diff --git a/news/entrypoint.rst b/news/entrypoint.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a029cd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/entrypoint.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* Add diffpy.cmi as entrypoint.
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 55c71c2..7f46926 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ namespaces = false  # to disable scanning PEP 420 namespaces (true by default)
 
 [project.scripts]
 cmi = "diffpy.cmi.cli:main"
+"diffpy.cmi" = "diffpy.cmi.cli:main"
 
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
 dependencies = {file = ["requirements/packs/core.txt"]}
diff --git a/src/diffpy/cmi/cli.py b/src/diffpy/cmi/cli.py
index 50a793e..0fd24df 100644
--- a/src/diffpy/cmi/cli.py
+++ b/src/diffpy/cmi/cli.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def _build_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
     p = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         prog="cmi",
         description=(
-            "Welcome to diffpy-CMI, a complex modeling infrastructure "
+            "Welcome to diffpy.cmi, a complex modeling infrastructure "
             "for multi-modal analysis of scientific data.\n\n"
         ),
         formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter,