diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 29642b51..e4ab7252 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "ripple-lib",
   "version": "0.9.1",
-  "description": "Ripple JavaScript client library",
+  "description": "A JavaScript API for interacting with Ripple in Node.js and the browser",
   "files": [
     "src/js/*",
     "bin/*",