diff --git a/npm/ng-packs/packages/schematics/src/commands/api/schema.json b/npm/ng-packs/packages/schematics/src/commands/api/schema.json
index 4411418c34..db58ed73ce 100644
--- a/npm/ng-packs/packages/schematics/src/commands/api/schema.json
+++ b/npm/ng-packs/packages/schematics/src/commands/api/schema.json
@@ -5,34 +5,40 @@
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
     "module": {
-      "alias": "m",
-      "description": "Backend module to generate code for",
+      "description": "Backend module name",
       "type": "string",
       "$default": {
         "$source": "argv",
         "index": 0
       },
-      "x-prompt": "Please enter name of the backend module you wish to generate proxies for. (default: \"app\")"
+      "x-prompt": "Please enter backend module name. (default: \"app\")"
     },
-    "source": {
-      "alias": "s",
-      "description": "Angular project to resolve root namespace & API definition URL from",
+    "api-name": {
+      "description": "Backend api name, a.k.a. remoteServiceName",
       "type": "string",
       "$default": {
         "$source": "argv",
         "index": 1
       },
-      "x-prompt": "Plese enter Angular project name to resolve root namespace & API definition URL from. (default: workspace \"defaultProject\")"
+      "x-prompt": "Please enter backend api name, a.k.a. remoteServiceName. (default: \"default\")"
     },
-    "target": {
-      "alias": "t",
-      "description": "Angular project to generate code in",
+    "source": {
+      "description": "Source Angular project for API definition URL & root namespace resolution",
       "type": "string",
       "$default": {
         "$source": "argv",
         "index": 2
       },
-      "x-prompt": "Plese enter Angular project name to place generated code in. (default: workspace \"defaultProject\")"
+      "x-prompt": "Plese enter source Angular project for API definition URL & root namespace resolution. (default: workspace \"defaultProject\")"
+    },
+    "target": {
+      "description": "Target Angular project to place the generated code",
+      "type": "string",
+      "$default": {
+        "$source": "argv",
+        "index": 3
+      },
+      "x-prompt": "Plese enter target Angular project to place the generated code. (default: workspace \"defaultProject\")"
     }
   },
   "required": []