diff --git a/docs/rest-api.md b/docs/rest-api.md
index 229fa5f94..3baff8506 100644
--- a/docs/rest-api.md
+++ b/docs/rest-api.md
@@ -95,11 +95,13 @@ Make sure that the following 2 lines are available in your docker-compose file:
 
 ### Consuming the API
 
-You can consume the API by using the script `scripts/rest_client.py`.
-The client script only requires the `requests` module, so Freqtrade does not need to be installed on the system.
+You can consume the API by using `freqtrade-client` (also available as `scripts/rest_client.py`).
+This command can be installed independent of the bot by using `pip install freqtrade-client`.
+
+This module is designed to be lightweight, and only depends on the `requests` and `python-rapidjson` modules, skipping all heavy dependencies freqtrade otherwise needs.
 
 ``` bash
-python3 scripts/rest_client.py <command> [optional parameters]
+freqtrade-client <command> [optional parameters]
 ```
 
 By default, the script assumes `127.0.0.1` (localhost) and port `8080` to be used, however you can specify a configuration file to override this behaviour.
@@ -120,7 +122,7 @@ By default, the script assumes `127.0.0.1` (localhost) and port `8080` to be use
 ```
 
 ``` bash
-python3 scripts/rest_client.py --config rest_config.json <command> [optional parameters]
+freqtrade-client --config rest_config.json <command> [optional parameters]
 ```
 
 ### Available endpoints
@@ -176,7 +178,7 @@ python3 scripts/rest_client.py --config rest_config.json <command> [optional par
 Possible commands can be listed from the rest-client script using the `help` command.
 
 ``` bash
-python3 scripts/rest_client.py help
+freqtrade-client help
 ```
 
 ``` output
diff --git a/ft_client/pyproject.toml b/ft_client/pyproject.toml
index e308eefea..919e524f8 100644
--- a/ft_client/pyproject.toml
+++ b/ft_client/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Documentation = "https://freqtrade.io"
 
 
 [project.scripts]
-ft_rest = "freqtrade_client.ft_client:main"
+freqtrade-client = "freqtrade_client.ft_client:main"
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 where = ["."]