diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 953ea9c3..bf4c8358 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@
 ## 2021.5.8
 ### New Features
 - When creating a DNS record to point a hostname at a tunnel, you can now use --overwrite-dns to overwrite any existing
-  DNS records with that hostname. This works when using the CLI to provision DNS, and when starting an adhoc tunnel, e.g.
-  - `cloudflared route --overwrite-dns dns foo foo.example.com`
-  - `cloudflared tunnel --overwrite-dns --name foo --hostname foo.example.com`
+  DNS records with that hostname. This works both when using the CLI to provision DNS, as well as when starting an adhoc
+  named tunnel, e.g.:
+  - `cloudflared tunnel route dns --overwrite-dns foo-tunnel foo.example.com`
+  - `cloudflared tunnel --overwrite-dns --name foo-tunnel --hostname foo.example.com`
 
 ## 2021.5.7
 ### New Features
diff --git a/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/subcommands.go b/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/subcommands.go
index 66bd59b7..933b11bb 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/subcommands.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/subcommands.go
@@ -655,7 +655,6 @@ func cleanupCommand(c *cli.Context) error {
 func buildRouteCommand() *cli.Command {
 	return &cli.Command{
 		Name:      "route",
-		Action:    cliutil.ConfiguredAction(routeCommand),
 		Usage:     "Define which traffic routed from Cloudflare edge to this tunnel: requests to a DNS hostname, to a Cloudflare Load Balancer, or traffic originating from Cloudflare WARP clients",
 		UsageText: "cloudflared tunnel [tunnel command options] route [subcommand options] [dns TUNNEL HOSTNAME]|[lb TUNNEL HOSTNAME LB-POOL]|[ip NETWORK TUNNEL]",
 		Description: `The route command defines how Cloudflare will proxy requests to this tunnel.
@@ -675,16 +674,30 @@ Further information about managing Cloudflare WARP traffic to your tunnel is ava
 `,
 		CustomHelpTemplate: commandHelpTemplate(),
 		Subcommands: []*cli.Command{
+			{
+				Name:        "dns",
+				Action:      cliutil.ConfiguredAction(routeDnsCommand),
+				Usage:       "Route a hostname by creating a DNS CNAME record to a tunnel",
+				UsageText:   "cloudflared tunnel route dns [TUNNEL] [HOSTNAME]",
+				Description: `Creates a DNS CNAME record hostname that points to the tunnel.`,
+				Flags:       []cli.Flag{overwriteDNSFlag},
+			},
+			{
+				Name:        "lb",
+				Action:      cliutil.ConfiguredAction(routeLbCommand),
+				Usage:       "Use this tunnel as a load balancer origin, creating pool and load balancer if necessary",
+				UsageText:   "cloudflared tunnel route dns [TUNNEL] [HOSTNAME] [LB-POOL]",
+				Description: `Creates Load Balancer with an origin pool that points to the tunnel.`,
+			},
 			buildRouteIPSubcommand(),
 		},
-		Flags: []cli.Flag{overwriteDNSFlag},
 	}
 }
 
 func dnsRouteFromArg(c *cli.Context, overwriteExisting bool) (tunnelstore.Route, error) {
 	const (
-		userHostnameIndex = 2
-		expectedNArgs     = 3
+		userHostnameIndex = 1
+		expectedNArgs     = 2
 	)
 	if c.NArg() != expectedNArgs {
 		return nil, cliutil.UsageError("Expected %d arguments, got %d", expectedNArgs, c.NArg())
@@ -700,9 +713,9 @@ func dnsRouteFromArg(c *cli.Context, overwriteExisting bool) (tunnelstore.Route,
 
 func lbRouteFromArg(c *cli.Context) (tunnelstore.Route, error) {
 	const (
-		lbNameIndex   = 2
-		lbPoolIndex   = 3
-		expectedNArgs = 4
+		lbNameIndex   = 1
+		lbPoolIndex   = 2
+		expectedNArgs = 3
 	)
 	if c.NArg() != expectedNArgs {
 		return nil, cliutil.UsageError("Expected %d arguments, got %d", expectedNArgs, c.NArg())
@@ -744,41 +757,39 @@ func validateHostname(s string, allowWildcardSubdomain bool) bool {
 	return err == nil && validateName(puny, allowWildcardSubdomain)
 }
 
-func routeCommand(c *cli.Context) error {
-	if c.NArg() < 2 {
-		return cliutil.UsageError(`"cloudflared tunnel route" requires the first argument to be the route type(dns or lb), followed by the ID or name of the tunnel`)
+func routeDnsCommand(c *cli.Context) error {
+	if c.NArg() != 2 {
+		return cliutil.UsageError(`This command expects the format "cloudflared tunnel route dns <tunnel name/id> <hostname>"`)
 	}
+	return routeCommand(c, "dns")
+}
+
+func routeLbCommand(c *cli.Context) error {
+	if c.NArg() != 3 {
+		return cliutil.UsageError(`This command expects the format "cloudflared tunnel route lb <tunnel name/id> <hostname> <load balancer pool>"`)
+	}
+	return routeCommand(c, "lb")
+}
+
+func routeCommand(c *cli.Context, routeType string) error {
 	sc, err := newSubcommandContext(c)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	const tunnelIDIndex = 1
-
-	routeType := c.Args().First()
+	tunnelID, err := sc.findID(c.Args().Get(0))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	var route tunnelstore.Route
-	var tunnelID uuid.UUID
 	switch routeType {
 	case "dns":
-		tunnelID, err = sc.findID(c.Args().Get(tunnelIDIndex))
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
 		route, err = dnsRouteFromArg(c, c.Bool(overwriteDNSFlagName))
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
 	case "lb":
-		tunnelID, err = sc.findID(c.Args().Get(tunnelIDIndex))
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
 		route, err = lbRouteFromArg(c)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	default:
-		return cliutil.UsageError("%s is not a recognized route type. Supported route types are dns and lb", routeType)
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
 	res, err := sc.route(tunnelID, route)