diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 96c3b04fc..e9cd02b8e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2728,7 +2728,7 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
   -cacheExpireDuration duration
      Items are removed from in-memory caches after they aren't accessed for this duration. Lower values may reduce memory usage at the cost of higher CPU usage. See also -prevCacheRemovalPercent (default 30m0s)
   -configAuthKey value
-     Authorization key for accessing /config page. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings.
+     Authorization key for accessing /config page. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -configAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -configAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -configAuthKey=http://host/path or -configAuthKey=https://host/path
   -csvTrimTimestamp duration
      Trim timestamps when importing csv data to this duration. Minimum practical duration is 1ms. Higher duration (i.e. 1s) may be used for reducing disk space usage for timestamp data (default 1ms)
@@ -2765,7 +2765,7 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
   -finalMergeDelay duration
      Deprecated: this flag does nothing
   -flagsAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /flags endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /flags endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -flagsAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -flagsAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -flagsAuthKey=http://host/path or -flagsAuthKey=https://host/path
   -forceFlushAuthKey value
      authKey, which must be passed in query string to /internal/force_flush pages
@@ -2891,7 +2891,7 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
   -metrics.exposeMetadata
      Whether to expose TYPE and HELP metadata at the /metrics page, which is exposed at -httpListenAddr . The metadata may be needed when the /metrics page is consumed by systems, which require this information. For example, Managed Prometheus in Google Cloud - https://cloud.google.com/stackdriver/docs/managed-prometheus/troubleshooting#missing-metric-type
   -metricsAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -metricsAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -metricsAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -metricsAuthKey=http://host/path or -metricsAuthKey=https://host/path
   -mtls array
      Whether to require valid client certificate for https requests to the corresponding -httpListenAddr . This flag works only if -tls flag is set. See also -mtlsCAFile . This flag is available only in Enterprise binaries. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise/
@@ -2922,7 +2922,7 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
   -opentsdbhttpTrimTimestamp duration
      Trim timestamps for OpenTSDB HTTP data to this duration. Minimum practical duration is 1ms. Higher duration (i.e. 1s) may be used for reducing disk space usage for timestamp data (default 1ms)
   -pprofAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /debug/pprof/* endpoints. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /debug/pprof/* endpoints. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -pprofAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -pprofAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -pprofAuthKey=http://host/path or -pprofAuthKey=https://host/path
   -precisionBits int
      The number of precision bits to store per each value. Lower precision bits improves data compression at the cost of precision loss (default 64)
@@ -3044,7 +3044,7 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
   -relabelConfig string
      Optional path to a file with relabeling rules, which are applied to all the ingested metrics. The path can point either to local file or to http url. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#relabeling for details. The config is reloaded on SIGHUP signal
   -reloadAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /-/reload http endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings.
+     Auth key for /-/reload http endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -reloadAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -reloadAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -reloadAuthKey=http://host/path or -reloadAuthKey=https://host/path
   -retentionFilter array
      Retention filter in the format 'filter:retention'. For example, '{env="dev"}:3d' configures the retention for time series with env="dev" label to 3 days. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#retention-filters for details. This flag is available only in VictoriaMetrics enterprise. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise/
diff --git a/app/vmagent/main.go b/app/vmagent/main.go
index 46c3a84c3..26c77dbf3 100644
--- a/app/vmagent/main.go
+++ b/app/vmagent/main.go
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ var (
 		"See also -opentsdbHTTPListenAddr.useProxyProtocol")
 	opentsdbHTTPUseProxyProtocol = flag.Bool("opentsdbHTTPListenAddr.useProxyProtocol", false, "Whether to use proxy protocol for connections accepted "+
 		"at -opentsdbHTTPListenAddr . See https://www.haproxy.org/download/1.8/doc/proxy-protocol.txt")
-	configAuthKey = flagutil.NewPassword("configAuthKey", "Authorization key for accessing /config page. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings.")
-	reloadAuthKey = flagutil.NewPassword("reloadAuthKey", "Auth key for /-/reload http endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings.")
+	configAuthKey = flagutil.NewPassword("configAuthKey", "Authorization key for accessing /config page. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*")
+	reloadAuthKey = flagutil.NewPassword("reloadAuthKey", "Auth key for /-/reload http endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*")
 	dryRun        = flag.Bool("dryRun", false, "Whether to check config files without running vmagent. The following files are checked: "+
 		"-promscrape.config, -remoteWrite.relabelConfig, -remoteWrite.urlRelabelConfig, -remoteWrite.streamAggr.config . "+
 		"Unknown config entries aren't allowed in -promscrape.config by default. This can be changed by passing -promscrape.config.strictParse=false command-line flag")
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ func requestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 		}
 		return true
 	case "/prometheus/config", "/config":
-		if !httpserver.CheckAuthFlag(w, r, configAuthKey.Get(), "configAuthKey") {
+		if !httpserver.CheckAuthFlag(w, r, configAuthKey) {
 			return true
 		}
 		promscrapeConfigRequests.Inc()
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ func requestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 		return true
 	case "/prometheus/api/v1/status/config", "/api/v1/status/config":
 		// See https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/api/#config
-		if !httpserver.CheckAuthFlag(w, r, configAuthKey.Get(), "configAuthKey") {
+		if !httpserver.CheckAuthFlag(w, r, configAuthKey) {
 			return true
 		}
 		promscrapeStatusConfigRequests.Inc()
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ func requestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, `{"status":"success","data":{"yaml":%q}}`, bb.B)
 		return true
 	case "/prometheus/-/reload", "/-/reload":
-		if !httpserver.CheckAuthFlag(w, r, reloadAuthKey.Get(), "reloadAuthKey") {
+		if !httpserver.CheckAuthFlag(w, r, reloadAuthKey) {
 			return true
 		}
 		promscrapeConfigReloadRequests.Inc()
diff --git a/app/vmalert/web.go b/app/vmalert/web.go
index 0b392ead8..84dc83bb0 100644
--- a/app/vmalert/web.go
+++ b/app/vmalert/web.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/procutil"
 )
 
-var reloadAuthKey = flagutil.NewPassword("reloadAuthKey", "Auth key for /-/reload http endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings.")
+var reloadAuthKey = flagutil.NewPassword("reloadAuthKey", "Auth key for /-/reload http endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*")
 
 var (
 	apiLinks = [][2]string{
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func (rh *requestHandler) handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 		w.Write(data)
 		return true
 	case "/-/reload":
-		if !httpserver.CheckAuthFlag(w, r, reloadAuthKey.Get(), "reloadAuthKey") {
+		if !httpserver.CheckAuthFlag(w, r, reloadAuthKey) {
 			return true
 		}
 		logger.Infof("api config reload was called, sending sighup")
diff --git a/app/vmauth/main.go b/app/vmauth/main.go
index 4f2320d78..f950117e7 100644
--- a/app/vmauth/main.go
+++ b/app/vmauth/main.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ var (
 	maxConcurrentPerUserRequests = flag.Int("maxConcurrentPerUserRequests", 300, "The maximum number of concurrent requests vmauth can process per each configured user. "+
 		"Other requests are rejected with '429 Too Many Requests' http status code. See also -maxConcurrentRequests command-line option and max_concurrent_requests option "+
 		"in per-user config")
-	reloadAuthKey        = flagutil.NewPassword("reloadAuthKey", "Auth key for /-/reload http endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings.")
