diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index 801dd06..cbe2e56 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ api/idc_index
 
 ## Command line tools
 
-```{click} idc_index.cli:main
-  :prog: main
+```{click} idc_index.cli:idc
+  :prog: idc
   :nested: full
 ```
diff --git a/idc_index/cli.py b/idc_index/cli.py
index 011227f..0b212b0 100644
--- a/idc_index/cli.py
+++ b/idc_index/cli.py
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 
 
 @click.group()
-def main():
-    """Idc is a command line client to help download data from Imaging Data Commons."""
+def idc():
+    """Idc is a command line interface to the API functionality available in idc-index."""
 
 
 def set_log_level(log_level):
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def set_log_level(log_level):
     logger_cli.setLevel(logging_level)
 
 
-@main.command()
+@idc.command()
 @click.option(
     "--download-dir",
     required=True,
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ def download_from_selection(
     )
 
 
-@main.command()
+@idc.command()
 @click.option(
     "--manifest-file",
     required=True,
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ def download_from_manifest(
     )
 
 
-@main.command()
+@idc.command()
 @click.argument(
     "generic_argument",
     type=str,
@@ -371,4 +371,4 @@ def check_and_download(column_name, item_ids, download_dir, kwarg_name):
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
+    idc()
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fd914c2..f0d4ac5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ docs = [
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]
-idc = 'idc_index.cli:main'
+idc = 'idc_index.cli:idc'
 
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://github.com/ImagingDataCommons/idc-index"