diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 64186ae2..1d70322c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ tracing = "0.1.40"
 name = "prefligit"
 version = "0.0.15"
 authors = ["j178 <hi@j178.dev>"]
-description = "pre-commit implemented in Rust"
+description = "Better `pre-commit`, re-engineered in Rust"
 repository = "https://github.com/j178/prefligit"
 homepage = "https://github.com/j178/prefligit"
 edition = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3f930146..cdf55da4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [project]
 name = "prefligit"
 version = "0.0.15"
-description = "pre-commit reimplemented in Rust"
+description = "Better `pre-commit`, re-engineered in Rust"
 authors = [{ name = "j178", email = "hi@j178.dev" }]
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
 keywords = [ "pre-commit", "git", "hooks" ]