diff --git a/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/root.go b/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/root.go
index 05b38dd..9cca471 100644
--- a/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/root.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ var socketPath string
 // RootCmd represents the base command when called without any subcommands
 var RootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "signaldctl",
-	Short: "Interact with a running siangld instance",
+	Short: "Interact with a running signald instance",
 	Long:  `signaldctl is a command line tool to interact with signald.`,
 	PersistentPreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		if socketPath == "" {