diff --git a/comfy_cli/cmdline.py b/comfy_cli/cmdline.py
index 43fb949a..d21b4337 100644
--- a/comfy_cli/cmdline.py
+++ b/comfy_cli/cmdline.py
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ def _switch_comfy_version(comfy_path: str, version: str, *, stash: bool) -> None
     renderer.emit(result, command="update")
 
 
-@app.command(help="Update ComfyUI Environment [all|comfy|cli]")
+@app.command(help="Update ComfyUI Environment \\[all|comfy|cli]. To update custom nodes, use `comfy node update`.")
 @tracking.track_command()
 def update(
     target: str = typer.Argument(
@@ -1819,7 +1819,10 @@ def dependency():
     depComp.install_deps()
 
 
-@app.command(help="Download a standalone Python interpreter and dependencies based on an existing comfyui workspace")
+@app.command(
+    help="Download a standalone Python interpreter and dependencies based on an existing comfyui workspace. "
+    "This bundles an interpreter; it does not update ComfyUI or custom nodes."
+)
 @tracking.track_command()
 def standalone(
     cli_spec: Annotated[
@@ -1898,7 +1901,11 @@ def standalone(
     "preview",
     help="Render a previewable PNG from a media file (image → thumb, video → contact sheet, audio → waveform).",
 )(preview_command.preview_cmd)
-app.add_typer(custom_nodes.manager_app, name="manager", help="Manage ComfyUI-Manager.")
+app.add_typer(
+    custom_nodes.manager_app,
+    name="manager",
+    help="Enable/disable and configure ComfyUI-Manager (lifecycle, not updates).",
+)
 
 app.add_typer(pr_command.app, name="pr-cache", help="Manage PR cache.")
 
diff --git a/comfy_cli/command/custom_nodes/command.py b/comfy_cli/command/custom_nodes/command.py
index 2f10364a..bd25372d 100644
--- a/comfy_cli/command/custom_nodes/command.py
+++ b/comfy_cli/command/custom_nodes/command.py
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ def update_node_id_cache():
 
 
 # `update, disable, enable, fix` allows `all` param
-@app.command(help="Update custom nodes or ComfyUI")
+@app.command(help="Update custom nodes or ComfyUI. To update ComfyUI itself or the CLI, use `comfy update`.")
 @tracking.track_command("node")
 def update(
     nodes: list[str] = typer.Argument(