diff --git a/httpie/__init__.py b/httpie/__init__.py
index 6671172e..3b912382 100644
--- a/httpie/__init__.py
+++ b/httpie/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """
-HTTPie - a CLI, cURL-like tool for humans.
+HTTPie: command-line HTTP client for the API era.
 
 """