docs(cli): clarify app cli option

woodwoop-ospo · woodwoop-ospo · commit f83821c4a8f6 · 2022-08-22T15:17:33.000-07:00
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ async function parseCommandLineArguments() {
   return yargs
     .env('CDK')
     .usage('Usage: cdk -a <cdk-app> COMMAND')
-    .option('app', { type: 'string', alias: 'a', desc: 'REQUIRED: command-line for executing your app or a cloud assembly directory (e.g. "node bin/my-app.js")', requiresArg: true })
+    .option('app', { type: 'string', alias: 'a', desc: 'REQUIRED WHEN RUNNING APP: command-line for executing your app or a cloud assembly directory (e.g. "node bin/my-app.js"). Can also be specified in cdk.json or ~/.cdk.json', requiresArg: true })
     .option('build', { type: 'string', desc: 'Command-line for a pre-synth build' })
     .option('context', { type: 'array', alias: 'c', desc: 'Add contextual string parameter (KEY=VALUE)', nargs: 1, requiresArg: true })
     .option('plugin', { type: 'array', alias: 'p', desc: 'Name or path of a node package that extend the CDK features. Can be specified multiple times', nargs: 1 })
