diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/1561-prydonius b/changelogs/unreleased/1561-prydonius
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d43890e48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/1561-prydonius
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Hides `velero server` and `velero restic server` commands from the list of available commands as these are not intended for use by the velero CLI user.
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/cli/restic/server.go b/pkg/cmd/cli/restic/server.go
index 6aaba155b..49b067e9a 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/cli/restic/server.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/cli/restic/server.go
@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ func NewServerCommand(f client.Factory) *cobra.Command {
 	logLevelFlag := logging.LogLevelFlag(logrus.InfoLevel)
 
 	command := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "server",
-		Short: "Run the velero restic server",
-		Long:  "Run the velero restic server",
+		Use:    "server",
+		Short:  "Run the velero restic server",
+		Long:   "Run the velero restic server",
+		Hidden: true,
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			logLevel := logLevelFlag.Parse()
 			logrus.Infof("Setting log-level to %s", strings.ToUpper(logLevel.String()))
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/server/server.go b/pkg/cmd/server/server.go
index 5970ca16d..7d98b0264 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/server/server.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/server/server.go
@@ -147,9 +147,10 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	)
 
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "server",
-		Short: "Run the velero server",
-		Long:  "Run the velero server",
+		Use:    "server",
+		Short:  "Run the velero server",
+		Long:   "Run the velero server",
+		Hidden: true,
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			// go-plugin uses log.Println to log when it's waiting for all plugin processes to complete so we need to
 			// set its output to stdout.