diff --git a/pkgs/puppy/bin/puppy.dart b/pkgs/puppy/bin/puppy.dart
index 450ac0ca..50c87809 100755
--- a/pkgs/puppy/bin/puppy.dart
+++ b/pkgs/puppy/bin/puppy.dart
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 import 'package:args/command_runner.dart';
+import 'package:puppy/src/constants.dart';
 import 'package:puppy/src/map_command.dart';
 
 Future<void> main(List<String> args) async {
-  var runner = CommandRunner<void>(
-      'dgit', 'A dart implementation of distributed version control.')
+  var runner = CommandRunner<void>(cmdName, 'Dart repository management tools.')
     ..addCommand(MapCommand());
 
   await runner.run(args);
diff --git a/pkgs/puppy/lib/src/constants.dart b/pkgs/puppy/lib/src/constants.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c1a32dd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/puppy/lib/src/constants.dart
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+const cmdName = 'puppy';
diff --git a/pkgs/puppy/lib/src/map_command.dart b/pkgs/puppy/lib/src/map_command.dart
index 4c74fdb4..5713a78e 100644
--- a/pkgs/puppy/lib/src/map_command.dart
+++ b/pkgs/puppy/lib/src/map_command.dart
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import 'package:args/command_runner.dart';
 import 'package:build_cli_annotations/build_cli_annotations.dart';
 import 'package:io/ansi.dart';
 
+import 'constants.dart';
+
 part 'map_command.g.dart';
 
 class MapCommand extends _$MapArgsCommand<void> {
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ class MapArgs {
     if (rest.isEmpty) {
       throw UsageException(
         'Missing command to invoke!',
-        'puppy map [--deep] <command to invoke>',
+        '$cmdName map [--deep] <command to invoke>',
       );
     }
   }