diff --git a/cmd/gitops/update/cmd.go b/cmd/gitops/update/cmd.go
index cb3c0d43880..09401706e2c 100644
--- a/cmd/gitops/update/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/gitops/update/cmd.go
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ func UpdateCommand(endpoint *string, client *resty.Client) *cobra.Command {
 		Use:   "update",
 		Short: "Update a Weave GitOps resource",
 		Example: `
-# Update an installed profile to a certain version
-gitops update profile --name <profile-name> --version <version> --config-repo <config-repo-url> --cluster <cluster-name> --namespace <ns-name>
-`,
+	# Update a profile that is installed on a cluster
+	gitops update profile --name=podinfo --cluster=prod --config-repo=ssh://git@github.com/owner/config-repo.git  --version=1.0.0
+		`,
 	}
 
 	cmd.AddCommand(profiles.UpdateCommand())
diff --git a/cmd/gitops/update/profiles/profiles.go b/cmd/gitops/update/profiles/profiles.go
index bdad4c02005..d7bd1a63117 100644
--- a/cmd/gitops/update/profiles/profiles.go
+++ b/cmd/gitops/update/profiles/profiles.go
@@ -24,16 +24,16 @@ import (
 
 var opts profiles.UpdateOptions
 
-// UpdateCommand provides support for updating an installed profile's version.
+// UpdateCommand provides support for updating a profile that is installed on a cluster.
 func UpdateCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:           "profile",
-		Short:         "Update a profile to a different version",
+		Short:         "Update a profile installation",
 		SilenceUsage:  true,
 		SilenceErrors: true,
 		Example: `
-		# Update an installed profile to a different version
-		gitops update profile --name=podinfo --cluster=prod --version=1.0.0 --config-repo=ssh://git@github.com/owner/config-repo.git --namespace=test-namespace
+	# Update a profile that is installed on a cluster
+	gitops update profile --name=podinfo --cluster=prod --config-repo=ssh://git@github.com/owner/config-repo.git  --version=1.0.0
 		`,
 		RunE: updateProfileCmdRunE(),
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/helm/releases_test.go b/pkg/helm/releases_test.go
index c9884f01ff6..1e4c3212fd0 100644
--- a/pkg/helm/releases_test.go
+++ b/pkg/helm/releases_test.go
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ var _ = Describe("AppendHelmReleaseToString", func() {
 		)
 	})
 
-	When("the file does not exist", func() {
-		It("creates one with the new helm release", func() {
+	When("the given string is empty", func() {
+		It("appends a helm release to it", func() {
 			s, err := helm.AppendHelmReleaseToString("", newRelease)
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 			r, err := yaml.Marshal(newRelease)
diff --git a/test/acceptance/test/profiles_test.go b/test/acceptance/test/profiles_test.go
index a4100eb02c6..aa216a33960 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/test/profiles_test.go
+++ b/test/acceptance/test/profiles_test.go
@@ -131,21 +131,27 @@ Namespace: %s`, clusterName, namespace)))
 		}, "120s", "1s").Should(Equal(http.StatusOK))
 
 		By("Updating the version of the installed profile")
-		stdOut, stdErr = runCommandAndReturnStringOutput(fmt.Sprintf("%s update profile --name %s --version 6.0.0 --namespace %s --cluster %s --config-repo %s --auto-merge", gitopsBinaryPath, profileName, namespace, clusterName, appRepoRemoteURL))
-		Expect(stdErr).To(BeEmpty())
+		time.Sleep(4 * time.Minute)
+		Eventually(func() string {
+			stdOut, stdErr = runCommandAndReturnStringOutput(fmt.Sprintf("%s update profile --name %s --version 6.0.0 --namespace %s --cluster %s --config-repo %s --auto-merge", gitopsBinaryPath, profileName, namespace, clusterName, appRepoRemoteURL))
+			return stdErr
+		}, "120s", "5s").Should(BeEmpty())
+
 		Expect(stdOut).To(ContainSubstring(
-			fmt.Sprintf(`Updating 1 profile:
-	
-	Name: podinfo
-	Version: 6.0.0
-	Cluster: %s
-	Namespace: %s`, clusterName, namespace)))
+			fmt.Sprintf(
+				`Updating profile:
+
+Name: podinfo
+Version: 6.0.0
+Cluster: %s
+Namespace: %s`, clusterName, namespace)))
 
 		By("Verifying that the profile installed in the cluster's namespace was updated to the correct version")
-		Eventually(func() int {
-			resp, statusCode, err = kubernetesDoRequest(namespace, clusterName+"-"+profileName, "9898", "/healthz", clientSet)
-			return statusCode
-		}, "120s", "1s").Should(Equal(http.StatusOK))
+		Eventually(func() string {
+			stdOut, stdErr = runCommandAndReturnStringOutput(fmt.Sprintf("kubectl get pods -n %s --selector=app.kubernetes.io/name=%s-%s -o jsonpath='{.items[*].spec.containers[*].image}'", namespace, clusterName, profileName))
+			Expect(stdErr).Should(BeEmpty())
+			return stdOut
+		}, "240s", "5s").Should(ContainSubstring("ghcr.io/stefanprodan/podinfo:6.0.0"))
 	})
 
 	It("@skipOnNightly profiles are installed into a different namespace", func() {