diff --git a/databusclient/api/deploy.py b/databusclient/api/deploy.py
index ef8ebf5..8c0ba97 100644
--- a/databusclient/api/deploy.py
+++ b/databusclient/api/deploy.py
@@ -268,9 +268,9 @@ def _create_distributions_from_metadata(
 
 def create_dataset(
     version_id: str,
-    title: str,
-    abstract: str,
-    description: str,
+    artifact_title: str,
+    artifact_abstract: str,
+    artifact_description: str,
     license_url: str,
     distributions: List[str],
     attribution: str = None,
diff --git a/databusclient/cli.py b/databusclient/cli.py
index 069408e..daa26a4 100644
--- a/databusclient/cli.py
+++ b/databusclient/cli.py
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ def app():
     help="Target databus version/dataset identifier of the form "
     "<https://databus.dbpedia.org/$ACCOUNT/$GROUP/$ARTIFACT/$VERSION>",
 )
-@click.option("--title", required=True, help="Dataset title")
-@click.option("--abstract", required=True, help="Dataset abstract max 200 chars")
-@click.option("--description", required=True, help="Dataset description")
+@click.option("--title", required=True, help="Artifact title: the permanent name of the data series (applies to all versions)")
+@click.option("--abstract", required=True, help="Version Abstract: a short summary (max 200 chars) specific to this timestamped release")
+@click.option("--description", required=True, help="Version Description: detailed metadata for this specific release (supports Markdown)")
 @click.option(
     "--license", "license_url", required=True, help="License (see dalicc.net)"
 )