diff --git a/pkg/cmd/project/project.go b/pkg/cmd/project/project.go
index 6f217d561..cddbad940 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/project/project.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/project/project.go
@@ -32,10 +32,9 @@ func NewCmdProject(f *cmdutil.Factory) *cobra.Command {
 		Long: heredoc.Docf(`
 			Work with GitHub Projects.
 
-			Note that the token you are using must have 'project' scope,
-			which is not set by default. You can verify your token scope
-			by running 'gh auth status' and add the project scope by
-			running %[1]sgh auth refresh -s project%[1]s.
+			The minimum required scope for the token is: %[1]sproject%[1]s.
+			You can verify your token scope by running %[1]sgh auth status%[1]s and
+			add the %[1]sproject%[1]s scope by running %[1]sgh auth refresh -s project%[1]s.
 		`, "`"),
 		Example: heredoc.Doc(`
 			$ gh project create --owner monalisa --title "Roadmap"
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/project/unlink/unlink.go b/pkg/cmd/project/unlink/unlink.go
index d65327fdf..8cc2c0747 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/project/unlink/unlink.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/project/unlink/unlink.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func NewCmdUnlink(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(config unlinkConfig) error) *cob
 	opts := unlinkOpts{}
 	linkCmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Short: "Unlink a project from a repository or a team",
-		Use:   "unlink [<number>] [flag]",
+		Use:   "unlink [<number>]",
 		Example: heredoc.Doc(`
 			# Unlink monalisa's project 1 from her repository "my_repo"
 			$ gh project unlink 1 --owner monalisa --repo my_repo