diff --git a/docs/apps/prody/prody.txt b/docs/apps/prody/prody.txt
index a3d0a1d4b..79c200154 100644
--- a/docs/apps/prody/prody.txt
+++ b/docs/apps/prody/prody.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ optional arguments:
 
 subcommands:
   {anm,gnm,pca,eda,align,blast,biomol,catdcd,contacts,fetch,select,energy,clustenm}
-    anm                 perform anisotropic network model calculations
+    anm                 perform anisotropic network model normal mode analysis calculations
     gnm                 perform Gaussian network model calculations
     pca                 perform principal component analysis calculations
     eda                 perform essential dynamics analysis calculations
diff --git a/prody/apps/prody_apps/prody_anm.py b/prody/apps/prody_apps/prody_anm.py
index af9ae8346..bf1be59b6 100644
--- a/prody/apps/prody_apps/prody_anm.py
+++ b/prody/apps/prody_apps/prody_anm.py
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ def prody_anm(pdb, **kwargs):
 def addCommand(commands):
 
     subparser = commands.add_parser('anm',
-        help='perform anisotropic network model calculations')
+        help='perform anisotropic network model normal mode analysis calculations')
 
     subparser.add_argument('--quiet', help="suppress info messages to stderr",
         action=Quiet, nargs=0)