diff --git a/lib/dotrepo/cli.rb b/lib/dotrepo/cli.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/dotrepo/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/dotrepo/cli.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ module Dotrepo
       DotFileManager.new( config.source, config.destination ).symlink_dotfiles
     end
 
-    desc "refresh", "update linked dotfiles"
+    desc "refresh", "link new dotfiles"
     def refresh
       # runs the manager again to symlink new files & prune abandoned files
       DotFileManager.new( config.source, config.destination ).symlink_dotfiles
better description for CLI#refresh