diff --git a/cli/azd/cmd/auth.go b/cli/azd/cmd/auth.go
index 17fcd17b654..edc7c160ccf 100644
--- a/cli/azd/cmd/auth.go
+++ b/cli/azd/cmd/auth.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func authActions(root *actions.ActionDescriptor) *actions.ActionDescriptor {
 		Command:        newAuthTokenCmd(),
 		FlagsResolver:  newAuthTokenFlags,
 		ActionResolver: newAuthTokenAction,
-		OutputFormats:  []output.Format{output.JsonFormat},
+		OutputFormats:  []output.Format{output.JsonFormat, output.NoneFormat},
 		DefaultFormat:  output.NoneFormat,
 	})
 
diff --git a/cli/azd/cmd/auth_token.go b/cli/azd/cmd/auth_token.go
index 3c3dabf0bbf..481ab3f6ae6 100644
--- a/cli/azd/cmd/auth_token.go
+++ b/cli/azd/cmd/auth_token.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func newAuthTokenFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, global *internal.GlobalCommandOptions
 
 func newAuthTokenCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	return &cobra.Command{
-		Use:    "token --output json",
+		Use:    "token",
 		Hidden: true,
 	}
 }
@@ -193,5 +193,10 @@ func (a *authTokenAction) Run(ctx context.Context) (*actions.ActionResult, error
 		ExpiresOn: contracts.RFC3339Time(token.ExpiresOn),
 	}
 
-	return nil, a.formatter.Format(res, a.writer, nil)
+	if a.formatter.Kind() != output.NoneFormat {
+		return nil, a.formatter.Format(res, a.writer, nil)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Fprintln(a.writer, res.Token)
+	return nil, nil
 }
diff --git a/cli/azd/cmd/auth_token_test.go b/cli/azd/cmd/auth_token_test.go
index 40441bcfcc5..215ce1d1512 100644
--- a/cli/azd/cmd/auth_token_test.go
+++ b/cli/azd/cmd/auth_token_test.go
@@ -66,6 +66,35 @@ func TestAuthToken(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, time.Unix(1669153000, 0).UTC(), time.Time(res.ExpiresOn))
 }
 
+func TestAuthToken_DefaultUnformattedOutput(t *testing.T) {
+	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+
+	token := authTokenFn(func(ctx context.Context, options policy.TokenRequestOptions) (azcore.AccessToken, error) {
+		require.ElementsMatch(t, []string{managementScope}, options.Scopes)
+
+		return azcore.AccessToken{
+			Token:     "ABC123",
+			ExpiresOn: time.Unix(1669153000, 0).UTC(),
+		}, nil
+	})
+
+	a := newAuthTokenAction(
+		credentialProviderForTokenFn(token),
+		&output.NoneFormatter{},
+		buf,
+		&authTokenFlags{},
+		func(ctx context.Context) (*environment.Environment, error) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("not an azd env directory")
+		},
+		&mockSubscriptionTenantResolver{},
+		cloud.AzurePublic(),
+	)
+
+	_, err := a.Run(t.Context())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "ABC123\n", buf.String())
+}
+
 func TestAuthTokenSysEnv(t *testing.T) {
 	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
 
diff --git a/cli/azd/cmd/auto_install_integration_test.go b/cli/azd/cmd/auto_install_integration_test.go
index a8fe0cae325..34b5a0e7abe 100644
--- a/cli/azd/cmd/auto_install_integration_test.go
+++ b/cli/azd/cmd/auto_install_integration_test.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func TestExecuteWithAutoInstall_ReturnsCommandErrorWithoutPanicForOutputFlags(t
 		"--tenant-id",
 		"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
 		"--output",
-		"none",
+		"unknown",
 	}
 
 	rootContainer := ioc.NewNestedContainer(nil)
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ func TestExecuteWithAutoInstall_ReturnsCommandErrorWithoutPanicForOutputFlags(t
 	stderrBytes, err := io.ReadAll(stderrReader)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	require.ErrorContains(t, execErr, "unsupported format 'none'")
+	require.ErrorContains(t, execErr, "unsupported format 'unknown'")
 	require.NotContains(t, string(stderrBytes), "panic:")
-	require.Contains(t, string(stderrBytes), "Error: unsupported format 'none'")
+	require.Contains(t, string(stderrBytes), "Error: unsupported format 'unknown'")
 }
 
 // TestAgentDetectionIntegration tests the full agent detection integration flow.