diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-ant/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-tools-ant/pom.xml
index bc9d0a9..b49e242 100755
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-ant/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-ant/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
   <artifactId>maven-plugin-tools-ant</artifactId>
   <name>Maven Plugin Tool for Ant</name>
-  <description>Ant extractor plugin tool.</description>
+  <description>Descriptor extractor for plugins written in Ant.</description>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml
index e799583..df9d525 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
   <artifactId>maven-plugin-tools-api</artifactId>
   <name>Maven Plugin Tools APIs</name>
-  <description>The Maven Plugin Tools APIs provides APIs to extracte Maven 2 Plugins informations and generate documentation.</description>
+  <description>The Maven Plugin Tools API provides an API to extract information from and generate documentation for Maven 2 Plugins.</description>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-beanshell/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-tools-beanshell/pom.xml
index 4a1ac53..04bd844 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-beanshell/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-beanshell/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
   <artifactId>maven-plugin-tools-beanshell</artifactId>
   <name>Maven Plugin Tool for Beanshell</name>
-  <description>Beanshell extractor plugin tool.</description>
+  <description>Descriptor extractor for plugins written in Beanshell.</description>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-java/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-tools-java/pom.xml
index 394f980..70638a7 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-java/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-java/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
   <artifactId>maven-plugin-tools-java</artifactId>
   <name>Maven Plugin Tool for Java</name>
-  <description>Java extractor plugin tool.</description>
+  <description>Descriptor extractor for plugins written in Java.</description>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>