diff --git a/nomenclature/cli.py b/nomenclature/cli.py
index 6aada836..babf9542 100644
--- a/nomenclature/cli.py
+++ b/nomenclature/cli.py
@@ -156,10 +156,10 @@ def check_region_aggregation(
         differences_df.reset_index().to_excel(differences, index=False)
 
 
-@cli.command("export-definition")
+@cli.command("export-definitions")
 @click.argument("path", type=click.Path(exists=True, path_type=Path))
 @click.argument("target", type=click.Path(path_type=Path))
-def cli_export_definition_to_excel(
+def cli_export_definitions_to_excel(
     path: Path,
     target: Path,
 ):
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 3886643b..9db788ca 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def test_cli_installed():
         command in result.stdout
         for command in (
             "check-region-aggregation",
-            "export-definition",
+            "export-definitions",
             "validate-project",
             "validate-yaml",
         )
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ def test_cli_export_to_excel(tmpdir):
         runner.invoke(
             cli,
             [
-                "export-definition",
+                "export-definitions",
                 str(TEST_DATA_DIR / "general-config"),
                 str(file),
             ],