diff --git a/packages/angular/cli/commands/new.json b/packages/angular/cli/commands/new.json
index 89cfbda500dd..7cc57a3a038b 100644
--- a/packages/angular/cli/commands/new.json
+++ b/packages/angular/cli/commands/new.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/schema",
   "$id": "ng-cli://commands/new.json",
-  "description": "Creates a new workspace and an initial Angular app.",
+  "description": "Creates a new workspace and an initial Angular application.",
   "$longDescription": "./new.md",
 
   "$aliases": [ "n" ],
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         "collection": {
           "type": "string",
           "aliases": [ "c" ],
-          "description": "A collection of schematics to use in generating the initial app."
+          "description": "A collection of schematics to use in generating the initial application."
         },
         "verbose": {
           "type": "boolean",
diff --git a/packages/angular/cli/commands/new.md b/packages/angular/cli/commands/new.md
index 822deb745ee1..5d344b5d4312 100644
--- a/packages/angular/cli/commands/new.md
+++ b/packages/angular/cli/commands/new.md
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-Creates and initializes a new Angular app that is the default project for a new workspace.
+Creates and initializes a new Angular application that is the default project for a new workspace.
 
 Provides interactive prompts for optional configuration, such as adding routing support.
 All prompts can safely be allowed to default.
 
 * The new workspace folder is given the specified project name, and contains configuration files at the top level.
 
-* By default, the files for a new initial app (with the same name as the workspace) are placed in the `src/` subfolder. Corresponding end-to-end tests are placed in the `e2e/` subfolder.
+* By default, the files for a new initial application (with the same name as the workspace) are placed in the `src/` subfolder. Corresponding end-to-end tests are placed in the `e2e/` subfolder.
 
-* The new app's configuration appears in the `projects` section of the `angular.json` workspace configuration file, under its project name.
+* The new application's configuration appears in the `projects` section of the `angular.json` workspace configuration file, under its project name.
 
-* Subsequent apps that you generate in the workspace reside in the `projects/` subfolder.
+* Subsequent applications that you generate in the workspace reside in the `projects/` subfolder.
 
-If you plan to have multiple apps in the workspace, you can create an empty workspace by setting the `--createApplication` option to false.
-You can then use `ng generate application` to create an initial app.
-This allows a workspace name different from the initial app name, and ensures that all apps reside in the `/projects` subfolder, matching the structure of the configuration file.
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+If you plan to have multiple applications in the workspace, you can create an empty workspace by setting the `--createApplication` option to false.
+You can then use `ng generate application` to create an initial application.
+This allows a workspace name different from the initial app name, and ensures that all applications reside in the `/projects` subfolder, matching the structure of the configuration file.
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diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/application/schema.json b/packages/schematics/angular/application/schema.json
index 0c805352f76b..6a9d4942afd7 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/application/schema.json
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/application/schema.json
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
       "x-user-analytics": 5
     },
     "skipTests": {
-      "description": "When true, does not create \"spec.ts\" test files for the app.",
+      "description": "When true, does not create \"spec.ts\" test files for the application.",
       "type": "boolean",
       "default": false,
       "alias": "S",