diff --git a/source/dub/commandline.d b/source/dub/commandline.d
index 31a36d4..32b5f1e 100644
--- a/source/dub/commandline.d
+++ b/source/dub/commandline.d
@@ -2128,10 +2128,10 @@
 	this() @safe pure nothrow
 	{
 		this.name = "search";
-		this.argumentsPattern = "<query>";
+		this.argumentsPattern = "<package-name>";
 		this.description = "Search for available packages.";
 		this.helpText = [
-			"Search all specified DUB registries for packages matching query."
+			"Search all specified providers for matching packages."
 		];
 	}
 	override void prepare(scope CommandArgs args) {}
diff --git a/source/dub/dub.d b/source/dub/dub.d
index 6533592..2900e3e 100644
--- a/source/dub/dub.d
+++ b/source/dub/dub.d
@@ -1014,17 +1014,20 @@
 		name of the package supplier and the second entry is the list of
 		matched packages.
 
+		Params:
+		  name = The name of the package to search for
+
 		See_Also: `PackageSupplier.searchPackages`
 	*/
-	auto searchPackages(string query)
+	auto searchPackages(string name)
 	{
 		import std.typecons : Tuple, tuple;
 		Tuple!(string, PackageSupplier.SearchResult[])[] results;
 		foreach (ps; this.m_packageSuppliers) {
 			try
-				results ~= tuple(ps.description, ps.searchPackages(query));
+				results ~= tuple(ps.description, ps.searchPackages(name));
 			catch (Exception e) {
-				logWarn("Searching %s for '%s' failed: %s", ps.description, query, e.msg);
+				logWarn("Searching %s for '%s' failed: %s", ps.description, name, e.msg);
 			}
 		}
 		return results.filter!(tup => tup[1].length);