diff --git a/dvc/command/commit.py b/dvc/command/commit.py
index c5a8276ea..32012e10e 100644
--- a/dvc/command/commit.py
+++ b/dvc/command/commit.py
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ class CmdCommit(CmdBase):
 
 
 def add_parser(subparsers, parent_parser):
-    COMMIT_HELP = "Save changed data to cache and update DVC-files."
+    COMMIT_HELP = (
+        "Record changes to files or directories tracked by DVC"
+        " by storing the current versions in the cache."
+    )
 
     commit_parser = subparsers.add_parser(
         "commit",
diff --git a/dvc/command/data_sync.py b/dvc/command/data_sync.py
index 9fe90dd07..cf4ef74e1 100644
--- a/dvc/command/data_sync.py
+++ b/dvc/command/data_sync.py
@@ -243,7 +243,9 @@ def add_parser(subparsers, _parent_parser):
     push_parser.set_defaults(func=CmdDataPush)
 
     # Fetch
-    FETCH_HELP = "Download cached files or directories from remote storage."
+    FETCH_HELP = (
+        "Download files or directories from remote storage to the cache."
+    )
 
     fetch_parser = subparsers.add_parser(
         "fetch",
diff --git a/dvc/command/remove.py b/dvc/command/remove.py
index 74a178a5f..c2dab5e7a 100644
--- a/dvc/command/remove.py
+++ b/dvc/command/remove.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ class CmdRemove(CmdBase):
 
 def add_parser(subparsers, parent_parser):
     REMOVE_HELP = (
-        "Remove stages or .dvc files, unprotect their outputs, and"
-        " erase .gitignore entries."
+        "Remove stages from dvc.yaml and/or"
+        " stop tracking files or directories."
     )
     remove_parser = subparsers.add_parser(
         "remove",