diff --git a/src/ibek/ioc_cmds/assets.py b/src/ibek/ioc_cmds/assets.py
index 06dcd9a3d..4fd75189b 100644
--- a/src/ibek/ioc_cmds/assets.py
+++ b/src/ibek/ioc_cmds/assets.py
@@ -33,11 +33,7 @@ def move_file(src: Path, dest: Path, binary: List[str]):
 
 def extract_assets(destination: Path, source: Path, extras: List[Path], defaults: bool):
     """
-    Find all the runtime assets in an EPICS installation and copy them to a
-    new folder hierarchy for packaging into a container runtime stage.
-
-    This should be performed in a throw away container stage (runtime_prep)
-    as it is destructive of the source folder, because it uses move for speed.
+    extract and copy runtime assets
     """
     asset_matches = "bin|configure|db|dbd|include|lib|template|config|*.sh"
 
diff --git a/src/ibek/ioc_cmds/commands.py b/src/ibek/ioc_cmds/commands.py
index d46240724..7ccfa4ce4 100644
--- a/src/ibek/ioc_cmds/commands.py
+++ b/src/ibek/ioc_cmds/commands.py
@@ -118,6 +118,13 @@ def extract_runtime_assets(
     extras: List[Path] = typer.Option(None, help="list of files to also extract"),
     defaults: bool = typer.Option(True, help="copy the default assets"),
 ):
+    """
+    Find all the runtime assets in an EPICS installation and copy them to a
+    new folder hierarchy for packaging into a container runtime stage.
+
+    This should be performed in a throw away container stage (runtime_prep)
+    as it is destructive of the source folder, because it uses move for speed.
+    """
     extract_assets(destination, source, extras, defaults)