diff --git a/cli/app/deploy.go b/cli/app/deploy.go
index e3c6079b..1e89fcaa 100644
--- a/cli/app/deploy.go
+++ b/cli/app/deploy.go
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ var appDeployCommand = &cli.Command{
 		internal.DontWaitConvergeFlag,
 	},
 	Description: `
-This command deploys a new instance of an app. It does not support changing the
-version of an existing deployed app, for this you need to look at the "abra app
-upgrade <app>" command.
+This command deploys an app. It does not support incrementing the version of a
+deployed app, for this you need to look at the "abra app upgrade <app>"
+command.
 
 You may pass "--force" to re-deploy the same version again. This can be useful
 if the container runtime has gotten into a weird state.
diff --git a/cli/app/upgrade.go b/cli/app/upgrade.go
index d05ea225..c17b3cce 100644
--- a/cli/app/upgrade.go
+++ b/cli/app/upgrade.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ var appUpgradeCommand = &cli.Command{
 This command supports upgrading an app. You can use it to choose and roll out a
 new upgrade to an existing app.
 
-This command specifically supports changing the version of running apps, as
+This command specifically supports incrementing the version of running apps, as
 opposed to "abra app deploy <app>" which will not change the version of a
 deployed app.