diff --git a/yarn-project/cli/src/index.ts b/yarn-project/cli/src/index.ts
index 3b164760ddf..5fe1099d6bd 100644
--- a/yarn-project/cli/src/index.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/cli/src/index.ts
@@ -572,7 +572,10 @@ export function getProgram(log: LogFn, debugLogger: DebugLogger): Command {
       'Unboxes an example contract from @aztec/boxes.  Also Copies `noir-libs` dependencies and setup simple frontend for the contract using its ABI.',
     )
     .argument('<contractName>', 'Name of the contract to unbox, e.g. "PrivateToken"')
-    .argument('[localDirectory]', 'Local directory to unbox to (relative or absolute), defaults to `<contractName>`')
+    .argument(
+      '[localDirectory]',
+      'Local directory to unbox source folder to (relative or absolute), optional - defaults to `<contractName>/`',
+    )
     .action(async (contractName, localDirectory) => {
       const unboxTo: string = localDirectory ? localDirectory : contractName;
       await unboxContract(contractName, unboxTo, version, log);
diff --git a/yarn-project/cli/src/unbox.ts b/yarn-project/cli/src/unbox.ts
index c3dd5359469..ada3918b6a4 100644
--- a/yarn-project/cli/src/unbox.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/cli/src/unbox.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ async function downloadContractAndBoxFromGithub(
   // small string conversion, in the ABI the contract name looks like PrivateToken
   // but in the repostory it looks like private_token
 
-  log(`Downloading @aztex/boxes/${contractName}/ to ${outputPath}...`);
+  log(`Downloading @aztec/boxes/${contractName}/ to ${outputPath}...`);
   // Step 1: Fetch the monorepo ZIP from GitHub, matching the CLI version
   const url = `https://github.com/${GITHUB_OWNER}/${GITHUB_REPO}/archive/refs/tags/${tag}.zip`;
   const response = await fetch(url);
@@ -176,8 +176,9 @@ async function updateNargoToml(tag: string, outputPath: string, log: LogFn): Pro
       line.trim().startsWith(`${dependencyName} =`),
     );
     if (key) {
-      // Replace the line
-      return `${key} = { git="https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages", tag="${tag}", directory="yarn-project/aztec-nr/${key}" }`;
+      // Replace the line, which was configured for compiling within the `aztec-packages` monorepo.  We replace
+      // the local path with `git` and `directory` fields with a `tag` field, which points to the tagged release
+      return `${key} = { git="https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/", tag="${tag}", directory="yarn-project/aztec-nr/${key}" }`;
     }
     return line;
   });