+	reloadAuthKey        = flagutil.NewPassword("reloadAuthKey", "Auth key for /-/reload http endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*")
 	logInvalidAuthTokens = flag.Bool("logInvalidAuthTokens", false, "Whether to log requests with invalid auth tokens. "+
 		`Such requests are always counted at vmauth_http_request_errors_total{reason="invalid_auth_token"} metric, which is exposed at /metrics page`)
 	failTimeout               = flag.Duration("failTimeout", 3*time.Second, "Sets a delay period for load balancing to skip a malfunctioning backend")
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func main() {
 func requestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 	switch r.URL.Path {
 	case "/-/reload":
-		if !httpserver.CheckAuthFlag(w, r, reloadAuthKey.Get(), "reloadAuthKey") {
+		if !httpserver.CheckAuthFlag(w, r, reloadAuthKey) {
 			return true
 		}
 		configReloadRequests.Inc()
diff --git a/app/vminsert/main.go b/app/vminsert/main.go
index 5892e8753..e5c639654 100644
--- a/app/vminsert/main.go
+++ b/app/vminsert/main.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ var (
 		"See also -opentsdbHTTPListenAddr.useProxyProtocol")
 	opentsdbHTTPUseProxyProtocol = flag.Bool("opentsdbHTTPListenAddr.useProxyProtocol", false, "Whether to use proxy protocol for connections accepted "+
 		"at -opentsdbHTTPListenAddr . See https://www.haproxy.org/download/1.8/doc/proxy-protocol.txt")
-	configAuthKey          = flagutil.NewPassword("configAuthKey", "Authorization key for accessing /config page. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings.")
+	configAuthKey          = flagutil.NewPassword("configAuthKey", "Authorization key for accessing /config page. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*")
 	reloadAuthKey          = flagutil.NewPassword("reloadAuthKey", "Auth key for /-/reload http endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings.")
 	maxLabelsPerTimeseries = flag.Int("maxLabelsPerTimeseries", 30, "The maximum number of labels accepted per time series. Superfluous labels are dropped. In this case the vm_metrics_with_dropped_labels_total metric at /metrics page is incremented")
 	maxLabelValueLen       = flag.Int("maxLabelValueLen", 4*1024, "The maximum length of label values in the accepted time series. Longer label values are truncated. In this case the vm_too_long_label_values_total metric at /metrics page is incremented")
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ func RequestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 		}
 		return true
 	case "/prometheus/config", "/config":
-		if !httpserver.CheckAuthFlag(w, r, configAuthKey.Get(), "configAuthKey") {
+		if !httpserver.CheckAuthFlag(w, r, configAuthKey) {
 			return true
 		}
 		promscrapeConfigRequests.Inc()
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ func RequestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 		return true
 	case "/prometheus/api/v1/status/config", "/api/v1/status/config":
 		// See https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/api/#config
-		if !httpserver.CheckAuthFlag(w, r, configAuthKey.Get(), "configAuthKey") {
+		if !httpserver.CheckAuthFlag(w, r, configAuthKey) {
 			return true
 		}
 		promscrapeStatusConfigRequests.Inc()
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ func RequestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, `{"status":"success","data":{"yaml":%q}}`, bb.B)
 		return true
 	case "/prometheus/-/reload", "/-/reload":
-		if !httpserver.CheckAuthFlag(w, r, reloadAuthKey.Get(), "reloadAuthKey") {
+		if !httpserver.CheckAuthFlag(w, r, reloadAuthKey) {
 			return true
 		}
 		promscrapeConfigReloadRequests.Inc()
diff --git a/app/vmselect/main.go b/app/vmselect/main.go
index 6746ecd41..42d039f7b 100644
--- a/app/vmselect/main.go
+++ b/app/vmselect/main.go
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	deleteAuthKey         = flagutil.NewPassword("deleteAuthKey", "authKey for metrics' deletion via /api/v1/admin/tsdb/delete_series and /tags/delSeries")
+	deleteAuthKey         = flagutil.NewPassword("deleteAuthKey", "authKey for metrics' deletion via /api/v1/admin/tsdb/delete_series and /tags/delSeries. It overrides -httpAuth.*")
 	maxConcurrentRequests = flag.Int("search.maxConcurrentRequests", getDefaultMaxConcurrentRequests(), "The maximum number of concurrent search requests. "+
 		"It shouldn't be high, since a single request can saturate all the CPU cores, while many concurrently executed requests may require high amounts of memory. "+
 		"See also -search.maxQueueDuration and -search.maxMemoryPerQuery")
 	maxQueueDuration = flag.Duration("search.maxQueueDuration", 10*time.Second, "The maximum time the request waits for execution when -search.maxConcurrentRequests "+
 		"limit is reached; see also -search.maxQueryDuration")
-	resetCacheAuthKey    = flagutil.NewPassword("search.resetCacheAuthKey", "Optional authKey for resetting rollup cache via /internal/resetRollupResultCache call")
+	resetCacheAuthKey    = flagutil.NewPassword("search.resetCacheAuthKey", "Optional authKey for resetting rollup cache via /internal/resetRollupResultCache call. It overrides -httpAuth.*")
 	logSlowQueryDuration = flag.Duration("search.logSlowQueryDuration", 5*time.Second, "Log queries with execution time exceeding this value. Zero disables slow query logging. "+
 		"See also -search.logQueryMemoryUsage")
 	vmalertProxyURL = flag.String("vmalert.proxyURL", "", "Optional URL for proxying requests to vmalert. For example, if -vmalert.proxyURL=http://vmalert:8880 , then alerting API requests such as /api/v1/rules from Grafana will be proxied to http://vmalert:8880/api/v1/rules")
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func RequestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 	}
 
 	if path == "/internal/resetRollupResultCache" {
-		if !httpserver.CheckAuthFlag(w, r, resetCacheAuthKey.Get(), "resetCacheAuthKey") {
+		if !httpserver.CheckAuthFlag(w, r, resetCacheAuthKey) {
 			return true
 		}
 		promql.ResetRollupResultCache()
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ func RequestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 		}
 		return true
 	case "/tags/delSeries":
-		if !httpserver.CheckAuthFlag(w, r, deleteAuthKey.Get(), "deleteAuthKey") {
+		if !httpserver.CheckAuthFlag(w, r, deleteAuthKey) {
 			return true
 		}
 		graphiteTagsDelSeriesRequests.Inc()
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ func RequestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 		}
 		return true
 	case "/api/v1/admin/tsdb/delete_series":
-		if !httpserver.CheckAuthFlag(w, r, deleteAuthKey.Get(), "deleteAuthKey") {
+		if !httpserver.CheckAuthFlag(w, r, deleteAuthKey) {
 			return true
 		}
 		deleteRequests.Inc()
diff --git a/app/vmstorage/main.go b/app/vmstorage/main.go
index e37c321e7..e1a72bc5c 100644
--- a/app/vmstorage/main.go
+++ b/app/vmstorage/main.go
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	retentionPeriod   = flagutil.NewDuration("retentionPeriod", "1", "Data with timestamps outside the retentionPeriod is automatically deleted. The minimum retentionPeriod is 24h or 1d. See also -retentionFilter")
-	snapshotAuthKey   = flagutil.NewPassword("snapshotAuthKey", "authKey, which must be passed in query string to /snapshot* pages")
-	forceMergeAuthKey = flagutil.NewPassword("forceMergeAuthKey", "authKey, which must be passed in query string to /internal/force_merge pages")
-	forceFlushAuthKey = flagutil.NewPassword("forceFlushAuthKey", "authKey, which must be passed in query string to /internal/force_flush pages")
+	snapshotAuthKey   = flagutil.NewPassword("snapshotAuthKey", "authKey, which must be passed in query string to /snapshot* pages. It overrides -httpAuth.*")
