diff --git a/crates/uv/src/commands/project/init.rs b/crates/uv/src/commands/project/init.rs
index 34ca18e3269e..d4b4cbe08355 100644
--- a/crates/uv/src/commands/project/init.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/src/commands/project/init.rs
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ impl InitProjectKind {
         if package {
             // Since it'll be packaged, we can add a `[project.scripts]` entry
             pyproject.push('\n');
-            pyproject.push_str(&pyproject_project_scripts(name, "hello", "hello"));
+            pyproject.push_str(&pyproject_project_scripts(name, name.as_str(), "main"));
 
             // Add a build system
             pyproject.push('\n');
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ impl InitProjectKind {
                 fs_err::write(
                     init_py,
                     indoc::formatdoc! {r#"
-                    def hello() -> None:
+                    def main() -> None:
                         print("Hello from {name}!")
                     "#},
                 )?;
diff --git a/crates/uv/tests/init.rs b/crates/uv/tests/init.rs
index 02891fa2e19e..afbfba1aa5b8 100644
--- a/crates/uv/tests/init.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/tests/init.rs
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ fn init_application_package() -> Result<()> {
         dependencies = []
 
         [project.scripts]
-        hello = "foo:hello"
+        foo = "foo:main"
 
         [build-system]
         requires = ["hatchling"]
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ fn init_application_package() -> Result<()> {
     }, {
         assert_snapshot!(
             init, @r###"
-        def hello() -> None:
+        def main() -> None:
             print("Hello from foo!")
         "###
         );
@@ -1423,7 +1423,7 @@ fn init_virtual_project() -> Result<()> {
         dependencies = []
 
         [project.scripts]
-        hello = "foo:hello"
+        foo = "foo:main"
 
         [build-system]
         requires = ["hatchling"]
@@ -1457,7 +1457,7 @@ fn init_virtual_project() -> Result<()> {
         dependencies = []
 
         [project.scripts]
-        hello = "foo:hello"
+        foo = "foo:main"
 
         [build-system]
         requires = ["hatchling"]
@@ -1552,7 +1552,7 @@ fn init_nested_virtual_workspace() -> Result<()> {
         dependencies = []
 
         [project.scripts]
-        hello = "foo:hello"
+        foo = "foo:main"
 
         [build-system]
         requires = ["hatchling"]
diff --git a/docs/concepts/projects.md b/docs/concepts/projects.md
index 2bf6f67055f8..39a38481aad5 100644
--- a/docs/concepts/projects.md
+++ b/docs/concepts/projects.md
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ example-packaged-app
 But the module defines a CLI function:
 
 ```python title="__init__.py"
-def hello() -> None:
+def main() -> None:
     print("Hello from example-packaged-app!")
 ```
 
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = []
 
 [project.scripts]
-hello = "example_packaged_app:hello"
+example-packaged-app = "example_packaged_app:hello"
 
 [build-system]
 requires = ["hatchling"]
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 Which can be executed with `uv run`:
 
 ```console
-$ uv run hello
+$ uv run example-packaged-app
 Hello from example-packaged-app!
 ```