diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Address.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Address.hs
index 2afd4bab8f..c4922732fe 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Address.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Address.hs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pAddressCmds _ envCli =
   subInfoParser "address"
     ( Opt.progDesc
         $ mconcat
-          [ "Address commands."
+          [ "Payment address commands."
           ]
     )
     [ Just
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Genesis.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Genesis.hs
index 92fe9bfc92..a3686ccd9a 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Genesis.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Genesis.hs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ pGenesisCmds envCli =
   subInfoParser "genesis"
     ( Opt.progDesc
         $ mconcat
-          [ "Genesis commands."
+          [ "Genesis block commands."
           ]
     )
     [ Just
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Key.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Key.hs
index 5136683131..306e46d23b 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Key.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Key.hs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pKeyCmds =
   subInfoParser "key"
     ( Opt.progDesc
         $ mconcat
-          [ "Key commands."
+          [ "Key utility commands."
           ]
     )
     [ Just
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Node.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Node.hs
index 620a1a121a..612294cbd5 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Node.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Node.hs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pNodeCmds =
   subInfoParser "node"
     ( Opt.progDesc
         $ mconcat
-          [ "Node commands."
+          [ "Node operation commands."
           ]
     )
     [ Just
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Query.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Query.hs
index 2d5c4b1be3..9df74950d5 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Query.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Query.hs
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ pQueryCmds envCli =
   subInfoParser "query"
     ( Opt.progDesc
         $ mconcat
-          [ "Query commands."
+          [ "Node query commands. Will query the local node whose Unix domain socket is "
+          , "obtained from the CARDANO_NODE_SOCKET_PATH environment variable."
           ]
     )
     [ Just
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/TextView.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/TextView.hs
index 6808f075b3..386ad63819 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/TextView.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/TextView.hs
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ pTextViewCmds =
   subInfoParser "text-view"
     ( Opt.progDesc
         $ mconcat
-          [ "text-view commands."
+          [ "Commands for dealing with Shelley TextView files. Transactions, addresses etc "
+          , "are stored on disk as TextView files."
           ]
     )
     [ Just