diff --git a/cmd/rekor-cli/app/root.go b/cmd/rekor-cli/app/root.go
index 8be7944f9e259653fb52266e8115348fc310b742..3968cb69955a04cfb40f5375f6371f381c4bb992 100644
--- a/cmd/rekor-cli/app/root.go
+++ b/cmd/rekor-cli/app/root.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "rekor",
+	Use:   "rekor-cli",
 	Short: "Rekor CLI",
 	Long:  `Rekor command line interface tool`,
 	PersistentPreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {