diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3e52a19..6967706 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # libnotify
 
+Send desktop notifications.
+
 ## Description
 
 libnotify is a library for sending desktop notifications to a notification
diff --git a/docs/reference/libnotify.toml.in b/docs/reference/libnotify.toml.in
index debb750..431bd1a 100644
--- a/docs/reference/libnotify.toml.in
+++ b/docs/reference/libnotify.toml.in
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ website_url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libnotify/"
 docs_url = "https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/libnotify/"
 authors = "Marco Trevisan, Logan Rathbone, Christian Hammond, Mike Hearn, and John (J5) Palmieri"
 license = "LGPL-2.1-or-later"
-description = ""
+description = "Send desktop notifications"
 dependencies = [ "GObject-2.0", "GLib-1.0", "Gio-2.0" ]
 devhelp = true
 search_index = true
diff --git a/libnotify.doap b/libnotify.doap
index c10f2a8..5589681 100644
--- a/libnotify.doap
+++ b/libnotify.doap
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <shortname>libnotify</shortname>
   <category rdf:resource="http://api.gnome.org/doap-extensions#core" />
   <programming-language>C</programming-language>
-  <shortdesc xml:lang="en">libnotify is a library for sending desktop notifications</shortdesc>
+  <shortdesc xml:lang="en">Send desktop notifications</shortdesc>
   <description>Library to send desktop notifications that follows the FDO
 specifications:
   https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-specs/-/blob/master/notification/notification-spec.xml</description>