+	forceMergeAuthKey = flagutil.NewPassword("forceMergeAuthKey", "authKey, which must be passed in query string to /internal/force_merge pages. It overrides -httpAuth.*")
+	forceFlushAuthKey = flagutil.NewPassword("forceFlushAuthKey", "authKey, which must be passed in query string to /internal/force_flush pages. It overrides -httpAuth.*")
 	snapshotsMaxAge   = flagutil.NewDuration("snapshotsMaxAge", "0", "Automatically delete snapshots older than -snapshotsMaxAge if it is set to non-zero duration. Make sure that backup process has enough time to finish the backup before the corresponding snapshot is automatically deleted")
 	_                 = flag.Duration("snapshotCreateTimeout", 0, "Deprecated: this flag does nothing")
 
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ func Stop() {
 func RequestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 	path := r.URL.Path
 	if path == "/internal/force_merge" {
-		if !httpserver.CheckAuthFlag(w, r, forceMergeAuthKey.Get(), "forceMergeAuthKey") {
+		if !httpserver.CheckAuthFlag(w, r, forceMergeAuthKey) {
 			return true
 		}
 		// Run force merge in background
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ func RequestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 		return true
 	}
 	if path == "/internal/force_flush" {
-		if !httpserver.CheckAuthFlag(w, r, forceFlushAuthKey.Get(), "forceFlushAuthKey") {
+		if !httpserver.CheckAuthFlag(w, r, forceFlushAuthKey) {
 			return true
 		}
 		logger.Infof("flushing storage to make pending data available for reading")
@@ -288,10 +288,10 @@ func RequestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 		prometheusCompatibleResponse = true
 		path = "/snapshot/create"
 	}
-	if !strings.HasPrefix(path, "/snapshot") {
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(path, "/snapshot/") {
 		return false
 	}
-	if !httpserver.CheckAuthFlag(w, r, snapshotAuthKey.Get(), "snapshotAuthKey") {
+	if !httpserver.CheckAuthFlag(w, r, snapshotAuthKey) {
 		return true
 	}
 	path = path[len("/snapshot"):]
diff --git a/docs/Cluster-VictoriaMetrics.md b/docs/Cluster-VictoriaMetrics.md
index 98ee5214b..55c9e33bc 100644
--- a/docs/Cluster-VictoriaMetrics.md
+++ b/docs/Cluster-VictoriaMetrics.md
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ Below is the output for `/path/to/vminsert -help`:
   -filestream.disableFadvise
      Whether to disable fadvise() syscall when reading large data files. The fadvise() syscall prevents from eviction of recently accessed data from OS page cache during background merges and backups. In some rare cases it is better to disable the syscall if it uses too much CPU
   -flagsAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /flags endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /flags endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -flagsAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -flagsAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -flagsAuthKey=http://host/path or -flagsAuthKey=https://host/path
   -fs.disableMmap
      Whether to use pread() instead of mmap() for reading data files. By default, mmap() is used for 64-bit arches and pread() is used for 32-bit arches, since they cannot read data files bigger than 2^32 bytes in memory. mmap() is usually faster for reading small data chunks than pread()
@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ Below is the output for `/path/to/vminsert -help`:
   -metrics.exposeMetadata
      Whether to expose TYPE and HELP metadata at the /metrics page, which is exposed at -httpListenAddr . The metadata may be needed when the /metrics page is consumed by systems, which require this information. For example, Managed Prometheus in Google Cloud - https://cloud.google.com/stackdriver/docs/managed-prometheus/troubleshooting#missing-metric-type
   -metricsAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -metricsAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -metricsAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -metricsAuthKey=http://host/path or -metricsAuthKey=https://host/path
   -mtls array
      Whether to require valid client certificate for https requests to the corresponding -httpListenAddr . This flag works only if -tls flag is set. See also -mtlsCAFile . This flag is available only in Enterprise binaries. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise/
@@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@ Below is the output for `/path/to/vminsert -help`:
   -opentsdbhttpTrimTimestamp duration
      Trim timestamps for OpenTSDB HTTP data to this duration. Minimum practical duration is 1ms. Higher duration (i.e. 1s) may be used for reducing disk space usage for timestamp data (default 1ms)
   -pprofAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /debug/pprof/* endpoints. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /debug/pprof/* endpoints. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -pprofAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -pprofAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -pprofAuthKey=http://host/path or -pprofAuthKey=https://host/path
   -prevCacheRemovalPercent float
      Items in the previous caches are removed when the percent of requests it serves becomes lower than this value. Higher values reduce memory usage at the cost of higher CPU usage. See also -cacheExpireDuration (default 0.1)
@@ -1378,7 +1378,7 @@ Below is the output for `/path/to/vmselect -help`:
   -filestream.disableFadvise
      Whether to disable fadvise() syscall when reading large data files. The fadvise() syscall prevents from eviction of recently accessed data from OS page cache during background merges and backups. In some rare cases it is better to disable the syscall if it uses too much CPU
   -flagsAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /flags endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /flags endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -flagsAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -flagsAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -flagsAuthKey=http://host/path or -flagsAuthKey=https://host/path
   -fs.disableMmap
      Whether to use pread() instead of mmap() for reading data files. By default, mmap() is used for 64-bit arches and pread() is used for 32-bit arches, since they cannot read data files bigger than 2^32 bytes in memory. mmap() is usually faster for reading small data chunks than pread()
@@ -1453,7 +1453,7 @@ Below is the output for `/path/to/vmselect -help`:
   -metrics.exposeMetadata
      Whether to expose TYPE and HELP metadata at the /metrics page, which is exposed at -httpListenAddr . The metadata may be needed when the /metrics page is consumed by systems, which require this information. For example, Managed Prometheus in Google Cloud - https://cloud.google.com/stackdriver/docs/managed-prometheus/troubleshooting#missing-metric-type
   -metricsAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -metricsAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -metricsAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -metricsAuthKey=http://host/path or -metricsAuthKey=https://host/path
   -mtls array
      Whether to require valid client certificate for https requests to the corresponding -httpListenAddr . This flag works only if -tls flag is set. See also -mtlsCAFile . This flag is available only in Enterprise binaries. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise/
@@ -1464,7 +1464,7 @@ Below is the output for `/path/to/vmselect -help`:
      Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
      Value can contain comma inside single-quoted or double-quoted string, {}, [] and () braces.
