diff --git a/client/src/components/autosave/filenameDialog.js b/client/src/components/autosave/filenameDialog.js
index b6e06a49..e8fb5c0d 100644
--- a/client/src/components/autosave/filenameDialog.js
+++ b/client/src/components/autosave/filenameDialog.js
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class FilenameDialog extends React.Component {
             color: Colors.ORANGE3
           }}
         >
-          {"Filename cannot be blank"}
+          {"Name cannot be blank"}
         </span>
       );
     } else if (err === "characters") {
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class FilenameDialog extends React.Component {
         >
           <div className={Classes.DIALOG_BODY}>
             <div style={{ marginBottom: 20 }}>
-              <p>Name your collection of user generated annotations:</p>
+              <p>Name your annotations collection:</p>
               <InputGroup
                 autoFocus
                 value={filenameText}
@@ -137,11 +137,14 @@ class FilenameDialog extends React.Component {
             </div>
             <div>
               <p>
-                You can find your collection at:{" "}
+                Your annotations are stored in this file:
                 <code className="bp3-code">
                   {filenameText}-{idhash}.csv
                 </code>
               </p>
+              <p style={{ fontStyle: "italic" }}>
+                (We added a unique ID to your filename)
+              </p>
             </div>
           </div>
           <div className={Classes.DIALOG_FOOTER}>
diff --git a/server/cli/launch.py b/server/cli/launch.py
index 5cf50e51..1226098f 100644
--- a/server/cli/launch.py
+++ b/server/cli/launch.py
@@ -82,16 +82,16 @@ def common_args(func):
         show_default=True,
         multiple=False,
         metavar="<path>",
-        help="CSV file containing user annotations; will be overwritten.  Created if does not exist.",)
+        help="CSV file to initialize editing of existing annotations; will be altered in-place. "
+             "Incompatible with --annotations-output-dir.",)
     @click.option(
         "--experimental-annotations-output-dir",
         default=None,
         show_default=False,
         multiple=False,
         metavar="<directory path>",
-        help="Directory where annotation CSV files will be written (directory must exist). "
-             "Defaults to current directory.",
-    )
+        help="Directory of where to save output annotations; filename will be specified in the application. "
+             "Incompatible with --annotations-input-file.",)
     @click.option(
         "--backed",
         "-b",