diff --git a/lib/App/Changelord/Command/Add.pm b/lib/App/Changelord/Command/Add.pm
index 9074fb7..1fd3209 100644
--- a/lib/App/Changelord/Command/Add.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Changelord/Command/Add.pm
@@ -3,15 +3,17 @@ package App::Changelord::Command::Add;
 use 5.36.0;
 
 use Moo;
-use CLI::Osprey desc => 'add a change to the changelog';
+use CLI::Osprey
+    desc => 'add a change to the NEXT release',
+    description_pod => <<'END';
+Add a change entry to the NEXT release.
+END
 
 use PerlX::Maybe;
 use Path::Tiny;
 use App::Changelord::Command::Init;
 
-has changelog => ( is => 'lazy' );
-
-sub _build_changelog ($self) { $self->parent_command->changelog }
+with 'App::Changelord::Role::Changelog';
 
 # TODO validate the type
 option type => (
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ sub next_release($self) {
 }
 
 sub save_changelog($self) {
-    my $src = $self->parent_command->source;
+    my $src = $self->source;
 
     path($src)->spew( App::Changelord::Command::Init::serialize_changelog($self) );
 }
@@ -63,6 +65,8 @@ sub run ($self) {
     };
 
     $self->save_changelog;
+
+    say "change added to the changelog";
 }
 
 'end of App::Changelog::Command::Add';