diff --git a/docs/tooling/cli/03-commands.md b/docs/tooling/cli/03-commands.md
index 44b9058f19..7bea50588a 100644
--- a/docs/tooling/cli/03-commands.md
+++ b/docs/tooling/cli/03-commands.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ repo [command]                                 Command that run across an entire
 package [command]                              Lifecycle scripts for individual packages
 migrate [command]                              Migration utilities
 versions:bump [options]                        Bump Backstage packages to the latest versions
-translations [command]                          Translation message management
+translations [command]                         Translation message management
 clean                                          Delete cache directories [DEPRECATED]
 build-workspace <workspace-dir> [packages...]  Builds a temporary dist workspace from the provided
                                                 packages
@@ -431,8 +431,8 @@ Usage: backstage-cli create-github-app <github-org>
 
 ## translations export
 
-Export translation messages from all frontend plugin dependencies of the current
-package. This command must be run from within a package directory (e.g.
+Export translation messages from an app and all of its frontend plugins to JSON
+files. This command must be run from within a package directory (e.g.
 `packages/app`), not from the repository root.
 
 The command discovers all `TranslationRef` definitions in the dependency tree,
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/translations/index.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/translations/index.ts
index 0d7425ad41..702b0f4f49 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/translations/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/translations/index.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export default createCliPlugin({
     reg.addCommand({
       path: ['translations', 'export'],
       description:
-        'Export translation messages from all frontend plugins to JSON files',
+        'Export translation messages from an app and all of its frontend plugins to JSON files',
       execute: async ({ args }) => {
         const argv = await yargs()
           .options({