help for a specific command
-    returns an error, make your requests successively less specific;
-    example:
-        1. compute instance list
-        2. compute instance
-        3. compute
+    IMPORTANT:
+      - Only provide the command _after_ 'oci' — do not include the string 
+        'oci' in `command`.
+      - Never use the information returned by this tool to instruct an end 
+        user directly. Use it only to determine which command to run 
+        yourself using run_oci_command.
+
+    Command structure guidance:
+      - OCI subcommands are organized as: 
+            <service> <subcommand> <subcommand> ...
+        e.g. 
+        compute instance list OR 
+        compute instance action-name OR 
+        recovery protected-database-collection list-protected-databases
+      - Services vary in how they structure their CLI. Some use
+        explicit resource tokens (compute instance list), others use 
+        collection names or hyphenated actions 
+        (e.g. list-protected-databases), 
+        and some have deeper subcommand chains (service sub1 sub2 sub3 ...).
+
+    How to ask for help:
+      - Start with the most specific form you think is correct, for example:
+          compute instance list
+          compute instance action-name
+          recovery protected-database-collection list-protected-databases
+      - If the specific request returns an error, progressively make it 
+        less specific:
+          1. try the full command (most specific)
+          2. remove the final token and try again
+          3. repeat until you reach just the service name (e.g. compute)
+      - Additionally, if a service commonly uses hyphenated commands for 
+        list operations, try hyphenated forms as well 
+        e.g. 
+          recovery protected-database list-protected-databases OR
+          psql db-system-collection list-db-systems.
+  
     """
     logger.info(f"get_oci_command_help called with command: {command}")
     env_copy = os.environ.copy()