diff --git a/dev-python/snakeoil/snakeoil-0.7.0.ebuild b/dev-python/snakeoil/snakeoil-0.7.0.ebuild
index ab8ff2e36f67f..ed167f79bdc0b 100644
--- a/dev-python/snakeoil/snakeoil-0.7.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/snakeoil/snakeoil-0.7.0.ebuild
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ else
 	SRC_URI="https://github.com/pkgcore/${PN}/releases/download/v${PV}/${P}.tar.gz"
 fi
 
-DESCRIPTION="Miscellaneous python utility code"
+DESCRIPTION="misc common functionality and useful optimizations"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/pkgcore/snakeoil"
 
 LICENSE="BSD"
diff --git a/dev-python/snakeoil/snakeoil-9999.ebuild b/dev-python/snakeoil/snakeoil-9999.ebuild
index ab8ff2e36f67f..ed167f79bdc0b 100644
--- a/dev-python/snakeoil/snakeoil-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/snakeoil/snakeoil-9999.ebuild
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ else
 	SRC_URI="https://github.com/pkgcore/${PN}/releases/download/v${PV}/${P}.tar.gz"
 fi
 
-DESCRIPTION="Miscellaneous python utility code"
+DESCRIPTION="misc common functionality and useful optimizations"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/pkgcore/snakeoil"
 
 LICENSE="BSD"