   -pprofAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /debug/pprof/* endpoints. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /debug/pprof/* endpoints. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -pprofAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -pprofAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -pprofAuthKey=http://host/path or -pprofAuthKey=https://host/path
   -prevCacheRemovalPercent float
      Items in the previous caches are removed when the percent of requests it serves becomes lower than this value. Higher values reduce memory usage at the cost of higher CPU usage. See also -cacheExpireDuration (default 0.1)
@@ -1692,7 +1692,7 @@ Below is the output for `/path/to/vmstorage -help`:
   -finalMergeDelay duration
      Deprecated: this flag does nothing
   -flagsAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /flags endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /flags endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -flagsAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -flagsAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -flagsAuthKey=http://host/path or -flagsAuthKey=https://host/path
   -forceFlushAuthKey value
      authKey, which must be passed in query string to /internal/force_flush pages
@@ -1779,7 +1779,7 @@ Below is the output for `/path/to/vmstorage -help`:
   -metrics.exposeMetadata
      Whether to expose TYPE and HELP metadata at the /metrics page, which is exposed at -httpListenAddr . The metadata may be needed when the /metrics page is consumed by systems, which require this information. For example, Managed Prometheus in Google Cloud - https://cloud.google.com/stackdriver/docs/managed-prometheus/troubleshooting#missing-metric-type
   -metricsAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -metricsAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -metricsAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -metricsAuthKey=http://host/path or -metricsAuthKey=https://host/path
   -mtls array
      Whether to require valid client certificate for https requests to the corresponding -httpListenAddr . This flag works only if -tls flag is set. See also -mtlsCAFile . This flag is available only in Enterprise binaries. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise/
@@ -1790,7 +1790,7 @@ Below is the output for `/path/to/vmstorage -help`:
      Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
      Value can contain comma inside single-quoted or double-quoted string, {}, [] and () braces.
   -pprofAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /debug/pprof/* endpoints. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /debug/pprof/* endpoints. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -pprofAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -pprofAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -pprofAuthKey=http://host/path or -pprofAuthKey=https://host/path
   -precisionBits int
      The number of precision bits to store per each value. Lower precision bits improves data compression at the cost of precision loss (default 64)
diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index 90880e0a8..5de90bee9 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -2731,7 +2731,7 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
   -cacheExpireDuration duration
      Items are removed from in-memory caches after they aren't accessed for this duration. Lower values may reduce memory usage at the cost of higher CPU usage. See also -prevCacheRemovalPercent (default 30m0s)
   -configAuthKey value
-     Authorization key for accessing /config page. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings.
+     Authorization key for accessing /config page. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -configAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -configAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -configAuthKey=http://host/path or -configAuthKey=https://host/path
   -csvTrimTimestamp duration
      Trim timestamps when importing csv data to this duration. Minimum practical duration is 1ms. Higher duration (i.e. 1s) may be used for reducing disk space usage for timestamp data (default 1ms)
@@ -2768,7 +2768,7 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
   -finalMergeDelay duration
      Deprecated: this flag does nothing
   -flagsAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /flags endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /flags endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -flagsAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -flagsAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -flagsAuthKey=http://host/path or -flagsAuthKey=https://host/path
   -forceFlushAuthKey value
      authKey, which must be passed in query string to /internal/force_flush pages
@@ -2894,7 +2894,7 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
   -metrics.exposeMetadata
      Whether to expose TYPE and HELP metadata at the /metrics page, which is exposed at -httpListenAddr . The metadata may be needed when the /metrics page is consumed by systems, which require this information. For example, Managed Prometheus in Google Cloud - https://cloud.google.com/stackdriver/docs/managed-prometheus/troubleshooting#missing-metric-type
   -metricsAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -metricsAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -metricsAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -metricsAuthKey=http://host/path or -metricsAuthKey=https://host/path
   -mtls array
      Whether to require valid client certificate for https requests to the corresponding -httpListenAddr . This flag works only if -tls flag is set. See also -mtlsCAFile . This flag is available only in Enterprise binaries. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise/
@@ -2925,7 +2925,7 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
   -opentsdbhttpTrimTimestamp duration
      Trim timestamps for OpenTSDB HTTP data to this duration. Minimum practical duration is 1ms. Higher duration (i.e. 1s) may be used for reducing disk space usage for timestamp data (default 1ms)
   -pprofAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /debug/pprof/* endpoints. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /debug/pprof/* endpoints. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -pprofAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -pprofAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -pprofAuthKey=http://host/path or -pprofAuthKey=https://host/path
   -precisionBits int
      The number of precision bits to store per each value. Lower precision bits improves data compression at the cost of precision loss (default 64)
@@ -3047,7 +3047,7 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
   -relabelConfig string
      Optional path to a file with relabeling rules, which are applied to all the ingested metrics. The path can point either to local file or to http url. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#relabeling for details. The config is reloaded on SIGHUP signal
   -reloadAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /-/reload http endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings.
+     Auth key for /-/reload http endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -reloadAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -reloadAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -reloadAuthKey=http://host/path or -reloadAuthKey=https://host/path
   -retentionFilter array
      Retention filter in the format 'filter:retention'. For example, '{env="dev"}:3d' configures the retention for time series with env="dev" label to 3 days. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#retention-filters for details. This flag is available only in VictoriaMetrics enterprise. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise/
diff --git a/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md b/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md
index 8b84f79de..81a5ef3ba 100644
--- a/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md
+++ b/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md
@@ -2739,7 +2739,7 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
   -cacheExpireDuration duration
      Items are removed from in-memory caches after they aren't accessed for this duration. Lower values may reduce memory usage at the cost of higher CPU usage. See also -prevCacheRemovalPercent (default 30m0s)
   -configAuthKey value
-     Authorization key for accessing /config page. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings.
+     Authorization key for accessing /config page. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -configAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -configAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -configAuthKey=http://host/path or -configAuthKey=https://host/path
   -csvTrimTimestamp duration
      Trim timestamps when importing csv data to this duration. Minimum practical duration is 1ms. Higher duration (i.e. 1s) may be used for reducing disk space usage for timestamp data (default 1ms)
@@ -2776,7 +2776,7 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
   -finalMergeDelay duration
      Deprecated: this flag does nothing
   -flagsAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /flags endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /flags endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -flagsAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -flagsAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -flagsAuthKey=http://host/path or -flagsAuthKey=https://host/path
   -forceFlushAuthKey value
      authKey, which must be passed in query string to /internal/force_flush pages
@@ -2902,7 +2902,7 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
   -metrics.exposeMetadata
      Whether to expose TYPE and HELP metadata at the /metrics page, which is exposed at -httpListenAddr . The metadata may be needed when the /metrics page is consumed by systems, which require this information. For example, Managed Prometheus in Google Cloud - https://cloud.google.com/stackdriver/docs/managed-prometheus/troubleshooting#missing-metric-type
   -metricsAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -metricsAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -metricsAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -metricsAuthKey=http://host/path or -metricsAuthKey=https://host/path
   -mtls array
      Whether to require valid client certificate for https requests to the corresponding -httpListenAddr . This flag works only if -tls flag is set. See also -mtlsCAFile . This flag is available only in Enterprise binaries. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise/
@@ -2933,7 +2933,7 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
   -opentsdbhttpTrimTimestamp duration
      Trim timestamps for OpenTSDB HTTP data to this duration. Minimum practical duration is 1ms. Higher duration (i.e. 1s) may be used for reducing disk space usage for timestamp data (default 1ms)
   -pprofAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /debug/pprof/* endpoints. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /debug/pprof/* endpoints. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -pprofAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -pprofAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -pprofAuthKey=http://host/path or -pprofAuthKey=https://host/path
   -precisionBits int
      The number of precision bits to store per each value. Lower precision bits improves data compression at the cost of precision loss (default 64)
@@ -3055,7 +3055,7 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaMetrics in order to see the list of supported command-li
   -relabelConfig string
      Optional path to a file with relabeling rules, which are applied to all the ingested metrics. The path can point either to local file or to http url. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#relabeling for details. The config is reloaded on SIGHUP signal
   -reloadAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /-/reload http endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings.
