diff --git a/apps/cnspec/cmd/run.go b/apps/cnspec/cmd/run.go
index 378cac2c..3c84ddbd 100644
--- a/apps/cnspec/cmd/run.go
+++ b/apps/cnspec/cmd/run.go
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ func init() {
 
 var execCmd = builder.NewProviderCommand(builder.CommandOpts{
 	Use:   "run",
-	Short: "Run a Mondoo Query Language (MQL) query",
-	Long:  `Run a Mondoo Query Language (MQL) query on the CLI and displays its results.`,
+	Short: "Run a MQL query",
+	Long:  `Run a MQL query on the CLI and displays its results.`,
 	CommonFlags: func(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 		cmd.Flags().Bool("parse", false, "Parse the query and return the logical structure")
 		cmd.Flags().Bool("ast", false, "Parse the query and return the Abstract Syntax Tree (AST)")
diff --git a/apps/cnspec/cmd/shell.go b/apps/cnspec/cmd/shell.go
index 7060a5c9..0ba86fd5 100644
--- a/apps/cnspec/cmd/shell.go
+++ b/apps/cnspec/cmd/shell.go
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ func init() {
 
 var shellCmd = builder.NewProviderCommand(builder.CommandOpts{
 	Use:   "shell",
-	Short: "Interactive shell for Mondoo Query Language (MQL)",
-	Long:  `Allows for the interactive exploration of Mondoo Query Language (MQL) queries`,
+	Short: "Interactive shell for MQL",
+	Long:  `Allows for the interactive exploration of MQL queries`,
 	CommonFlags: func(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 		cmd.Flags().StringP("password", "p", "", "connection password e.g. for ssh/winrm")
 		cmd.Flags().Bool("ask-pass", false, "ask for connection password")