diff --git a/crates/uv/src/commands/project/init.rs b/crates/uv/src/commands/project/init.rs
index c5137dd11..26fc59f8c 100644
--- a/crates/uv/src/commands/project/init.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/src/commands/project/init.rs
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ 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');
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ 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 a0dfe4749..f7c11ac26 100644
--- a/crates/uv/tests/init.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/tests/init.rs
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ fn init_application_package() -> Result<()> {
         dependencies = []
 
         [project.scripts]
-        hello = "foo:hello"
+        foo = "foo:main"
 
         [build-system]
         requires = ["hatchling"]
@@ -297,13 +297,13 @@ fn init_application_package() -> Result<()> {
     }, {
         assert_snapshot!(
             init, @r###"
-        def hello() -> None:
+        def main() -> None:
             print("Hello from foo!")
         "###
         );
     });
 
-    uv_snapshot!(context.filters(), context.run().current_dir(&child).arg("hello"), @r###"
+    uv_snapshot!(context.filters(), context.run().current_dir(&child).arg("foo"), @r###"
     success: true
     exit_code: 0
     ----- stdout -----
@@ -1621,7 +1621,7 @@ fn init_virtual_project() -> Result<()> {
         dependencies = []
 
         [project.scripts]
-        hello = "foo:hello"
+        foo = "foo:main"
 
         [build-system]
         requires = ["hatchling"]
@@ -1655,7 +1655,7 @@ fn init_virtual_project() -> Result<()> {
         dependencies = []
 
         [project.scripts]
-        hello = "foo:hello"
+        foo = "foo:main"
 
         [build-system]
         requires = ["hatchling"]
@@ -1750,7 +1750,7 @@ 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 f9f0d0962..b46513fce 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:main"
 
 [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!
 ```