diff --git a/cmd/scip-go/main.go b/cmd/scip-go/main.go
index 31b7cfd..8b5db51 100644
--- a/cmd/scip-go/main.go
+++ b/cmd/scip-go/main.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func init() {
 
 	app.Flag("profile", "Turn on debug profiling. This will reduce performance. Do not turn on unless debugging. Set to number of milliseconds per sample").Default("0").IntVar(&profileRate)
 
-	app.Arg("package-patterns", "Package patterns to index. Default: ./... - indexes all packages in current directory recursively.").Default("./...").StringsVar(&packagePatterns)
+	app.Arg("package-patterns", "Package patterns to index. Default: './...' which indexes all packages in the current directory recursively. For the full syntax of allowed package patterns, see https://pkg.go.dev/cmd/go#hdr-Package_lists_and_patterns").Default("./...").StringsVar(&packagePatterns)
 }
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index 27a98d6..0c02b09 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ type IndexOpts struct {
 	IsIndexingStdlib bool
 
 	// Package patterns to index
-	PackagePatters []string
+	PackagePatterns []string
 }
 
 func New(ModuleRoot, ModuleVersion, ModulePath, GoStdlibVersion string, IsIndexingStdlib bool, SkipImplementations bool, SkipTests bool, PackagePatters []string) IndexOpts {
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@ func New(ModuleRoot, ModuleVersion, ModulePath, GoStdlibVersion string, IsIndexi
 		SkipImplementations: SkipImplementations,
 		SkipTests:           SkipTests,
 		IsIndexingStdlib:    IsIndexingStdlib,
-		PackagePatters:      PackagePatters,
+		PackagePatterns:      PackagePatterns,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/loader/loader.go b/internal/loader/loader.go
index bedffad..bc881ea 100644
--- a/internal/loader/loader.go
+++ b/internal/loader/loader.go
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func LoadPackages(
 		}()
 
 		cfg := getConfig(moduleRoot, opts)
-		pkgs, err := packages.Load(cfg, opts.PackagePatters...)
+		pkgs, err := packages.Load(cfg, opts.PackagePatterns...)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}