diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration.yml b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
index b9fffea..fb3deff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip
       - run: python -m pip install -r requirements/ci.txt
       - run: python -m pip install -e .
-      - run: validate_ingestor_config resources/config.sample.json
+      - run: scicat_validate_ingestor_config resources/config.sample.json
       - run: docker-compose version
       - run: docker-compose -f tests/docker-compose-file-writer.yml up -d
       - run: python tests/_scicat_ingestor.py -c resources/config.sample.json --logging.verbose
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 54340f3..dc7fd74 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ You need to know the path to the nexus file you want to ingest
 and also the path to the ``done_writing_message_file`` as a json file.
 
 ```bash
-background_ingestor \
+scicat_background_ingestor \
     --logging.verbose \
     -c PATH_TO_CONFIGURATION_FILE.yaml \
     --nexus-file PATH_TO_THE_NEXUS_FILE.nxs \
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ The template file can be synchronized automatically by ``synchronize_config`` co
 
 ### Configuration Validator
 
-You can validate a configuration file with ``validate_ingestor_config`` command.
+You can validate a configuration file with ``scicat_validate_ingestor_config`` command.
 
 ```bash
-validate_ingestor_config
+scicat_validate_ingestor_config
 ```
 
 It tries building nested configuration dataclasses from the configuration file.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5cd9f49..765d78b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 
 [project.scripts]
 scicat_ingestor = "scicat_online_ingestor:main"
-background_ingestor = "scicat_offline_ingestor:main"
-validate_ingestor_config = "scicat_configuration:validate_config_file"
-synchronize_config = "scicat_configuration:synchronize_config_file"
+scicat_background_ingestor = "scicat_offline_ingestor:main"
+scicat_validate_ingestor_config = "scicat_configuration:validate_config_file"
+scicat_synchronize_config = "scicat_configuration:synchronize_config_file"
 
 [project.entry-points."scicat_ingestor.metadata_extractor"]
 max = "numpy:max"
diff --git a/src/scicat_configuration.py b/src/scicat_configuration.py
index b89e836..67802e5 100644
--- a/src/scicat_configuration.py
+++ b/src/scicat_configuration.py
@@ -48,9 +48,15 @@ def _parse_nested_input_args(input_args: argparse.Namespace) -> dict:
 _SHORTENED_ARG_NAMES = MappingProxyType(
     {
         "config-file": "c",
+        "ingestion.dry-run": "d",
     }
 )
 
+_HELP_TEXT = {
+    "config-file": "Path to the configuration file.",
+    "ingestion.dry-run": "Dry run mode. No data will be sent to SciCat.",
+}
+
 
 def _wrap_arg_names(name: str, *prefixes: str) -> tuple[str, ...]:
     long_name = (".".join((*prefixes, name)) if prefixes else name).replace("_", "-")
@@ -90,7 +96,13 @@ def _add_arguments(dataclass_tp: type, prefixes: tuple[str, ...] = ()) -> None:
         for name, tp in atomic_types.items():
             arg_names = _wrap_arg_names(name, *prefixes)
             required = any(arg_name in mandatory_args for arg_name in arg_names)
-            arg_adder = partial(group.add_argument, *arg_names, required=required)
+            long_name = arg_names[-1].replace("--", "")
+            arg_adder = partial(
+                group.add_argument,
+                *arg_names,
+                required=required,
+                help=_HELP_TEXT.get(long_name),
+            )
             if tp is bool:
                 arg_adder(action="store_true")
             elif tp in (int, float, str):