diff --git a/prost-build/Cargo.toml b/prost-build/Cargo.toml
index f3df32cb3..b108bff6e 100644
--- a/prost-build/Cargo.toml
+++ b/prost-build/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ license = "Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/tokio-rs/prost"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/prost-build"
 readme = "README.md"
-description = "A Protocol Buffers implementation for the Rust Language."
+description = "Generate Prost annotated Rust types from Protocol Buffers files."
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.70"
 
diff --git a/prost-derive/Cargo.toml b/prost-derive/Cargo.toml
index 5ca961131..1783b2fdd 100644
--- a/prost-derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/prost-derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ license = "Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/tokio-rs/prost"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/prost-derive"
 readme = "README.md"
-description = "A Protocol Buffers implementation for the Rust Language."
+description = "Generate encoding and decoding implementations for Prost annotated types."
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.70"
 
diff --git a/prost-types/Cargo.toml b/prost-types/Cargo.toml
index 453536918..8c9d455b3 100644
--- a/prost-types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/prost-types/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ license = "Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/tokio-rs/prost"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/prost-types"
 readme = "README.md"
-description = "A Protocol Buffers implementation for the Rust Language."
+description = "Prost definitions of Protocol Buffers well known types."
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.70"