diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/build.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/build.ts
index b36477243f..39dee7e71c 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/build.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/build.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const commandModule: CommandModule<Options, Options> = {
 
   builder(yargs) {
     return yargs.options({
-      configPath: { type: "string", desc: "Path to the config file" },
+      configPath: { type: "string", desc: "Path to the MUD config file" },
       profile: { type: "string", desc: "The foundry profile to use" },
     });
   },
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/tablegen.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/tablegen.ts
index 48a6dddb3e..bf237e99dc 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/tablegen.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/tablegen.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const commandModule: CommandModule<Options, Options> = {
 
   builder(yargs) {
     return yargs.options({
-      configPath: { type: "string", desc: "Path to the config file" },
+      configPath: { type: "string", desc: "Path to the MUD config file" },
     });
   },
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/trace.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/trace.ts
index 6d7fa8d1ee..2ce3c1ee43 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/trace.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/trace.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const commandModule: CommandModule<Options, Options> = {
         type: "string",
         description: "World contract address. Defaults to the value from worlds.json, based on rpc's chainId",
       },
-      configPath: { type: "string", description: "Path to the config file" },
+      configPath: { type: "string", description: "Path to the MUD config file" },
       profile: { type: "string", description: "The foundry profile to use" },
       srcDir: { type: "string", description: "Source directory. Defaults to foundry src directory." },
       rpc: { type: "string", description: "json rpc endpoint. Defaults to foundry's configured eth_rpc_url" },
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/worldgen.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/worldgen.ts
index a599b813d4..3a87a7348b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/worldgen.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/worldgen.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const commandModule: CommandModule<Options, Options> = {
 
   builder(yargs) {
     return yargs.options({
-      configPath: { type: "string", desc: "Path to the config file" },
+      configPath: { type: "string", desc: "Path to the MUD config file" },
       clean: {
         type: "boolean",
         desc: "Clear the worldgen directory before generating new interfaces (defaults to true)",
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/runDeploy.ts b/packages/cli/src/runDeploy.ts
index c72e068365..07a6868307 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/runDeploy.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/runDeploy.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { WorldDeploy } from "./deploy/common";
 import { build } from "./build";
 
 export const deployOptions = {
-  configPath: { type: "string", desc: "Path to the config file" },
+  configPath: { type: "string", desc: "Path to the MUD config file" },
   printConfig: { type: "boolean", desc: "Print the resolved config" },
   profile: { type: "string", desc: "The foundry profile to use" },
   saveDeployment: { type: "boolean", desc: "Save the deployment info to a file", default: true },