diff --git a/ignite/cmd/scaffold_message.go b/ignite/cmd/scaffold_message.go
index a47cc6e576..31dcf1b6b7 100644
--- a/ignite/cmd/scaffold_message.go
+++ b/ignite/cmd/scaffold_message.go
@@ -17,8 +17,52 @@ func NewScaffoldMessage() *cobra.Command {
 	c := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "message [name] [field1] [field2] ...",
 		Short: "Message to perform state transition on the blockchain",
-		Args:  cobra.MinimumNArgs(1),
-		RunE:  messageHandler,
+		Long: `Message scaffolding is useful for quickly adding functionality to your
+blockchain to handle specific Cosmos SDK messages.
+
+Messages are objects whose end goal is to trigger state transitions on the
+blockchain. A message is a container for fields of data that affect how the
+blockchain's state will change. You can think of messages as "actions" that a
+user can perform.
+
+For example, the bank module has a "Send" message for token transfers between
+accounts. The send message has three fields: from address (sender), to address
+(recipient), and a token amount. When this message is successfully processed,
+the token amount will be deducted from the sender's account and added to the
+recipient's account.
+
+Ignite's message scaffolding lets you create new types of messages and add them
+to your chain. For example:
+
+  ignite scaffold message add-pool amount:coins denom active:bool --module dex
+
+The command above will create a new message MsgAddPool with three fields: amount
+(in tokens), denom (a string), and active (a boolean). The message will be added
+to the "dex" module.
+
+By default, the message is defined as a proto message in the
+"proto/{module}/tx.proto" and registered in the "Msg" service. A CLI command to
+create and broadcast a transaction with MsgAddPool is created in the module's
+"cli" package. Additionally, Ignite scaffolds a message constructor and the code
+to satisfy the sdk.Msg interface and register the message in the module.
+
+Most importantly in the "keeper" package Ignite scaffolds an "AddPool" function.
+Inside this function, you can implement message handling logic.
+
+When successfully processed a message can return data. Use the —response flag to
+specify response fields and their types. For example
+
+  ignite scaffold message create-post title body --response id:int,title
+
+The command above will scaffold MsgCreatePost which returns both an ID (an
+integer) and a title (a string).
+
+Message scaffolding follows the rules as "ignite scaffold list/map/single" and
+supports fields with standard and custom types. See "ignite scaffold list —help"
+for details.
+`,
+		Args: cobra.MinimumNArgs(1),
+		RunE: messageHandler,
 	}
 
 	flagSetPath(c)