diff --git a/pkg/cli/cmd.go b/pkg/cli/cmd.go
index 8fc98d3..fba94ea 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/cmd.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/cmd.go
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 
 var lsCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "ls",
-	Short: "List existing conversations",
-	Long:  `List all existing conversations in descending order of recent activity.`,
+	Short: "List conversations",
+	Long:  `List conversations in order of recent activity`,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		conversations, err := store.Conversations()
 		if err != nil {
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ var rmCmd = &cobra.Command{
 
 var cloneCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "clone <conversation>",
-	Short: "Clone conversations.",
+	Short: "Clone conversations",
 	Long:  `Clones the provided conversation.`,
 	Args: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		argCount := 1
@@ -376,7 +376,6 @@ var cloneCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		}
 
 		fmt.Printf("Cloned %d messages to: %s\n", messageCnt, clone.Title)
-
 		return nil
 	},
 	ValidArgsFunction: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
@@ -466,7 +465,7 @@ var renameCmd = &cobra.Command{
 
 var replyCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "reply <conversation> [message]",
-	Short: "Send a reply to a conversation",
+	Short: "Reply to a conversation",
 	Long:  `Sends a reply to conversation and writes the response to stdout.`,
 	Args: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		argCount := 1
@@ -574,7 +573,7 @@ var promptCmd = &cobra.Command{
 
 var retryCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "retry <conversation>",
-	Short: "Retries the last conversation prompt.",
+	Short: "Retry the last user reply in a conversation",
 	Long:  `Re-prompt the conversation up to the last user response. Can be used to regenerate the last assistant reply, or simply generate one if an error occurred.`,
 	Args: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		argCount := 1
@@ -618,7 +617,7 @@ var retryCmd = &cobra.Command{
 
 var continueCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "continue <conversation>",
-	Short: "Continues where the previous prompt left off.",
+	Short: "Continue a conversation from the last message",
 	Long:  `Re-prompt the conversation with all existing prompts. Useful if a reply was cut short.`,
 	Args: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		argCount := 1
@@ -643,7 +642,7 @@ var continueCmd = &cobra.Command{
 
 var editCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "edit <conversation>",
-	Short: "Edit the last user message in a conversation.",
+	Short: "Edit the last user reply in a conversation",
 	Args: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		argCount := 1
 		if err := cobra.MinimumNArgs(argCount)(cmd, args); err != nil {