diff --git a/docs/generated/cli/affected.md b/docs/generated/cli/affected.md
index e56a99d66a..a1f63cf7cf 100644
--- a/docs/generated/cli/affected.md
+++ b/docs/generated/cli/affected.md
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 ---
 title: 'affected - CLI command'
-description: 'Run target for affected projects. See https://nx.dev/ci/features/affected for more details.'
+description: 'Run target for affected projects. Affected projects are projects that have been changed and projects that depend on the changed projects. See https://nx.dev/ci/features/affected for more details.'
 ---
 
 # affected
 
-Run target for affected projects. See [https://nx.dev/ci/features/affected](/ci/features/affected) for more details.
+Run target for affected projects. Affected projects are projects that have been changed and projects that depend on the changed projects. See [https://nx.dev/ci/features/affected](/ci/features/affected) for more details.
 
 ## Usage
 
diff --git a/docs/generated/packages/nx/documents/affected.md b/docs/generated/packages/nx/documents/affected.md
index e56a99d66a..a1f63cf7cf 100644
--- a/docs/generated/packages/nx/documents/affected.md
+++ b/docs/generated/packages/nx/documents/affected.md
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 ---
 title: 'affected - CLI command'
-description: 'Run target for affected projects. See https://nx.dev/ci/features/affected for more details.'
+description: 'Run target for affected projects. Affected projects are projects that have been changed and projects that depend on the changed projects. See https://nx.dev/ci/features/affected for more details.'
 ---
 
 # affected
 
-Run target for affected projects. See [https://nx.dev/ci/features/affected](/ci/features/affected) for more details.
+Run target for affected projects. Affected projects are projects that have been changed and projects that depend on the changed projects. See [https://nx.dev/ci/features/affected](/ci/features/affected) for more details.
 
 ## Usage
 
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/command-line/affected/command-object.ts b/packages/nx/src/command-line/affected/command-object.ts
index 030b860a24..9b111c5ba8 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/command-line/affected/command-object.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/command-line/affected/command-object.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
 export const yargsAffectedCommand: CommandModule = {
   command: 'affected',
   describe:
-    'Run target for affected projects. See https://nx.dev/ci/features/affected for more details.',
+    'Run target for affected projects. Affected projects are projects that have been changed and projects that depend on the changed projects. See https://nx.dev/ci/features/affected for more details.',
   builder: (yargs) =>
     linkToNxDevAndExamples(
       withAffectedOptions(