diff --git a/config.nims b/config.nims
index 30c69fc..34d2b0b 100644
--- a/config.nims
+++ b/config.nims
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ task docs, "Deploy doc html + search index to public/ directory":
     deployDir = getCurrentDir() / "public"
     pkgName = "hwylterm"
     gitFlags = fmt"--git.url:'https://github.com/daylinmorgan/{pkgName}' --git.commit:main"
-  for module in ["cli", "chooser"]:
+  when defined(clean):
+    rmDir deployDir
+  for module in ["cligen", "chooser"]:
     selfExec fmt"doc --docRoot:{getCurrentDir()}/src/ --index:on --outdir:{deployDir} src/hwylterm/{module}"
   selfExec fmt"doc --project --index:on {gitFlags} --outdir:{deployDir} --project src/{pkgName}.nim"
   docFixup(deployDir,pkgName)
diff --git a/src/hwylterm.nim b/src/hwylterm.nim
index 5ad6cf9..86d98dd 100644
--- a/src/hwylterm.nim
+++ b/src/hwylterm.nim
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 ##[
   # Hwylterm
 
-  see also these utility modules:
+  see also these utility modules with extra dependencies:
 
-  - [cli](./hwylterm/cli.html), requires [cligen](https://github.com/c-blake/cligen)
+  - [cligen adapter](./hwylterm/cligen.html), requires [cligen](https://github.com/c-blake/cligen)
   - [chooser](./hwylterm/chooser.html), requires [illwill](https://github.com/johnnovak/illwill)
 ]##
 
diff --git a/src/hwylterm/cli.nim b/src/hwylterm/cligen.nim
similarity index 98%
rename from src/hwylterm/cli.nim
rename to src/hwylterm/cligen.nim
index 52f937e..fb4745a 100644
--- a/src/hwylterm/cli.nim
+++ b/src/hwylterm/cligen.nim
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import ./bbansi
 
 template tryImport*(x, body) =
   when not (compiles do: import x): body else: import x
-tryImport cligen:
+tryImport pkg/cligen:
   {.fatal: "hwylterm/cli requires cligen>=1.7.5".}