+     Auth key for /-/reload http endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -reloadAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -reloadAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -reloadAuthKey=http://host/path or -reloadAuthKey=https://host/path
   -retentionFilter array
      Retention filter in the format 'filter:retention'. For example, '{env="dev"}:3d' configures the retention for time series with env="dev" label to 3 days. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#retention-filters for details. This flag is available only in VictoriaMetrics enterprise. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise/
diff --git a/docs/VictoriaLogs/README.md b/docs/VictoriaLogs/README.md
index fe46fa772..7a80eafc4 100644
--- a/docs/VictoriaLogs/README.md
+++ b/docs/VictoriaLogs/README.md
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaLogs in order to see the list of supported command-line
   -filestream.disableFadvise
     	Whether to disable fadvise() syscall when reading large data files. The fadvise() syscall prevents from eviction of recently accessed data from OS page cache during background merges and backups. In some rare cases it is better to disable the syscall if it uses too much CPU
   -flagsAuthKey value
-    	Auth key for /flags endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+    	Auth key for /flags endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
     	Flag value can be read from the given file when using -flagsAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -flagsAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -flagsAuthKey=http://host/path or -flagsAuthKey=https://host/path
   -fs.disableMmap
     	Whether to use pread() instead of mmap() for reading data files. By default, mmap() is used for 64-bit arches and pread() is used for 32-bit arches, since they cannot read data files bigger than 2^32 bytes in memory. mmap() is usually faster for reading small data chunks than pread()
@@ -266,10 +266,10 @@ Pass `-help` to VictoriaLogs in order to see the list of supported command-line
   -metrics.exposeMetadata
     	Whether to expose TYPE and HELP metadata at the /metrics page, which is exposed at -httpListenAddr . The metadata may be needed when the /metrics page is consumed by systems, which require this information. For example, Managed Prometheus in Google Cloud - https://cloud.google.com/stackdriver/docs/managed-prometheus/troubleshooting#missing-metric-type
   -metricsAuthKey value
-    	Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+    	Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
     	Flag value can be read from the given file when using -metricsAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -metricsAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -metricsAuthKey=http://host/path or -metricsAuthKey=https://host/path
   -pprofAuthKey value
-    	Auth key for /debug/pprof/* endpoints. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+    	Auth key for /debug/pprof/* endpoints. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
     	Flag value can be read from the given file when using -pprofAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -pprofAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -pprofAuthKey=http://host/path or -pprofAuthKey=https://host/path
   -prevCacheRemovalPercent float
     	Items in the previous caches are removed when the percent of requests it serves becomes lower than this value. Higher values reduce memory usage at the cost of higher CPU usage. See also -cacheExpireDuration (default 0.1)
diff --git a/docs/vmagent.md b/docs/vmagent.md
index 70965d62d..4954ac0a5 100644
--- a/docs/vmagent.md
+++ b/docs/vmagent.md
@@ -1649,7 +1649,7 @@ See the docs at https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/ .
   -cacheExpireDuration duration
      Items are removed from in-memory caches after they aren't accessed for this duration. Lower values may reduce memory usage at the cost of higher CPU usage. See also -prevCacheRemovalPercent (default 30m0s)
   -configAuthKey value
-     Authorization key for accessing /config page. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings.
+     Authorization key for accessing /config page. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -configAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -configAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -configAuthKey=http://host/path or -configAuthKey=https://host/path
   -csvTrimTimestamp duration
      Trim timestamps when importing csv data to this duration. Minimum practical duration is 1ms. Higher duration (i.e. 1s) may be used for reducing disk space usage for timestamp data (default 1ms)
@@ -1675,7 +1675,7 @@ See the docs at https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/ .
   -filestream.disableFadvise
      Whether to disable fadvise() syscall when reading large data files. The fadvise() syscall prevents from eviction of recently accessed data from OS page cache during background merges and backups. In some rare cases it is better to disable the syscall if it uses too much CPU
   -flagsAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /flags endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /flags endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -flagsAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -flagsAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -flagsAuthKey=http://host/path or -flagsAuthKey=https://host/path
   -fs.disableMmap
      Whether to use pread() instead of mmap() for reading data files. By default, mmap() is used for 64-bit arches and pread() is used for 32-bit arches, since they cannot read data files bigger than 2^32 bytes in memory. mmap() is usually faster for reading small data chunks than pread()
@@ -1861,7 +1861,7 @@ See the docs at https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/ .
   -metrics.exposeMetadata
      Whether to expose TYPE and HELP metadata at the /metrics page, which is exposed at -httpListenAddr . The metadata may be needed when the /metrics page is consumed by systems, which require this information. For example, Managed Prometheus in Google Cloud - https://cloud.google.com/stackdriver/docs/managed-prometheus/troubleshooting#missing-metric-type
   -metricsAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -metricsAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -metricsAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -metricsAuthKey=http://host/path or -metricsAuthKey=https://host/path
   -mtls array
      Whether to require valid client certificate for https requests to the corresponding -httpListenAddr . This flag works only if -tls flag is set. See also -mtlsCAFile . This flag is available only in Enterprise binaries. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise/
@@ -1892,7 +1892,7 @@ See the docs at https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/ .
   -opentsdbhttpTrimTimestamp duration
      Trim timestamps for OpenTSDB HTTP data to this duration. Minimum practical duration is 1ms. Higher duration (i.e. 1s) may be used for reducing disk space usage for timestamp data (default 1ms)
   -pprofAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /debug/pprof/* endpoints. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /debug/pprof/* endpoints. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -pprofAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -pprofAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -pprofAuthKey=http://host/path or -pprofAuthKey=https://host/path
   -prevCacheRemovalPercent float
      Items in the previous caches are removed when the percent of requests it serves becomes lower than this value. Higher values reduce memory usage at the cost of higher CPU usage. See also -cacheExpireDuration (default 0.1)
@@ -2014,7 +2014,7 @@ See the docs at https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/ .
      Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
      Value can contain comma inside single-quoted or double-quoted string, {}, [] and () braces.
   -reloadAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /-/reload http endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings.
