diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 863667d..178d398 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cosmic-text"
+description = "Pure Rust multi-line text handling"
 version = "0.1.0"
 authors = ["Jeremy Soller <jeremy@system76.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 958eac5..801c6fa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # COSMIC Text
 
-Pure Rust multi-line text shaping and rendering for COSMIC.
+Pure Rust multi-line text handling.
 
 COSMIC Text provides advanced text shaping, layout, and rendering wrapped up
 into a simple abstraction. Shaping is provided by rustybuzz, and supports a