diff --git a/IPython/frontend/terminal/ipapp.py b/IPython/frontend/terminal/ipapp.py
index deea42f..d82a059 100755
--- a/IPython/frontend/terminal/ipapp.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/terminal/ipapp.py
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ ipython --profile=foo      # start with profile foo
 ipython qtconsole          # start the qtconsole GUI application
 ipython qtconsole -h       # show the help string for the qtconsole subcmd
 
+ipython console            # start the terminal-based console application
+ipython console -h         # show the help string for the console subcmd
+
 ipython profile create foo # create profile foo w/ default config files
 ipython profile -h         # show the help string for the profile subcmd
 """
@@ -209,7 +212,7 @@ class TerminalIPythonApp(BaseIPythonApplication, InteractiveShellApp):
             """Launch the IPython Qt Console."""
         ),
         notebook=('IPython.frontend.html.notebook.notebookapp.NotebookApp',
-            """Launch the IPython HTML Notebook Server"""
+            """Launch the IPython HTML Notebook Server."""
         ),
         profile = ("IPython.core.profileapp.ProfileApp",
             "Create and manage IPython profiles."
@@ -217,8 +220,8 @@ class TerminalIPythonApp(BaseIPythonApplication, InteractiveShellApp):
         kernel = ("IPython.zmq.ipkernel.IPKernelApp",
             "Start a kernel without an attached frontend."
         ),
-        zmq=('IPython.frontend.zmqterminal.app.ZMQTerminalIPythonApp',
-            """Launch two-process Terminal session with 0MQ."""
+        console=('IPython.frontend.zmqterminal.app.ZMQTerminalIPythonApp',
+            """Launch the IPython terminal-based Console."""
         ),
     ))
 
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/zmqterminal/app.py b/IPython/frontend/zmqterminal/app.py
index a084545..6a5faf9 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/zmqterminal/app.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/zmqterminal/app.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ from IPython.frontend.zmqterminal.interactiveshell import ZMQTerminalInteractive
 
 _examples = """
 ipython console # start the ZMQ-based console
-ipython console --pylab # start with pylab plotting mode
+ipython console --existing # connect to an existing ipython session
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -63,11 +63,30 @@ aliases.update(frontend_aliases)
 
 
 class ZMQTerminalIPythonApp(TerminalIPythonApp, IPythonMixinConsoleApp):
+    name = "ipython console"
     """Start a terminal frontend to the IPython zmq kernel."""
-    
+
+    description = """
+        The IPython terminal-based Console.
+
+        This launches a Console application inside a terminal.
+
+        The Console supports various extra features beyond the traditional
+        single-process Terminal IPython shell, such as connecting to an
+        existing ipython session, via:
+
+            ipython console --existing
+
+        where the previous session could have been created by another ipython
+        console, an ipython qtconsole, or by opening an ipython notebook.
+
+    """
+    examples = _examples
+
     classes = List([IPKernelApp, ZMQTerminalInteractiveShell])
     flags = Dict(flags)
     aliases = Dict(aliases)
+    subcommands = Dict()
     def parse_command_line(self, argv=None):
         super(ZMQTerminalIPythonApp, self).parse_command_line(argv)
         IPythonMixinConsoleApp.parse_command_line(self,argv)