+     Auth key for /-/reload http endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -reloadAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -reloadAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -reloadAuthKey=http://host/path or -reloadAuthKey=https://host/path
   -remoteWrite.aws.accessKey array
      Optional AWS AccessKey to use for the corresponding -remoteWrite.url if -remoteWrite.aws.useSigv4 is set
diff --git a/docs/vmalert.md b/docs/vmalert.md
index a15f73bf1..b1f5dce73 100644
--- a/docs/vmalert.md
+++ b/docs/vmalert.md
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ The shortlist of configuration flags is the following:
   -filestream.disableFadvise
      Whether to disable fadvise() syscall when reading large data files. The fadvise() syscall prevents from eviction of recently accessed data from OS page cache during background merges and backups. In some rare cases it is better to disable the syscall if it uses too much CPU
   -flagsAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /flags endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /flags endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -flagsAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -flagsAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -flagsAuthKey=http://host/path or -flagsAuthKey=https://host/path
   -fs.disableMmap
      Whether to use pread() instead of mmap() for reading data files. By default, mmap() is used for 64-bit arches and pread() is used for 32-bit arches, since they cannot read data files bigger than 2^32 bytes in memory. mmap() is usually faster for reading small data chunks than pread()
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ The shortlist of configuration flags is the following:
   -metrics.exposeMetadata
      Whether to expose TYPE and HELP metadata at the /metrics page, which is exposed at -httpListenAddr . The metadata may be needed when the /metrics page is consumed by systems, which require this information. For example, Managed Prometheus in Google Cloud - https://cloud.google.com/stackdriver/docs/managed-prometheus/troubleshooting#missing-metric-type
   -metricsAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -metricsAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -metricsAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -metricsAuthKey=http://host/path or -metricsAuthKey=https://host/path
   -mtls array
      Whether to require valid client certificate for https requests to the corresponding -httpListenAddr . This flag works only if -tls flag is set. See also -mtlsCAFile . This flag is available only in Enterprise binaries. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise/
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ The shortlist of configuration flags is the following:
      Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
      Value can contain comma inside single-quoted or double-quoted string, {}, [] and () braces.
   -pprofAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /debug/pprof/* endpoints. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /debug/pprof/* endpoints. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -pprofAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -pprofAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -pprofAuthKey=http://host/path or -pprofAuthKey=https://host/path
   -promscrape.consul.waitTime duration
      Wait time used by Consul service discovery. Default value is used if not set
@@ -1295,7 +1295,7 @@ The shortlist of configuration flags is the following:
      Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
      Value can contain comma inside single-quoted or double-quoted string, {}, [] and () braces.
   -reloadAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /-/reload http endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings.
+     Auth key for /-/reload http endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -reloadAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -reloadAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -reloadAuthKey=http://host/path or -reloadAuthKey=https://host/path
   -remoteRead.basicAuth.password string
      Optional basic auth password for -remoteRead.url
diff --git a/docs/vmauth.md b/docs/vmauth.md
index d1ae36cb4..99a3f155b 100644
--- a/docs/vmauth.md
+++ b/docs/vmauth.md
@@ -1178,7 +1178,7 @@ See the docs at https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/ .
   -filestream.disableFadvise
      Whether to disable fadvise() syscall when reading large data files. The fadvise() syscall prevents from eviction of recently accessed data from OS page cache during background merges and backups. In some rare cases it is better to disable the syscall if it uses too much CPU
   -flagsAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /flags endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /flags endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -flagsAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -flagsAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -flagsAuthKey=http://host/path or -flagsAuthKey=https://host/path
   -fs.disableMmap
      Whether to use pread() instead of mmap() for reading data files. By default, mmap() is used for 64-bit arches and pread() is used for 32-bit arches, since they cannot read data files bigger than 2^32 bytes in memory. mmap() is usually faster for reading small data chunks than pread()
@@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@ See the docs at https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/ .
   -metrics.exposeMetadata
      Whether to expose TYPE and HELP metadata at the /metrics page, which is exposed at -httpListenAddr . The metadata may be needed when the /metrics page is consumed by systems, which require this information. For example, Managed Prometheus in Google Cloud - https://cloud.google.com/stackdriver/docs/managed-prometheus/troubleshooting#missing-metric-type
   -metricsAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -metricsAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -metricsAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -metricsAuthKey=http://host/path or -metricsAuthKey=https://host/path
   -mtls array
      Whether to require valid client certificate for https requests to the corresponding -httpListenAddr . This flag works only if -tls flag is set. See also -mtlsCAFile . This flag is available only in Enterprise binaries. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise/
@@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ See the docs at https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/ .
      Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
      Value can contain comma inside single-quoted or double-quoted string, {}, [] and () braces.
   -pprofAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /debug/pprof/* endpoints. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /debug/pprof/* endpoints. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -pprofAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -pprofAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -pprofAuthKey=http://host/path or -pprofAuthKey=https://host/path
   -pushmetrics.disableCompression
      Whether to disable request body compression when pushing metrics to every -pushmetrics.url
@@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@ See the docs at https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/ .
      Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
      Value can contain comma inside single-quoted or double-quoted string, {}, [] and () braces.
   -reloadAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /-/reload http endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings.
