diff --git a/.changeset/gentle-cups-beam.md b/.changeset/gentle-cups-beam.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2937c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/gentle-cups-beam.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@effect/codemod": patch
+---
+
+add descriptions for dry-run and print
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 8beca55..e9e7d22 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -7,18 +7,27 @@ import * as NodeContext from "@effect/platform-node/NodeContext"
 import { runMain } from "@effect/platform-node/Runtime"
 import * as Console from "effect/Console"
 import * as Effect from "effect/Effect"
+import * as ReadonlyArray from "effect/ReadonlyArray"
 import * as jscodeshift from "jscodeshift/src/Runner"
+import assert from "node:assert"
 import * as Fs from "node:fs"
 import * as Path from "node:path"
 
-const codemod = Args.choice<string>(
-  Fs.readdirSync(`${__dirname}/codemods`).map(file => {
-    const name = Path.basename(file, ".ts")
-    return [name, name] as const
-  }) as any,
+const codemodFiles = Fs.readdirSync(`${__dirname}/codemods`)
+assert(
+  ReadonlyArray.isNonEmptyReadonlyArray(codemodFiles),
+  "Could not find any code mod files",
+)
+const codemod = Args.choice(
+  ReadonlyArray.map(
+    codemodFiles,
+    file => [
+      Path.basename(file, ".ts"),
+      Path.join(`${__dirname}/codemods`, file),
+    ],
+  ),
   { name: "codemod" },
 ).pipe(
-  Args.map(codemod => `${__dirname}/codemods/${codemod}.ts`),
   Args.withDescription("The code modification to run"),
 )
 
@@ -26,20 +35,25 @@ const run = Command.make("codemod", {
   codemod,
   paths: Args.text({ name: "paths" }).pipe(
     Args.repeated,
+    Args.map(ReadonlyArray.fromIterable), // TODO: Remove when `Args.repeated` returns Array
     Args.withDescription("The paths to run the codemod on"),
   ),
   options: {
     dry: Options.boolean("dry-run").pipe(
       Options.withAlias("d"),
+      Options.withDescription("If set, the codemod will not modify any files"),
     ),
     print: Options.boolean("print").pipe(
       Options.withAlias("p"),
+      Options.withDescription(
+        "If set, the codemod will print the changes to the console",
+      ),
     ),
   },
 }).pipe(
   Command.withHandler(({ codemod, options, paths }) =>
     Effect.promise(() =>
-      jscodeshift.run(codemod, paths as Array<string>, {
+      jscodeshift.run(codemod, paths, {
         ...options,
         babel: true,
         parser: "ts",