+     Auth key for /-/reload http endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -reloadAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -reloadAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -reloadAuthKey=http://host/path or -reloadAuthKey=https://host/path
   -responseTimeout duration
      The timeout for receiving a response from backend (default 5m0s)
diff --git a/docs/vmbackup.md b/docs/vmbackup.md
index 9ccd2c420..134152661 100644
--- a/docs/vmbackup.md
+++ b/docs/vmbackup.md
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ Run `vmbackup -help` in order to see all the available options:
   -filestream.disableFadvise
      Whether to disable fadvise() syscall when reading large data files. The fadvise() syscall prevents from eviction of recently accessed data from OS page cache during background merges and backups. In some rare cases it is better to disable the syscall if it uses too much CPU
   -flagsAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /flags endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /flags endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -flagsAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -flagsAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -flagsAuthKey=http://host/path or -flagsAuthKey=https://host/path
   -fs.disableMmap
      Whether to use pread() instead of mmap() for reading data files. By default, mmap() is used for 64-bit arches and pread() is used for 32-bit arches, since they cannot read data files bigger than 2^32 bytes in memory. mmap() is usually faster for reading small data chunks than pread()
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ Run `vmbackup -help` in order to see all the available options:
   -metrics.exposeMetadata
      Whether to expose TYPE and HELP metadata at the /metrics page, which is exposed at -httpListenAddr . The metadata may be needed when the /metrics page is consumed by systems, which require this information. For example, Managed Prometheus in Google Cloud - https://cloud.google.com/stackdriver/docs/managed-prometheus/troubleshooting#missing-metric-type
   -metricsAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -metricsAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -metricsAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -metricsAuthKey=http://host/path or -metricsAuthKey=https://host/path
   -mtls array
      Whether to require valid client certificate for https requests to the corresponding -httpListenAddr . This flag works only if -tls flag is set. See also -mtlsCAFile . This flag is available only in Enterprise binaries. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise/
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ Run `vmbackup -help` in order to see all the available options:
   -origin string
      Optional origin directory on the remote storage with old backup for server-side copying when performing full backup. This speeds up full backups
   -pprofAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /debug/pprof/* endpoints. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /debug/pprof/* endpoints. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -pprofAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -pprofAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -pprofAuthKey=http://host/path or -pprofAuthKey=https://host/path
   -pushmetrics.disableCompression
      Whether to disable request body compression when pushing metrics to every -pushmetrics.url
diff --git a/docs/vmbackupmanager.md b/docs/vmbackupmanager.md
index 580f46e23..fecbe199b 100644
--- a/docs/vmbackupmanager.md
+++ b/docs/vmbackupmanager.md
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ command-line flags:
   -filestream.disableFadvise
      Whether to disable fadvise() syscall when reading large data files. The fadvise() syscall prevents from eviction of recently accessed data from OS page cache during background merges and backups. In some rare cases it is better to disable the syscall if it uses too much CPU
   -flagsAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /flags endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /flags endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -flagsAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -flagsAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -flagsAuthKey=http://host/path or -flagsAuthKey=https://host/path
   -fs.disableMmap
      Whether to use pread() instead of mmap() for reading data files. By default, mmap() is used for 64-bit arches and pread() is used for 32-bit arches, since they cannot read data files bigger than 2^32 bytes in memory. mmap() is usually faster for reading small data chunks than pread()
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ command-line flags:
   -metrics.exposeMetadata
      Whether to expose TYPE and HELP metadata at the /metrics page, which is exposed at -httpListenAddr . The metadata may be needed when the /metrics page is consumed by systems, which require this information. For example, Managed Prometheus in Google Cloud - https://cloud.google.com/stackdriver/docs/managed-prometheus/troubleshooting#missing-metric-type
   -metricsAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -metricsAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -metricsAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -metricsAuthKey=http://host/path or -metricsAuthKey=https://host/path
   -mtls array
      Whether to require valid client certificate for https requests to the corresponding -httpListenAddr . This flag works only if -tls flag is set. See also -mtlsCAFile . This flag is available only in Enterprise binaries. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise/
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ command-line flags:
      Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
      Value can contain comma inside single-quoted or double-quoted string, {}, [] and () braces.
   -pprofAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /debug/pprof/* endpoints. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /debug/pprof/* endpoints. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -pprofAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -pprofAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -pprofAuthKey=http://host/path or -pprofAuthKey=https://host/path
   -pushmetrics.disableCompression
      Whether to disable request body compression when pushing metrics to every -pushmetrics.url
diff --git a/docs/vmgateway.md b/docs/vmgateway.md
index d84b4dd81..a9f89b867 100644
--- a/docs/vmgateway.md
+++ b/docs/vmgateway.md
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ Below is the list of configuration flags (it can be viewed by running `./vmgatew
   -filestream.disableFadvise
      Whether to disable fadvise() syscall when reading large data files. The fadvise() syscall prevents from eviction of recently accessed data from OS page cache during background merges and backups. In some rare cases it is better to disable the syscall if it uses too much CPU
   -flagsAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /flags endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /flags endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -flagsAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -flagsAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -flagsAuthKey=http://host/path or -flagsAuthKey=https://host/path
   -fs.disableMmap
      Whether to use pread() instead of mmap() for reading data files. By default, mmap() is used for 64-bit arches and pread() is used for 32-bit arches, since they cannot read data files bigger than 2^32 bytes in memory. mmap() is usually faster for reading small data chunks than pread()
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ Below is the list of configuration flags (it can be viewed by running `./vmgatew
   -metrics.exposeMetadata
      Whether to expose TYPE and HELP metadata at the /metrics page, which is exposed at -httpListenAddr . The metadata may be needed when the /metrics page is consumed by systems, which require this information. For example, Managed Prometheus in Google Cloud - https://cloud.google.com/stackdriver/docs/managed-prometheus/troubleshooting#missing-metric-type
   -metricsAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -metricsAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -metricsAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -metricsAuthKey=http://host/path or -metricsAuthKey=https://host/path
   -mtls array
      Whether to require valid client certificate for https requests to the corresponding -httpListenAddr . This flag works only if -tls flag is set. See also -mtlsCAFile . This flag is available only in Enterprise binaries. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise/
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ Below is the list of configuration flags (it can be viewed by running `./vmgatew
      Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
      Value can contain comma inside single-quoted or double-quoted string, {}, [] and () braces.
   -pprofAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /debug/pprof/* endpoints. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /debug/pprof/* endpoints. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -pprofAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -pprofAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -pprofAuthKey=http://host/path or -pprofAuthKey=https://host/path
   -pushmetrics.disableCompression
      Whether to disable request body compression when pushing metrics to every -pushmetrics.url
diff --git a/docs/vmrestore.md b/docs/vmrestore.md
index b500752db..dcb0a1bc2 100644
--- a/docs/vmrestore.md
+++ b/docs/vmrestore.md
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Run `vmrestore -help` in order to see all the available options:
   -filestream.disableFadvise
      Whether to disable fadvise() syscall when reading large data files. The fadvise() syscall prevents from eviction of recently accessed data from OS page cache during background merges and backups. In some rare cases it is better to disable the syscall if it uses too much CPU
   -flagsAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /flags endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /flags endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -flagsAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -flagsAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -flagsAuthKey=http://host/path or -flagsAuthKey=https://host/path
   -fs.disableMmap
      Whether to use pread() instead of mmap() for reading data files. By default, mmap() is used for 64-bit arches and pread() is used for 32-bit arches, since they cannot read data files bigger than 2^32 bytes in memory. mmap() is usually faster for reading small data chunks than pread()
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ Run `vmrestore -help` in order to see all the available options:
   -metrics.exposeMetadata
      Whether to expose TYPE and HELP metadata at the /metrics page, which is exposed at -httpListenAddr . The metadata may be needed when the /metrics page is consumed by systems, which require this information. For example, Managed Prometheus in Google Cloud - https://cloud.google.com/stackdriver/docs/managed-prometheus/troubleshooting#missing-metric-type
   -metricsAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -metricsAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -metricsAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -metricsAuthKey=http://host/path or -metricsAuthKey=https://host/path
   -mtls array
      Whether to require valid client certificate for https requests to the corresponding -httpListenAddr . This flag works only if -tls flag is set. See also -mtlsCAFile . This flag is available only in Enterprise binaries. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise/
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ Run `vmrestore -help` in order to see all the available options:
      Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
      Value can contain comma inside single-quoted or double-quoted string, {}, [] and () braces.
   -pprofAuthKey value
-     Auth key for /debug/pprof/* endpoints. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings
+     Auth key for /debug/pprof/* endpoints. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*
      Flag value can be read from the given file when using -pprofAuthKey=file:///abs/path/to/file or -pprofAuthKey=file://./relative/path/to/file . Flag value can be read from the given http/https url when using -pprofAuthKey=http://host/path or -pprofAuthKey=https://host/path
   -pushmetrics.disableCompression
      Whether to disable request body compression when pushing metrics to every -pushmetrics.url
diff --git a/lib/flagutil/password.go b/lib/flagutil/password.go
index 0830e8bbf..28761b135 100644
--- a/lib/flagutil/password.go
+++ b/lib/flagutil/password.go
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ type Password struct {
 	sourcePath string
 }
 
+// Name returns the name of p flag.
+func (p *Password) Name() string {
+	return p.flagname
+}
+
 // Get returns the current p value.
 //
 // It re-reads p value from the file:///path/to/file or http://host/path
diff --git a/lib/httpserver/httpserver.go b/lib/httpserver/httpserver.go
index fe5f08753..c3078d72d 100644
--- a/lib/httpserver/httpserver.go
+++ b/lib/httpserver/httpserver.go
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ var (
 		"See https://www.robustperception.io/using-external-urls-and-proxies-with-prometheus")
 	httpAuthUsername = flag.String("httpAuth.username", "", "Username for HTTP server's Basic Auth. The authentication is disabled if empty. See also -httpAuth.password")
 	httpAuthPassword = flagutil.NewPassword("httpAuth.password", "Password for HTTP server's Basic Auth. The authentication is disabled if -httpAuth.username is empty")
-	metricsAuthKey   = flagutil.NewPassword("metricsAuthKey", "Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings")
-	flagsAuthKey     = flagutil.NewPassword("flagsAuthKey", "Auth key for /flags endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings")
-	pprofAuthKey     = flagutil.NewPassword("pprofAuthKey", "Auth key for /debug/pprof/* endpoints. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides httpAuth.* settings")
+	metricsAuthKey   = flagutil.NewPassword("metricsAuthKey", "Auth key for /metrics endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*")
+	flagsAuthKey     = flagutil.NewPassword("flagsAuthKey", "Auth key for /flags endpoint. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It overrides -httpAuth.*")
+	pprofAuthKey     = flagutil.NewPassword("pprofAuthKey", "Auth key for /debug/pprof/* endpoints. It must be passed via authKey query arg. It -httpAuth.*")
 
 	disableResponseCompression  = flag.Bool("http.disableResponseCompression", false, "Disable compression of HTTP responses to save CPU resources. By default, compression is enabled to save network bandwidth")
 	maxGracefulShutdownDuration = flag.Duration("http.maxGracefulShutdownDuration", 7*time.Second, `The maximum duration for a graceful shutdown of the HTTP server. A highly loaded server may require increased value for a graceful shutdown`)
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ func handlerWrapper(s *server, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, rh Reques
 		return
 	case "/metrics":
 		metricsRequests.Inc()
-		if !CheckAuthFlag(w, r, metricsAuthKey.Get(), "metricsAuthKey") {
+		if !CheckAuthFlag(w, r, metricsAuthKey) {
 			return
 		}
 		startTime := time.Now()
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ func handlerWrapper(s *server, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, rh Reques
 		metricsHandlerDuration.UpdateDuration(startTime)
 		return
 	case "/flags":
-		if !CheckAuthFlag(w, r, flagsAuthKey.Get(), "flagsAuthKey") {
+		if !CheckAuthFlag(w, r, flagsAuthKey) {
 			return
 		}
 		h.Set("Content-Type", "text/plain; charset=utf-8")
@@ -396,29 +396,17 @@ func handlerWrapper(s *server, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, rh Reques
 		// See https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/4128
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, "User-agent: *\nDisallow: /\n")
 		return
-	case "/config", "/-/reload":
-		// only some components (vmagent, vmalert, etc.) support these handlers
-		// these components are responsible for CheckAuthFlag call
-		// see https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6329
-		w = &responseWriterWithAbort{
-			ResponseWriter: w,
-		}
-		if !rh(w, r) {
-			Errorf(w, r, "unsupported path requested: %q", r.URL.Path)
-			unsupportedRequestErrors.Inc()
-		}
-		return
 	default:
 		if strings.HasPrefix(r.URL.Path, "/debug/pprof/") {
 			pprofRequests.Inc()
-			if !CheckAuthFlag(w, r, pprofAuthKey.Get(), "pprofAuthKey") {
+			if !CheckAuthFlag(w, r, pprofAuthKey) {
 				return
 			}
 			pprofHandler(r.URL.Path[len("/debug/pprof/"):], w, r)
 			return
 		}
 
-		if !CheckBasicAuth(w, r) {
+		if !isProtectedByAuthFlag(r.URL.Path) && !CheckBasicAuth(w, r) {
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -435,16 +423,26 @@ func handlerWrapper(s *server, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, rh Reques
 	}
 }
 
+func isProtectedByAuthFlag(path string) bool {
+	// These paths must explicitly call CheckAuthFlag().
+	// See https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6329
+	return strings.HasSuffix(path, "/config") || strings.HasSuffix(path, "/reload") ||
+		strings.HasSuffix(path, "/resetRollupResultCache") || strings.HasSuffix(path, "/delSeries") || strings.HasSuffix(path, "/delete_series") ||
+		strings.HasSuffix(path, "/force_merge") || strings.HasSuffix(path, "/force_flush") || strings.HasSuffix(path, "/snapshot") ||
+		strings.HasPrefix(path, "/snapshot/")
+}
+
 // CheckAuthFlag checks whether the given authKey is set and valid
 //
 // Falls back to checkBasicAuth if authKey is not set
-func CheckAuthFlag(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, flagValue string, flagName string) bool {
-	if flagValue == "" {
+func CheckAuthFlag(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, expectedKey *flagutil.Password) bool {
+	expectedValue := expectedKey.Get()
+	if expectedValue == "" {
 		return CheckBasicAuth(w, r)
 	}
-	if r.FormValue("authKey") != flagValue {
+	if r.FormValue("authKey") != expectedValue {
 		authKeyRequestErrors.Inc()
-		http.Error(w, fmt.Sprintf("The provided authKey doesn't match -%s", flagName), http.StatusUnauthorized)
+		http.Error(w, fmt.Sprintf("The provided authKey doesn't match -%s", expectedKey.Name()), http.StatusUnauthorized)
 		return false
 	}
 	return true
diff --git a/lib/httpserver/httpserver_test.go b/lib/httpserver/httpserver_test.go
index 198cfffa4..3cca86e27 100644
--- a/lib/httpserver/httpserver_test.go
+++ b/lib/httpserver/httpserver_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/flagutil"
 )
 
 func TestGetQuotedRemoteAddr(t *testing.T) {
@@ -97,7 +99,11 @@ func TestAuthKeyMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 		req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded;param=value")
 		w := httptest.NewRecorder()
 
-		CheckAuthFlag(w, req, "rightKey", "metricsAuthkey")
+		p := &flagutil.Password{}
+		if err := p.Set("rightKey"); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("cannot set password: %s", err)
+		}
+		CheckAuthFlag(w, req, p)
 
 		res := w.Result()
 		defer res.Body.Close()
@@ -115,7 +121,11 @@ func TestAuthKeyMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 		req.SetBasicAuth(user, pass)
 
 		w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-		CheckAuthFlag(w, req, "", "metricsAuthkey")
+		p := &flagutil.Password{}
+		if err := p.Set(""); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("cannot set password: %s", err)
+		}
+		CheckAuthFlag(w, req, p)
 
 		res := w.Result()
 		_ = res.Body.Close()